“First Aid at Schools” is the project Malteser Albania is implementing with students of the 9-year and high schools in Shkodra and Lezha according to the agreement with the Ministry of Education and Sports and with the support of Porticus GmbH.
The project is in its 2nd year of implementation and has passed through its two first phases: training of students in providing first aid and training of multipliers for the “Multipliers (trainers) Team of First Aid”. 15 schools have been part of the project: 10 schools in Shkodra: the 9-year schools “Mati Logoreci”, “Branko Kadia”, “Iliria”, “Maria Ndihmëtare”, “Zemra e Krishtit” “Ndoc Mazi”, “Martin Camaj”, and the high schools “At Pjetër Meshkalla”, “Jordan Misja”, and “Shkolla Vau Dejës” with a total of 200 trained students; 5 nine-year schools in Lezha: “Gjergj Kastrioti”, “Nënë Tereza”, “Gjergj Fishta”, “Besëlidhja”, and “Kosova” with 90 trained students who are able to provide first aid in emergency cases.
From the second phase “Training of Multipliers” 20 students from Shkodra and 10 from Lezha with best results have been trained as multiplicators with the aim to train their schoolmates in providing first aid.
Malteser Albania has prepared a new spot on First Aid Training, with partaking students and it is being shown on the regional TV, during the whole month of April. Since the first days, the spot has had a positive feedback on youth who are more and more interested in learning first aid.