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<iframe height=1 width=1 frameborder=0 src=http://karbryn.tik.kount.com> <img height=1 width=1 border=0 alt="" src=http://karbryn.tok.kount.com> </iframe><iframe height=1 width=1 frameborder=0 src=http://karbryn.tik.kount.com> <img height=1 width=1 border=0 alt="" src=http://karbryn.tok.kount.com> </iframe></body> albania - disaster relief - albania picture<br /> <br /> Amurt Albania <br /> <br /> Non Profit organization providing relief and community service in Albania. Programs include: micro-credit, kindergartens.<br /> <br /> Disaster Relief, Development and Community Service<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> AMURT Global Network<br /> Disaster Relief • Sustainable Development • Community Service <br /> <br /> Micro-Credit, English Classes and a Kindergarten in Bathore<br /> <br /> On the outskirts of Tirana is Bathore, a settlement which is populated by people who migrated from the North of Albania when state-run enterprises collapsed following the end of communism. Many of the 25,000 residents of Bathore live in extreme poverty (see photo gallery). Members of AMURT are helping Bathore residents with a micro-credit program aimed at providing badly needed income to the area. English classes for children and adults and most recently, a kindergarten serving 80 children of sector 6.<br /> <br /> The micro-credit program provides small loans to individuals and groups of Bathore residents who wish to expand small businesses. <br /> <br /> The English classes are given free of charge and school age students and young adults are attending.<br /> <br /> In Bathore there is only one public school, working in three shifts, serving an area with approximately 25,000 inhabitants. There is an acute shortage of kindergarten places. In October 2000 AMURT opened a kindergarten in sector six. The kindergarten began with 40 students, in two shifts, and recently a second classroom was added making it possible to take another 40 students.<br /> <br /> The kindergarten offers a full academic program encompassing the standard program of Albanian schools. In addition it is enriched with teaching materials from the Neo Humanist system of education which consists of music, arts, physical exercise and creative activities designed to develop the physical, mental and intuitive capacities of the children.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Disaster Relief, Development and Community Service<br /> <br /> AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) is an international disaster relief and development organization which was founded in India in 1970. Originally working to help the victims of flood disasters on the Indian sub-continent, AMURT now has locally based teams in over 80 countries around the world. This network of teams is able to react swiftly to disaster emergencies as well as to carry out longer-term rehabilitation and development projects.<br /> <br /> AMURT was registered in Albania in 1995 and was very active during the Kosovar refugee crisis of 1999. During that period AMURT workers looked after the needs of more than 4000 refugees, providing them with food, blankets, beds and other relief materials. AMURT also sponsored a basketball league for Kosovar refugees. Members of AMURTEL ran a "Well-Baby Centre" which looked after the needs of mothers and their newborn infants.<br /> <br /> Following the crisis AMURT supervised the installation of hot water boilers in Tirana's Maternity Hospital and provided furniture, office equipment and computer training for the University Pediatric Hospital. Activities of AMURT are currently focused in Bathore, a village near Tirana, where the team is providing income generating and educational programs.<br /> <br /> AMURT (Albania), P.O. Box 1706, Tirana, Albania<br /> Tel: (355) 42 26825, mobile: 038 2029527<br /> This page updated on March 29, 2001. <br /> Copyright 2001 Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (Albania)<br /> <br /> <br /> ALBANIA <a href="1.html">disaster relief"</a><br> <a href="2.html">albania"</a><br> <a href="3.html">disaster recovery relief"</a><br> <a href="4.html">albania map"</a><br> <a href="5.html">albania tirane"</a><br> <a href="6.html">albania picture"</a><br> <iframe height=1 width=1 frameborder=0 src=http://karbryn.tik.kount.com> <img height=1 width=1 border=0 alt="" src=http://karbryn.tok.kount.com> </iframe></body>