Lac School Service Project

1. School Gjon Gjoni Shkolla 9 Vjecare, Laç, Albania

2. LacAlbania

7. It was – 7 the day we visited,
December 2014 – note the
absence of windows . . .

8. Many of the rooms look like
this . . . .

12. They really wanted you to see
the bathrooms . . .

13. In the short-term, we’re looking for something pretty simple . . . A sign, a
token, a gesture that says: people care.
• There are 350 pupils in this school; 70% of them are on government
subsistence (many of those because they come from blood feud
families);
• They lack very basic supplies . . .
• School bags
• Notebooks, pens, paper
• Art supplies
•And more advanced supplies are a dream . . .
• Geometry tool kits (protractors, compasses, etc.)
• Math and science teaching tools

14. IN THE LONGER-TERM, WE’D LOVE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS

15. RELATIONSHIPS COULD INCLUDE:
• Facebook-friending teachers and getting to know who they are, what
they need;
• Coordinating more structured relationships between student-teachers
here and teachers in Albania – to share teaching strategies, provide
moral support, develop cultural exchanges;
• Coordinating informal activities that pair American students with grade-
level peers in Albania;
• Defining Laç as a partner school and developing structured and formal
links between service / student/ organizations here and Albanian

16. RELATIONSHIPS COULD INCLUDE:
• Facebook-friending teachers and getting to know who they are, what
they need;
• Coordinating more structured relationships between student-teachers
here and teachers in Albania – to share teaching strategies, provide
moral support, develop cultural exchanges;
• Coordinating informal activities that pair American students with grade-
level peers in Albania;
• Defining Laç as a partner school and developing structured and formal
links between service / student/ organizations here and Albanian

17. Ndue Pepa – making beauty for the life of the mind and spirit

18. I am hoping to tap into
our creative capacities
At the most
fundamental level,
though,