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Highlights from the presentations
of the civic project
“Engaging Communities in Civic
Education in Albania”
On 25 April 2018 the students of grade 11 in
the non-public high school “Protagonistët”
of the Orthodox community on Tirana made
their presentation of their Project Citizen for
the year 2018 and the problem they chose to
address was “The green crown of Tirana”.
The initiative of the mayor of Tirana to
increase the number of trees and green areas
in the capital inspired the students to join the
project of the Tirana municipality “Tirana’s
orbital forest”. In the framework of their
project, the students organized meetings
with representatives of Tirana municipality
in order to present their ideas and get better
knowledge of the municipal project. In these
meetings the representatives of Tirana
municipality expressed their support for the
students’ initiative to donate and plant 100
trees as part of “Tirana’s orbital forest” and
planned the day when the activity would
take place. The students managed to raise
the necessary funds to buy 100 decorative
olive trees which were planted in the park
near their community’s nine-year school
near the artificial lake in the presence of the
mayor of Tirana, Mr. Erion Veliaj.
The project was presented to their peers in
the presence of school authorities, parents,
community representatives and media. They
felt proud to have been able to make their
contribution to improving the quality of the
environment in their city. The students and
school authorities also expressed their
commitment to continue their cooperation
with the municipality of Tirana for their
projects in the future as a very effective way
to contribute to their community.
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Presentation of Project Citizen from 11th grade students of “Protagonistët”
The students of the Medresse of Tirana
made their presentation of Project Citizen on
4 May 2018 and they had chosen to address
“Violence against women”. The reason why
they chose to address this problem was that
they were concerned by the high presence of
this phenomenon in Albanian society and
they presented data from 2016 which
showed disturbing percentages of domestic
violence in all regions of Albania. The
students identified responsible institutions
for targeting this problem on a national and
local level and underlined the importance of
increased awareness among women
themselves to stand up and courageously
denounce cases of violence against them.
Through their dramatizations of domestic
violence cases against women the students
also stressed the importance of cooperation
with law enforcement agencies and local
community structures in order not only to
help prevent this phenomenon but also to try
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provide support to all women subject to
violence. In their presentation the students
also focused on the negative impact that
violence against mothers has on children and
stressed the important contribution that
religious communities can make by
promoting traditional family values and
respect for women. The principal of the
Tirana Meddresse, Mr. Ali Zaimi,
congratulated the students for their excellent
work and expressed his gratitude to the
Embassy of USA in Tirana for supporting
similar projects which promote civic
activism, civic values and religious
tolerance.
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Moments from the presentation of the project “Violence against women” from 11th grade students of “Haxhi
Mahmut Dashi” Meddresse of Tirana
The students of eleventh grade in the “Liria”
Meddresse of Elbasan addressed the
problem of “Corruption in the health
sector”. In their presentation, organized on
the 30th of April in the premises of their
school, they brought evidence of corruption
from the Albanian health service sector and
conducted interviews with local residents in
Elbasan, all of which underlined the gravity
of this problem and the need for substantial
reform, especially as regards the use of
individual health care contributions. Most of
the respondents in the interviews were not
satisfied with the quality of service in public
health institutions and confirmed cases of
bribery. The students stressed the
importance of increased awareness among
citizens who should have the courage to
stand up and denounce every case of
corruption in this sector and the need to use
already available anti-corruption
instruments. They also suggested a closer
and continuous cooperation especially with
civil society organizations engaged in the
fight against corruption. The school
principal, Mr. Bajram Omeri, congratulated
the students for their excellent work and
presentation and pointed out the importance
of student participation in similar projects
which strengthen their connection with the
community and increase their contribution
to the fight against corruption.
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Students of “Liria” Meddresse in Elbasan during their presentation of the project “Corruption in the health sector”
In the Meddresse of Korça the students of
the eleventh grade this year chose “Sharing
what we do in our school with the
community”. The idea behind this project
was, according to the students, the best way
for them to share most of the things they do
in different disciplines at school, in order to
promote the wonderful work of teachers and
students and their experiences in different
projects. For this they chose to organize a
fair in the city of Korça open for all the
citizens in which they showcased the work
they do with different projects in their
school and how they acquire knowledge and
skills useful for their life in the future. The
fair attracted a lot fo citizens and it was a
great opportunity for the students to engage
in conversations with local residents and
explain the good things they and their
teachers do every day. Most of the visitors
were both surprised and happy to see all the
things the students had prepared and also
enjoyed the presentations they made for the
visitors. They encouraged the students of the
Meddresse to continue this experience in the
future and organize similar fairs every year
as a very good way to let the community see
how and what students learn in the
Meddresse of Korça. On the 22nd of May the
students made a presentation of their project
and best experiences in front of their peers,
parents and teachers. They said they felt
very excited by the warm reception they
received from the citizens of Korça and
proud for the values that they and their
school represents.
