Under a New Roof

By Dan & Annie Dupree · Recovery · Winter 2026

In January, the rain wouldn't stop — and for families in Durrës and Tirana who were already stretched thin, that meant roofs giving way, floors under water, and homes that were fragile to begin with becoming unsafe overnight. There was no big campaign moment, no headline. Just Revi and Roxhers, getting in the car, going door to door, and asking one question first: are you alright?

Extreme weather and flooding hit Durrës and Tirana in January 2026, damaging homes.

When the rains didn't stop

Extreme winter weather hit both of our centres hard. In some homes, rain came in steadily for three days straight. In others, landslides threatened to bring a whole room down, or damp crept so deep into the walls that furniture and clothing simply rotted where they stood. These weren't strangers or case files — they were people we already knew: a church member, a woman on our social work caseload, an elderly widow, a mother whose daughter is in physiotherapy with us every week.

Homes already fragile were left unsafe — belongings ruined, roofs and walls damaged.

"Is it not to share your food with the hungry and provide the poor wanderer with shelter — when you see the naked, to clothe them?"

ISAIAH 58:7

Home by home

Revilda Ndreçka (Revi) and Roxhers Lufta visited every affected family in person — sitting with them, seeing the damage, asking what would actually help. Bena, an elderly woman with six health conditions, had rain pouring through a hole in her roof; Dhurata needed a water pump and a heater for her home; Mimoza's family watched three days of rain ruin what little they had; Emiljona needed a wardrobe for clothes with nowhere dry to hang.

"Before the roof was fixed, my children would sleep in their coats. Now they sleep in warmth."

— A mother supported through the winter crisis

What your giving made possible

An emergency appeal raised over £3,100. In total, 16 families across Durrës and Tirana were supported: roof repairs, beds, blankets, heaters, water pumps and food packages.

£3,100

raised through the emergency appeal

16

families supported across both cities

11

homes reroofed

62

people kept warm on heater loans

Eleven homes were reroofed — families back under a safe, dry roof.

None of this was possible in isolation. It happened because people who had never met these families chose to stand with them through the worst of the winter — turning a season of loss into one of shelter, warmth and dignity.

Faleminderit shumë — thank you.
Dan and Annie Dupree · Tek Ura

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