Today marks the 135th anniversary of the day when the first Albanian School opened in Korça. The opening of the school took place as a result of the Albanian National Movement that aimed to enable national rights within the Ottoman Empire. March 7, 1887, the Albanian Renaissance opened the first Albanian School with a secular …
Upcoming GAF Activities, New Staff/Interns, and GAF Golf Tournament Spring is approaching and with it many activities of the Global Albanians Foundation. In this email you will be able to read about future GAF activities, new staff / interns and GAF Golf Tournament. Upcoming Activities We expect to launch several crowdfunding campaigns for Albanian NGOs in Albania and Kosova that support Albanian youth in …
Albanians in the Diaspora have few media outlets where they can talk about their life stories as Albanians living abroad – they are usually only seen as large numbers! We want to change that though – through our new podcast platform “Albanian Stories”, we want to tell their stories to the world. The Global Albanians …
The National Director of World Vision Albania & Kosovo, Eljona Bocce-Elmazi, has thanked the Global Albanians Foundation for its continued support during 2021. “Through our partnership, we were able to offer the support for 50 farming families to recover their family economy through agriculture and to support 100 young people with self-employment skills”, she wrote. …
In March 2020, the Down Syndrome Albania with the help of the Global Albanians Foundation started a campaign on helping with food packages, the families who had a person with disabilities and were struggling with financial issues due to COVID-19. During that period Down Syndrome Albania has successfully aided 320 families and people with disabilities …
Dear Partners and Friends, As the holidays approach, it surely is a good time to reflect on all of our good fortunes, and it’s also a wonderful moment to express our gratitude and appreciation. For our partners, our community, for all of you! 2021 has been a year of challenges but also of opportunities. It …
On December 11, we launched the #OriginAL, a program that aims to provide a volunteer, educational and cultural experience for Diaspora Youth that will strengthen their sense of ethnic identity and create long-lasting connections, especially with their youth peers in our homeland countries. During the launching we facilitated a panel aimed to shed light on …
During the #OriginAL launching conference, diaspora members that represent different generations and communities shared their personal stories of how they relate to the homeland, in what ways they draw strength from it, and how life is adjusting in the diaspora, or stories on how they contribute back home even from afar. This topic touched on …
On December 11, we launched the #OriginAL, a program that aims to provide a volunteer, educational and cultural experience for Diaspora Youth that will strengthen their sense of ethnic identity and create long-lasting connections, especially with their youth peers in our homeland countries. During the launching we facilitated a panel to shed light on existing activities …
Today we celebrate International MigrantsDay, a day recognized 21 years ago by the United Nations to acknowledge over 280 million migrants (today) who are integral members of all societies and nations. “1 in every 30 people in the world is a migrant. Saturday’s #MigrantsDay is an opportunity to celebrate the millions of migrants that are integral members …
