Lezha community update 2013

Special Report 2013
Lezha, Albania
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Building hope
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We helped 16 ch
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children’s rights, an
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blicising women’s
rights.
1,000 children screened
for scoliosis
In Albania people rarely receive
preventative health screenings
because access to healthcare
is expensive. But thanks to you
r suppor t,
World Vision has been able to
collaborate with local doctors
to ensure
that a thousand children in the
Lezha area are now being scre
ened for the
painful musculoskeletal conditio
n, scoliosis. Elsewhere, approv
al has been
granted by the government to
build a new health centre in one
of the
villages in Lezha that lacked app
ropriate health facilities, somethi
ng we’ve
been campaigning about for som
e time.
This year, we’ve had a par ticu
lar focus on helping children with
special
needs, bringing together 15 fam
ilies to discuss the challenges
they face and
raise awareness of this in the
local community.
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100 family visits
each week
Our sponsorship
project has been
active at nine scho
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selves, but also to
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success was a ph
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self-sufficiency
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including 106 sm
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the hope that ov
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significant contrib
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sell goats’ milk. W
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communal milk sto
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rage system and
to broker a com
with a local food
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financial year.
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Lezha,
Albania
Here’s the facts
Under-five mortality per 1,000
: 15
Child labour among children
aged 6-14: 19%
Gross national income per cap
ita:
$4000
Government expenditure on
education
(% of GDP): 4.9%
Sources:
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/cou
ntries/profiles/ALB.html
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/d
ocid/4e8c39700.html
http://www.unicef.org/infoby
country/albania_statistics.html
Lifecycle of a World Vision
sponsorship programme
LEZHA community
is in Phase 3
Phase 1
Phase 3
Phase 2
Years 1-3: Building
trust and laying
groundwork
Years 4-9:
Building
skills together
Years 10-close:
Building long-term
solutions together
Partnership with community
established.
World Vision and
communities work together
so children and families
benefit and participate in
projects such as education,
nutrition, clean water and
healthcare.
Communities equipped
to continue improving
child well-being including
education and health.
Children should be cared
for and protected in a loving
environment.
Communities and World
Vision plan long-term
projects together.
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JOIN TH
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CAMPAI
TODAY
The fact is there is enough
food for everyone
It’s a
heartbreaking fact
that each night
over 8 million
children go to bed
hungry.
we give enough aid to stop
children dying from hunger and
help the poorest people feed
themselves
we stop big companies
dodging their taxes in poor
countries so that millions of
people can free themselves from
hunger
we stop poor farmers being
forced off their land, and use crops
to feed people, not fuel cars.
we force governments and
big corporations to be honest and
open about their actions that stop
people getting enough food.
Together, we can make 2013 the
beginning of the end for hunger.
Join the campaign and share your
voice at www.worldvision.org.uk/IF
All photographs ©2012 Klevisa Breshani/World Vision.
In some instances, names have been changed to protect children’s identities
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