Friendship across every barrier
A flourishing, connected community — where people of all ages and backgrounds build friendships with their neighbours, and everyone is included and able to take part.
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“Before Tek Ura we didn't know each other — they brought us together.”
— Aron
Roma and non-Roma, disabled and able, elderly and young, refugee and neighbour — too often they live side by side yet worlds apart. Isolation and mistrust are their own kind of poverty.
Connect is where the bridge is built. Across our centres in Tirana and Durrës, an average of 537 people gather each week — over a shared meal, in a group, at a camp — and neighbours who once lived as strangers become friends.
Around 503 meals a month are shared through our centres: low in cost, high in impact, and a doorway into lasting relationship and belonging.
“Someone in the group told me: you are allowed to be tired. It is not a failure. It is just true. My mother still does not know me, my son still has hard days — but I am less alone, and that changes everything about how I carry what I carry.”
How it works
A shared meal, a camp or a group where every age and background is welcome.
Ambassadors sport, carer support, the older-persons social, and inclusive summer camps.
Residents helping to shape the work — strangers becoming neighbours.
“Two are better than one… If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10
New in 2025
A specialised camp for families of children with complex needs. In partnership with Bridge to Hope, more than 200 people from Tirana and Durrës took part in inclusive day camps.
Supporting-church teams come and spend a week living alongside our staff, volunteers and families — sharing in the everyday work and going home changed.
Ways to help
- Sponsor a child's place at camp
- Come on an Immersive visit
- Help host a group or event
Please pray
- Carers like Mirela finding they are not alone
- The inclusive summer camps
- Friendships that cross old divides
“Break down barriers. Build people up. Bring people together.”
Help build the bridge — give, pray, or come and see the community for yourself.
Every pound, fully accounted for
True costs from our 2026 budget — including staff, buildings, transport and admin.