Education

Providing a credible link to a Diaspora-based organization (the GAF) that will be trusted by prospective Albanian and non-Albanian donors to screen receiving organizations for credibility, competence, impact, and transparency.

– NGO Partner: University of Prishtina– Theme: Health/Education– Location: Pristina, Kosova– Date: June 2021– Amount Raised: $5,000 – Description: The Global Albanians Foundation facilitated a personal donation of $5,000 from an individual donor in the United States to the University of Pristina Dental School. This donation was used to purchase six binocular magnifiers for the

– NGO Partner: Women’s Forum Elbasan (WFE)– Theme: Education/Youth– Location: Elbasan, Albania– Date: June 2021– Amount Raised: $3,031– Additional Donations: Corporate Donations from Dua.com, A&A Group, Adriatik Hotel – Description: The Women’s Forum Elbasan (WFE) has been working for 30 years to protect the rights of survivors of domestic violence, and took up a new

– NGO Partner: YMCA Tirana– Theme: Health, Youth, Earthquake Relief– Location: Fushe-Kruje– Date: Winter/Spring 2021– Amount Raised: $22,723– Partners: Municipality of Fushe-Kruje and Shote Galica High School – Description: The YMCA Tirana, in collaboration with the high school “Shote Galica” and the municipality of Fushe-Kruja, developed an innovative project to engage the youth in the

– NGO Partner: YWCA Albania– Theme: Education, Youth, Earthquake Relief– Location: Lezhe– Date: Winter/Spring 2021– Amount Raised: $15,541– Partners: Municipality of Lezhe, Gjergj Kastrioti High School – Description: The “Gjergj Kastrioti” school in Lezha was heavily damaged by the Albanian earthquake, and students had to be relocated to another school for a period of time.

– NGO Partner: Aleksander Moisiu University in Durres– Theme: Education/Youth– Location: Durres Albania– Date: September 2020– Amount Raised: $5,000 – Description: Forty Laptops were donated to the GAF in Boston Massachusetts and shipped to Durres to help students who had been adversely impacted by the Albanian Earthquake. The University selected those students who were in

– NGO Partner: VentureUP – Theme: Education/Youth – Location: Pristina, Kosova – Date: May 2020 – Amount Raised: $6,608 – Partners: University of Pristina – Description: The University of Prishtina is home to more than 50,000 students from all over Kosova. Although home to the largest student body in the country, unfortunately, the public University

– NGO Partner: Germin– Theme: Professionals– Location: Albania, Kosova, North Macedonia– Date: May 2019– Amount Raised: $10,990 – Description: The Global Albanians Foundation and Germin created a Global Network of Albanian Professionals to lay the foundation for internships and exchange programs in the future. By linking Albanian Diaspora Professionals and their counterparts in Albania, Kosova,