On May 5 – 12, 2010, Malteser Albania had the honor to welcome Father Stefan Schwarz and Bettina Neukirchen for a visit of a week in its headquarter in Shkodra.
Father Schwarz is the oldest collaborator with Malteser Albania and he is the one who started the activities first in Kosovo and then in Albania and with the support of Malteser Hilfdienst in Germany he made possible the foundation of Malteser Albania in 1995. He was the Malteser spiritual leader until 2006 and president for 2008.
On June 2, 2005 he received the title “Citizen of Honor of Shkodra”
Mrs. Neukirchen is an active member of the parish of St. Cyriakus in Neuss-Grimlinghausen, Germany. She has visited Albania several times and has been closely interested in Malteser Albania activities. Every year, in the parish of St. Cyriakus, different activities are organized and the money collected is sent to Malteser Albania to support its Mountain Project, which this parish supports financially and with logistics.
Father Schwarz and Mrs. Neukirchen came this year to Albania to better know the activities held by Malteser Albania, to follow the Mountain Project, to visit the new opened Kindergarten, to see the activities held with Roma community, etc.
They were informed about the duties of each staff member and they checked the documentation of Malteser Albania, projects, finance, offices and logistics
At the end, they discussed about new ideas of MNSH about its activities in the future and also that they will sponsor the children camp this year!!!
We heartily give thanks to F. Stefan Schwarz, Mrs. Bettina Neukirchen and to all members of Malteser Albania supporting group of the parish of St. Cyriakus in Neuss-Grimlinghausen.
Father Schwarz is the oldest collaborator with Malteser Albania and he is the one who started the activities first in Kosovo and then in Albania and with the support of Malteser Hilfdienst in Germany he made possible the foundation of Malteser Albania in 1995. He was the Malteser spiritual leader until 2006 and president for 2008.
On June 2, 2005 he received the title “Citizen of Honor of Shkodra”
Mrs. Neukirchen is an active member of the parish of St. Cyriakus in Neuss-Grimlinghausen, Germany. She has visited Albania several times and has been closely interested in Malteser Albania activities. Every year, in the parish of St. Cyriakus, different activities are organized and the money collected is sent to Malteser Albania to support its Mountain Project, which this parish supports financially and with logistics.
Father Schwarz and Mrs. Neukirchen came this year to Albania to better know the activities held by Malteser Albania, to follow the Mountain Project, to visit the new opened Kindergarten, to see the activities held with Roma community, etc.
They were informed about the duties of each staff member and they checked the documentation of Malteser Albania, projects, finance, offices and logistics
At the end, they discussed about new ideas of MNSH about its activities in the future and also that they will sponsor the children camp this year!!!
We heartily give thanks to F. Stefan Schwarz, Mrs. Bettina Neukirchen and to all members of Malteser Albania supporting group of the parish of St. Cyriakus in Neuss-Grimlinghausen.