Skills

Every child a future

A flourishing, knowledgeable and skilled community — where people of all ages can learn, grow, and find a path into training and employment.

100
children a week in
learning activities
2
cities — Tirana
& Durrës
New
digital skills
launched in 2025
Children playing an active learning game together at Tek Ura in Albania
The need

Too many children in these communities are at risk of the street — begging or informal labour — before they ever get a fair start at school. And for refugee families, a new language can mean months of silence.

Skills is prevention and early intervention. On average 100 children a week take part in structured educational and social activities — a safe, hope-filled alternative to street-based begging or informal labour.

Here, a child who has never held a pencil learns to read; a young person discovers a gift; and a family glimpses a different future.

Voices from the bridge

“Someone looked at my son and saw what was actually there, not what was missing. He is ten now. He wants to be an engineer. I believe him.”

— Drita, mother of Klevis, homework club

“Last month I spoke to a shopkeeper in Albanian — a full conversation. She did not know I was foreign until I told her. I am beginning to be a person here again.”

— Fatima, Albanian-language class, Tirana

How it works

1
See the child

An unhurried look at how each learner actually thinks — not a list of what they lack.

2
Learn and grow

Homework clubs, language classes and new digital skills, in a safe and encouraging place after school.

3
A future opens

Confidence in class, and a path towards training and work.

Who we work with
Local schools (inclusion)Refugee-support partnersDigital-skills partners

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

New in 2025

Digital skills

New digital-skills initiatives were introduced in 2025, equipping young people with the competencies they'll need for future education and employment.

Learning for life

From homework clubs to language and trades, we help people of all ages build the skills that open doors to training, work and dignity.

Ways to help

  • Fund a child's place in the homework club
  • Tutors and teachers — come and help
  • Support the new digital-skills work

Please pray

  • Children like Klevis discovering they can
  • Refugee families like Fatima's finding their voice
  • The new digital-skills programme

“The best is yet to come.”

Give a child a future — give, pray, or get involved with the work in Albania.

Your gift, in real terms

Every pound, fully accounted for

True costs from our 2026 budget — including staff, buildings, transport and admin.

£3.50
a week in a homework club for one child
£130
a child’s place for the whole school year
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