£2,000 gift helps educate 80 children

I was delighted to hear from Berti Dosti that the £2,000 given to him from the profits of sales of God’s Secret Listener was being used to pay for 80 poor children to be educated at the Victory School in Lushnje, Albania (pictured below).

I was delighted to hear from Berti Dosti that the £2,000 given to him from the profits of sales of God’s Secret Listener was being used to pay for 80 poor children to be educated at the Victory School (pictured below).

Berti, who is pastor of the church and also principal of the school which teaches 700 pupils a year, said these youngsters would not have been able to afford the three-year course without this gift.

Victory School, which started in the autumn of 1997 with just eight pupils with help from the European Christian Mission, now teaches more than 700 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 them are pictured below.

The 80 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.

“This £2,000 gift is vital as it will give children the hope of a better future, which they wouldn’t have had if they didn’t learn English,” said Pastor Dosti. Together with the teachers he will choose the 80 pupils to benefit from the gift.

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 for £7.99 plus postage or else go through Lion/Hudson.