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In southern Malawi, and precisely in Balaka, Father Mario Pacifici, Monfort missionary, arrived here thirty five years ago and founded with Cesare Castelli the "Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust" which now has nearly 700 workers. The Cooperative operates within four areas of development:- People find jobs in the 33 activities of Andiamo, including health care, education, vocational training, construction, agriculture, mechanics, sports, and last but not the musical one. Precisely in this context born the Alleluya Band, a band created in 1978 as a church choir and now became the point of musical reference throughout Malawi. Our representative in Italy is Orizzonte Malawi onlus, that use the valuable collaboration of many associations:
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Mkwaso Newspaper Salutes Get up stand up Project
Get up stand up Project has performed tremendously. The good news is all over the streets, no wonder it cannot escape the spheres of Mkwaso Newspaper. The project so far has reached out to 20 villages from Traditional Authorities Nsamala … Continue reading
“Get up Stand up” Project Yields Fruits
The soil has degraded and traditional ways of farming do not apply these days. To bail farmers out from this, “Get up stand up” Project offers loans without interest for fertilizers and seeds. The vision is to see farmers yield … Continue reading
Leading by example
Get Up Stand Up is a micro credit project under Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) that gives fertilizers to farmers who in turn give back the loan after they harvest without any interest. This year, the project has two fields … Continue reading
Get Up Stand Up Project trains farmers
A total of 73 farmers from five groups of Get Up Stand Up project last week underwent training in order for them to boost their crop production and keep alive the project. Benson Masala, an agronomist from Mangochi, facilitated the … Continue reading
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168 farmers attend “Get Up Stand Up” meeting
About 168 farmers attended a “Get Up Stand Up” meeting today in the Umodzi Hall in the Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) campus. According to Henry Goster, the coordinator of the project, the meeting was organised to among other things to … Continue reading
Mera hikes fuel, electricity tariffs
It is now official. Tariffs for both fuel and electricity have now been adjusted upwards. The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has announced the increase in prices with effect from today, 9 November 2012. A statement released by Mera says … Continue reading
Goster to attend Field Production course in Lilongwe
Henry Goster, Get Up Stand Up Project Coordinator, leaves Monday, 15 October for Lilongwe to attend a “Field Production” course at the Natural Resources College for two weeks. “I expect to learn more about field production techniques and farming group … Continue reading
Saidisan Farmers group leads Get Up Stand Up Project
It is not yet time for rains, though the temperatures are growing high in Balaka but the fields of SAIDISAN are just ready for the sowing. Henry Goster, Responsible of Get Up Stand Up Project visited three of the SAIDISAN … Continue reading
1.6 million people face hunger
The Malawi government needs USD48 million to cushion people from hunger between December and March next year. According to the 2012/13 report by Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, the hunger is due to prolonged dry spells and high food prices. The … Continue reading
Meet John Martin, the Agronomist
The name John Martin is not new to those who read news on tidzala blog about “Get Up Stand Up Project”. John comes from Mulandula Village in Group Village Headman, Toleza in Balaka. He has been working at Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust … Continue reading