I was delighted to be able to send Berti Dosti another £500 this week as the latest net profits so far this year from the sales of God’s Secret Listener to help pay for more poor children to be educated at the Victory School in Lushnje, Albania.
Last year I was able to send £2,000 to pay for 80 poor children to attend the school.
Berti, who is pastor of the church and also principal of the school, said these youngsters would not have been able to afford the three-year course without these gifts.
Victory School, which started in the autumn of 1997 with just eight pupils, now teaches more than 750 pupils a year offering classes in English, Italian and computer studies.
Students, whose ages range from eight years to 40 plus, learn English by using the New Interchange scheme for adults and the Cambridge method for youngsters.
The scheme consists of five levels and students study each one for six months by coming three times a week for afternoon classes. The children also attend a state school in the morning.
Interestingly, the pupils do not wear a uniform, but the teachers do, all having a pink overall, some of whom are pictured below.
The students will also be given the chance to learn Microsoft Word be as all new students at the school are given free computer lessons for a year.
With Albania now a member of NATO and wanting to join the European Union more and more Albanian children wish to learn English to give them a better chance of a job.
If you would like to read more about the Victory School email me at John@jbutterworth.plus.com to buy a copy of God’s Secret Listener, published by the Monarch division of Lion Hudson, for £7.50 including postage within the UK or £8.50 anywhere in the world.
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