AMECEA: New Coordinator for AMECEA Social Communications Department takes office
Rev. Fr. Andrew Kaufa, a Montfort Missionary from Malawi is the new coordinator for AMECEA Social Communications Department. He is taking over from Rev. Fr. Chrisantus Ndaga of Mahenge Diocese, Tanzania, who has served the department in the same capacity for the last ten years.
Born in 1969, Fr. Kaufa, SMM who comes from Dedza Diocese in Malawi was ordained a priest in July, 2000. He holds PhD in Business Management and Masters in Media Studies from Daystar University, Kenya.
He is the former Director of Luntha TV, a National Catholic TV Station run by Montfort Missionaries in Malawi. Fr. Kaufa also worked as a national Communications Coordinator for Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) between 2013 and 2016 where he was instrumental in communications during the preparations as well as the activities of the AMECEA 18th Plenary Assembly, which was held in Malawi in 2014.
Speaking to AMECEA Online News, Fr. Kaufa said that he is looking forward to collaborating with the National Communications Coordinators from all AMECEA Countries in implementing the resolutions of the just concluded 19th AMECEA Plenary Assembly in Addis Ababa Ethiopia as well as achieving the greater mission of AMECEA Bishops.
“In working together, we will identify the needs in the communications apostolate and see how to address them, guided by the strategic direction of AMECEA. The just concluded AMECEA 19th Plenary Assembly in Addis Ababa Ethiopia emphasized on the importance of digital communication technology for pastoral work, it is therefore upon us to come together and see how we can work towards achieving this,’ Fr. Kaufa explained.
Rt. Rev. Charles Kasonde, the new chairman of AMECEA has extended warm welcome to Fr. Kaufa as he begins his tenure at AMECEA Secretariat in Nairobi telling him that he (Fr. Kaufa) is not a stranger to the environment and the Secretariat.
“We say ‘Karibu sana’ and we wish you success in your work as the new Coordinator for Social Communication Department. May your cooperation with all your brothers and sisters that you will find at the Secretariat help you to settle and succeed in doing the work of Christ with zeal and vitality,” Bishop Kasonde who is the local Ordinary of the Diocese of Solwezi Zambia, said in a message that he shared with the AMECEA Online News.
The outgoing coordinator of AMECEA Social Communications Department Rev. Fr. Chrisantus Ndaga is positive that Fr. Kaufa will be able to steer the department to greater heights.
“The new coordinator is already here and the handing over process is currently underway. I request that you accord him the kind of cooperation and support you accorded me as the head of the department,” Fr. Ndaga told staff members the Social Communications Department during their meeting with them and the new Coordinator.
He further said that change is good and when a new person comes in, there are always prospects of new initiatives and new development. He wished Fr. Kaufa well in his new responsibility.
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By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News
