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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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Choice between Medicine and Food
Last year while teaching a Social Studies class at Andiamo Secondary School, I had to share with the students the meaning of “Dilemma” and to give some examples of dilemmas. Among the examples I failed to give was the one … Continue reading
Andiamo Secondary School Students Ready for JCE
54 students from Andiamo Private Secondary School will be among around 170,000 registered candidates who will be sitting for their Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) Examination from Tuesday, May 26 to Friday, June 5. This year’s From 2 class has … Continue reading
To You Our Friends in Italy
Alleluya band leaves for Italy on Tuesday, 9 June 2015 with one major purpose: to raise funds for the Comfort Community Hospital. The band will not only represent Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) born in 1984 but also thousands of … Continue reading
Time to Dream with Us
Last year, Comfort Community Hospital (CCH) treated over 60 thousand patients and this year we anticipate over 100 thousand will be treated at this facility. The job is just too enormous but we believe that if we all join our … Continue reading
Work on the CCH Theatre in Progress
On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 Dr. Annibale and company started fixing the equipment in the Theatre of Comfort Community Hospital. Below are the pictures of the work they are doing. (Pictures by Matache)
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Fr. Mario hails Orizzonte Malawi Onlus
Fr. Mario Pacifici, the founding trustee of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) has hailed Orizzonte Malawi Onlus for coordinating the entire network of solidarity, “to ensure a fruitful future” for Andiamo Trust in “its effort to give a valuable service … Continue reading
A New Ultrasound Scanner!
Dr. Gloria Esegpona and Dr. Elena Greco, both from England, visited CCH to explore the possibility of establishing a Maternal Health Care Training Program at our facility. During their visit, Dr. Greco demonstrated our new Ultra Sound Machine to our … Continue reading
Drug shortage hits Balaka District Hospital
Balaka District Hospital has been hit by drug shortage. Balaka District Health Officer (DHO) Bertha Maseko has told The Daily Times of Tuesday, March 24, 2015 that the drug shortage has been there over the past two months. “We are … Continue reading
Happy Father’s Day!
It’s 19 March! The day we call Father’s Day. The day we celebrate in honour of fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in our society. They say Father’s Day was created to complement Mother’s Day, a … Continue reading
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Kefasi wins gold for Malawi
Kefasi Kasiteni of Andiamo Secondary School won the senior men 12 kilometres clocking 36:59:20 at this year’s Confederation of African Athletics Southern Region (CAASR) Cross Country Championship at Njamba Freedom Park on Saturday. Malawians dominated the cross-country that also pooled … Continue reading