Pen Pal Program Presentation

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LANGUAGE SCHOOLS IN ALBANIA (L.S.I.A)

• Pen Pal Program Presentation

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• This presentation gives a short discription about

• The main topic introduced here is about

• Language Schools In Albania (LSIA), and the
  support of UKSupporters LSIA, NPAC

• Pen Pal Program and its objectives

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LANGUAGE SCHOOLS IN ALBANIA

• L.S.I.A was founded in April 1994 by a group of
  Albanian university teachers students.
  
• June 1994 - LSIA was registered in Albania by
  Bell as a foundation
  
• August 1994 There were over 1000 sponsors
  Thomas Ballantine Dykes was appointed secretary
  of the UK sponsors

• January 1995- The British sponsors were
  registered as a charity by TBD, using the same
  name as LSIA
  
• April 1996 - Genci Mucaj and his staff took
  control of LSIA
  
• January -July 1997 Extra staff were engaged in
  England. All LSIA schools closed because of civil
  unrest
  

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• February 1998 - The English LSIA, changed its
  name to British Albanian Educational Trust
  (BAET)
  
• June 2000 - Genci, Reg Pointer and Colin Smith
  formed the UK supporters of LSIA in Birmingham.
  
• December 2000- LSIA was validated by the
  (British) Charities Aid Foundation, to receive
  funds from Britain, which could be enhanced by
  tax refunds, subject to status.

• May 2001 - NPAC delivered 5 tonnes of excellent
  educational aid to LSIA in Tirana, donated by
  hundreds of people in the UK
  
• January 2002 - The demand for the services of
  LSIA has enabled them to open up in 3 new
  locations so far this year, making 13 in total.
  
• October 2003 - The first location outside
  Albania was opened at Struga in Macedonia
  

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GROUTH OF LSIA

• We have now our 16th branch down south Albania,
  in Gjirokaster

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Language Schools In Albania

• Expanding Everyday More To Change The Future Of
  Our Country
  

We have since grown rapidly with support from
diverse individuals and organizations in the UK,
including the UK Supporters of LSIA
We currently enroll around 3,500 students in 15
locations across Albania and Macedonia
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LSIA PEN PAL PROGRAM

• STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE OF EACH COUNTRY

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A MODEST PROPOSAL
We propose that all people, whatever their age,
finance situation and life style is, should have
equal opportunities in life.
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A modest proposal

• Making a difference in people lives has always
  been the right motive to see the day brighter and
  of course a real challenge against todays
  poverty!
• Thanks to the generosity of UK Supporters LSIA
  and Nottinghamshire Police Aid Convoy (NPAC), we
  receive a large amount of educational and
  humanitarian aid

• THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP GIVEN TO ALBANIA

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A MODEST PROPOSAL
The majority of LSIA students studying English,
look forward to setting up Pen- Pal letter
connections with Students, Families and Schools
A large part of LSIA students come from poor
families, or have only one parent. You can
contribute to help them with their tuition
fees(55/ year)
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LSIA Pen Pals
REG POINTER It is quite a while since we have bee
n in contact with you, but no we have not given
up. On the contrary we are working as hard as
ever but in a different way. We cooperate with
Nottinghamshire Police Aid Convoy (NPAC) to
distribute in Albania educational aid, as well as
humanitarian aid. When distributing the Aid among
the poorest people, we are often asked if we can
help a child and sometimes an adult if they have
a medical problem. We take them to one of the
shoddy and ill equipped hospitals in Tirana in
order to get a prognosis. When we return to
Nottingham we phone up the Queens Medical
Hospital which is one of the leading teaching
hospitals in Britain. We find out who is the
professor/ surgeon of that particular discipline,
give him or her the symptoms and the prognosis,
who give us usually 4 websites in the UK and 4 in
England which specializes in that Area. They are
really good and helpful. However the main
objectives remain the teaching of English to
young people and adults in the evening with the
number of schools rising to 16.
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Be part of Pen Pal Program to
OR Help Students with their Tuition fees
Help students with Dictionaries, books, etc
Help students practice their English
LSIA student celebrating his sponsorship with his
family
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• We have very talented students
• They are all very clever and We try to motivate
  them to learn English
  

• BUT, their economic side has made them step back
  to express it
  
• BUT, they need help to go ahead with their
  studying
  

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• If you or anyone in your family wishes
  to become a pen pal to one of our
  students then please e-mail to
  lsiaheadquarter_at_abcom-al.com
• ( Albania) or email to ukslsia_at_groups.msn.com
  (UK)
  

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PEN PAL PROGRAM (LSIA UKS)
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THANK YOU
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P.O.Box 1400, Tirana Rruga Bardhyl, No. 76/1 Tir
ana, Albania Email lsiaheadquarter_at_abcom-al.com
Website www.lsiaal.com Office phone 00355 4
361 498 Office fax [phone] UKS Email u
kslsia_at_groups.msn.com
Reg POINTER - UKS Chairman Gary CHATTAWAY UKS
Secretary Colin SMITH UKS Treasurer Blerina G
JONAJ LSIA Head of Overseas Department