4th June 2007

Since we learned of the untimely death of the First Lady, Her Excellency Madame Ethel Mutharika, it has been hard for us to console ourselves for the loss of a dear friend and a great human being like her, the Mother of the Nation. This made it difficult for us until now to share our condolences and feelings to the President and the people of the republic of Malawi.

For the years Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust has known and worked with President Bingu wa Mutharika, the first lady has always been generous, very understanding, full of life, engaging and deeply human. We appreciate all these and we made her as much as Mr. President, our Andiamo family friend and colleague. Her bright mind and great heart that saw the start of Ethel Mutharika foundation meant to assist the needy are a shining example of what humanity is about and also inline with the andiamo objectives.
Much as the nation is mourning her death, andiamo trust is crying out loud as it has lost a supermodel to its activities.
Andiamo trust would like to share the grief and sorrow of her family and express to them that many of us will miss her as the Mother of the Nation and the Parental row she had towards moulding and counseling young people.

Much as we have lost her when we needed her the most, we just have to look to God who is our comforter as we continue to pray during this devastating time.

May the Soul of Her Excellency, Madame Ethel Mutharika, Rest in Eternal Peace

AMEN!!

Madame Ethel Mutharika breathed last on the afternoon of 28th May 2007 after a two year battle with Cancer. Malawians have been taking turns to pay their last respect as her body lay in State; in Lilongwe at the State House, Mzuzu at the State Lodge and Blantyre at the Sanjika Palace till 8th June 2007. She will be laid to rest at Ndata Farm in Thyolo District on Saturday 9th June 2007. The nation will mourn the fallen mother for a period of one month.

Techpole.