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Moments from the presentation of the project “Sharing what we do in our school with the community” from the
students of the Meddresse of Korça
The girls of eleventh grade in the “Hafiz Ali
Korça” Meddresse in Kavaja chose to
engage in the project “Grow your own
plant” which was their contribution to
planting seventy new pine trees all around
their school yard. They said they had been
considering this idea since last year so they
proposed this project to their school
authorities and got their full support. The
students decided to start a fund raising
campaign among the school and local
community. They prepared leaflets
describing their initiative and distributed
them to their peers, parents and local
residents in a very close cooperation and
with the support of local Muslim community
representatives. They chose to plant their
trees on the 8th of March as a tribute to all
mothers in Albania. In the first week of
April they made a presentation of all the
steps they had taken in the course of the
project and shared experiences with their
peers, thanking everyone who had made
their modest contribution to making their
school a better place.
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Students of “Hafiz Ali Korça” Meddresse in Kavaja engaged in the project “Grow your own plant”
The girls and boys in the “Haxhi Sheh
Shamia” Meddresse of Shkodra made their
presentations of Project Citizen 2018 on the
15th of May in the premises of their school.
The boys of eleventh grade had chosen to
address “Waste management in rural areas
– A challenge for the future”. The reason for
their choice was the very bad situation and
threat to the environment in the villages
close to the border with Montenegro. The
students had meetings with representatives
and residents in those villages to learn more
about the situation and the responsibilities of
local government authorities. In cooperation
with the local residents the students
organized a special cleaning day in an effort
to increase awareness about the importance
of protecting rural environment in those
villages which will not only improve the
quality of life but also present a more
attractive picture for the foreign tourists
entering Albania from this side of the
border. In their final presentation the four
groups presented their work in the
framework of the project and students said
that the project helped them to get a better
understanding of the local government
responsibilities as regards the management
of rural waste. The local residents, on the
other hand, expressed their gratitude to the
students for helping them to clean the area
and for urging local authorities to strengthen
their cooperation with the municipality of
Shkodra.
The girls of eleventh grade in the “Haxhi
Sheh Shamia” Meddresse of Shkodra chose
“In memory of those eternalized in
memorials”. The main reason why they
decided to address this problem was the
lamentable situations with memorials in the
city of Shkodra, which, according to the
students, was a total lack of respect and
appreciation for our traditions and history.
The students carefully identified and took
pictures of all memorials with problems and
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with all that evidence in hand they had a
meeting with the head of the responsible
office in the municipality of Shkodra to
discuss how the situation could be
improved. While the municipality agreed to
fund the necessary repair work for all the
identified memorials, the students
volunteered to clean the area and plant
flowers around each memorial. The students
also decided to send a proposal to the city
council for a memorial in honor of Haxhi
Sheh Shamia for his contribution to religious
tolerance in Shkodra. In his concluding
remarks, the principal of the Meddresse, Mr.
Kujtim Dervishi, thanked the students for
their civic contribution to the community
and underlined the importance of Project
Citizen for strengthening the connections
and cooperation of their school with the
local community. He also expressed his
gratitude to the Embassy of USA in Tirana
and IDM for a very fruitful cooperation over
the years which has affected generations of
students graduating from the Meddresse of
Shkodra.
Project Citizen presentations from the students of “Haxhi Sheh Shamia” Meddresse in Shkodra
Project Citizen for the students in the “Pjetër
Mëshkalla” high school of the Orthodox
community in Shkodra this year was about
“Improving public transportation can make
Shkodra a cleaner city”.
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Eleventh graders in this school brought
evidence of the serious lack of public
transportation in the city of Shkodra and
how the use of private car transportation by
the majority of citizens increases pollution.
The students argued that although the
number of people using bicycles as their
every day means of transportation has
increased thanks to an old tradition and
promotion by local authorities, the quality of
air in the city is alarming due to the use of
bad fuel and old cars with high pollution
norms with no respect for environment. The
students surveyed local residents in Shkodra
to ask their opinion about public
transportation and the majority of them said
that they would be happy to use public
transportation if they could rely on it not
only because it would be less costly for them
but also because it would reduce pollution in
the city. Most of the citizens using bicycles
to commute in the city said it was not safe to
ride in the streets of Shkodra because there
are no dedicated lanes for riders and also
because drivers do not respect traffic rules
and accidents have been quite frequent. The
students prepared and distributed leaflets
promoting their proposal for the city council
to consider the introduction of public bus
transportation for at least four of the main
corridors in the city with the potentials to
expand it in the future based on a careful
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planning by relevant local authorities. They
also invited representatives from local
government and local police to discuss their
proposal and ask for their support.
The girls in the “H. Mustafa Varoshi”
Meddresse in Durrës chose “Thalassemic
children and our responsibility to help
them”. The students organized a special day
where the girls cooked and served food and
all the money they collected was donated to
help families with thalassemic children. In
close cooperation with the local Muslim
authorities, the public hospital and Red
Cross in Durrës the students organized a
blood donation campaign. In addition, they
prepared and distributed leaflets among the
local community to increase awareness
among citizens to help thalassemic children.
The presentation of their project in prezi can
be found in the following link
https://prezi.com/view/5SgFS0iuQu2lCbASICeA/
Students of “H. Mustafa Varoshi” Meddresse in Durrës in action with their project
“Thalassemic children and our responsibility to help them”
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