ROME-(MaraviPost)-Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 held discussions with Professor Marco Impagliazzo, President of the Community of Sant’Egidio, at the Community’s headquarters in Rome.
Chakwera was keen to follow up on the progress of the developmental work the Community is doing in Malawi.
The community has been operating in Malawi since the year 2000, delivering life-saving services to 8000 orphans across Malawi through Sant’Egidio’ Schools of Peace.
The community also supports 14 of Malawi’s prisons, implementing the DREAM (Drug Resource Enhancement Against AIDS and Malnutrition) Programme at the 13 Health Centres that Sant’Egidio operates in the districts of Dowa, Dedza, Mangochi, Machinga, Balaka, and Blantyre to deliver nutrition and medical supplements to people living with HIV.
The community is also into rescuing street children from the clutches of poverty and exploitation through the House of Friendship and House of Hope in Blantyre and Lilongwe respectively.
During the meeting, Chakwera expressed his gratitude to Professor Impagliazzo for the commitment of Sant’Egidio to the development of Malawi, as well as for both his visit to Malawi last year to energize and catalyze the Community’s work in Malawi and the recent visit to Malawi by a delegation of Italian development workers that included 28 members of Sant’Egidio.
Furthermore, His Excellency called on the President of Sant’Egidio to leverage the warm relations that his Administration has developed with the Italian and Vatican Governments to expand its operations in Malawi for greater access to the Community’s services to more Malawians.
In response, Professor Impagliazzo pledged to support the President’s vision to align all development work to the aspirations, values, pillars, and enablers of the Malawi 2063 Vision, and to galvanize more youth into the noble cause of volunteerism through
