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Adult Literacy Project in Fushë Krujë
We are happy to announce that we have started a new literacy project for Roma women in Fushe Krujë! You can now follow this project on our blog : Working Together !
Read MoreMobile Clinic for Roma in and around Tirana
Give Medical Care to Roma Albanian Children | ADRA Gift Catalog Today, ADRA will start the project of the mobile clinic for Roma! Today, ADRA will visit the Roma community in Allias, where “Romani Baht” will welcome us in their centre to conduct the Health Education and the medical visits. Today, ADRA will make a …
Read More“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.” – Stevie Wonder
This is Kliton, he is 15 years old and he wants to be a musician. His parents are farmers, but he and his family are dependent on social aid. He is not entirely blind, but the progress of his disease needs to be closely monitored by the ophthalmologist. In March ADRA Albania started the cooperation …
Read MoreCommunity Service at “The Independent”
The Environment was the Theme of the community service activities of the private school “The Independent”. ADRA Albania was invited to teach the students how to organize volunteer activities, and why volunteer engagement is so important – we were able to show that everybody can make a difference! Students from “The Independent” presented their research …
Read MoreEmergency Response Shkoze
12 tents of the Roma community in Shkozë, one of the most poorest communities in Tirana, burnt down in April. From an electric spark, a tent had caught fire, which spread quickly to 11 over tents. This little girl was missing, until her mother heard her crying inside one of the burning tents – she …
Read MoreFinnish Volunteers!
At Easter, ADRA Albania was very happy to welcome volunteers from the Finnish town Tampere. This group of teenagers, parents and teachers spent 2 weeks in Albania to support us in our Health Education Project. While the ADRA staff explained Health issues to the mothers, the Finnish volunteers gave the children education about hygiene, nutrition …
Read MoreHealth Training for Mothers in Mountain Villages
Zall Her, Heraj, Priskë e Vogël, Pinar, Radhesh, Kallmet, Qenam, Kasallë, Çerkezë, Tapizë are villages hardly anybody has heard of. Those villages seem far away, but actually, they are situated only 20 km outside of Tirana. The road is rocky and narrow, and it takes over 1 hour to reach them by car. There are …
Read MoreADRA Albania CD and staff live on Planet TV (Tirana)
ADRA Albania Country Director Beatrice C. Kastrati, alongside two of her staff members, Suzane Ziko and Hashmet Biba, were invited as special guests yesterday on “Your Morning (Mengjesi juaj) Programme at Tirana-based Planet TV. For 20 minutes, the guests had an excellent opportunity to inform on the foundation’s 20-year activity (1991-2011) on behalf of Albania’s …
Read MoreThank you ADRA Austria and Sandoz!
Through ADRA Austria the municipality of Shkodra received also a very special gift: The pharmaceutical firm SANDOZ donated medicine to the hospital. The medicines are antibiotics that have just been produced and were directly transported from the factory in Austria to the hospital of Shkodra in Albania. Many more suffering people will now be helped.
Read MoreThank you for helping in Shkodra!
The Emergency in Shkodra is “officially” over, and we want to thank all of our donors from the bottoms of our hearts for their generous help! 128 families spent Christmas and the New Year well-fed and warm, and with your additional aid, they will receive help moving back to their villages. We provided food, clothes, …
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