VMA-KUKES:  CURRENT PROJECTS   
VMA - KUKES, Hotel "Gjalica", Kati.II; Kukes, ALBANIA
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TITLE OF THE PROJECT:
 Awareness of the in mine affected areas of Northeast Albania about mine and
UXO-s threat through MRE community based activities
OBJECTIVE:
 To reduce accidents resulting from mines and UXO-s by involving community human
resources to keep their communities constantly informed about the mines and UXO threat.
PROJECT DATES:
 May 2006 – April 2007 July 2007- June 2008
DONOR :
 US Department / ITF  and  UNICEF Albania
AMOUNT FINANCED:
 98,700 $ US/94,100 $ US
BENEFICIARIES:
 25,000 mine affected community members in 39 villages, (including 6,500 school children)
kept informed about mine threat
RESULTS:
 Reduced accidents: 191- 1999; 35- 2000, 7- 2001; 8 -2002; 4 - 2003; 25 - 2004.  2 -
2005; 0 – 2006 and 2007
TITLE OF THE PROJECT:
 Educational Re-integration of children mine survivors
OBJECTIVE:
 To help 8 children to get back to school and 2 survivors to get medical support
PROJECT DATES:
 March  2007 – February 2008
DONOR :
 US Embassy/ ITF
AMOUNT FINANCED:
 28,500 $ US
BENEFICIARIES:
 10 children mine survivors and their families
RESULTS:
 8 children are back to school and catch up with their peer, 2 survivors undergo  medical
operation  to improve their physical re integration,
TITLE OF THE PROJECT:
 Kukes Women Entrepreneurs’ Support Project
OBJECTIVE:
 To support the municipalities of Krume and Kukes for the implementation and management
of revolving fund ($ 12 500 in each Municipality) for women entrepreneurs to start an
income-generating activity/ strengthen their existing small businesses
PROJECT DATES:
 May 2007=December 2007
DONOR :
 UNDP Albania, Kukes Municipality
AMOUNT FINANCED:
 $ US 25,000
BENEFICIARIES:
 22 vulnerable women
RESULTS:
 20-22 women entrepreneurs have established/strengthened their local based businesses
TITLE OF THE PROJECT:
 Empowerment of Community Responses to Child Protection in Kukes
Municipality
OVERALL GOAL:
 To reduce the vulnerability of children at-risk of trafficking and abuse in Kukes Municipality,
North-eastern Albania, by increasing community-based prevention and protection practices.
SPECIAL OBJECTIVES:
  1. To ensure that children at risk in Kukes Municipality are identified, assessed, referred
    and provided with appropriate/specialized services
  2. To ensure that local government structures have the required capacity to manage
    coordinated responses for child protection
  3. To ensure that professionals have knowledge/ skills to deliver specialized services
  4. To strengthen/institutionalize referral mechanisms and cross- sectorial collaboration
    an increase cooperation of the stakeholders in CP  
  5. To increase public awareness about child protection through se public awareness
    about child protection through
PROJECT DATES:
 November 20054-  July 2006
DONOR :
 UNICEF
AMOUNT FINANCED:
 3,500,000 Leke
BENEFICIARIES:
  1. High Risk Children (200),
  2. Medium Risk children, (412) including: children of families with social problems;
    unemployed parents; no family members to look after them;
  3. Child Protection Office (2 employees),
  4. Case Management Team (3-5),
  5. Social Service(Public) Department (6 municipality social workers & 4 team leaders of
    units of services delivery + 5 community police) ,
  6. 130 Mentor Teachers of 4 primary schools of Kukes,
  7. 2 Court Representatives (Court and Attorney), 5 Family Doctors of Kukes; 3
    Psychologists of Schools of Kukes; 1 social Workers of Labor Office of Kukes
RESULTS:
  1. Established CPO at municipality and handed over to municipality
  2. Children at-risk are detected by CPO staff and local social administrators, are
    provided with relevant support and/or referral services, and regular mechanisms is in
    place to refer and follow up on them on regular basis,
  3. Effective and sustainable protection structures and mechanisms are in place at Kukes
    Municipality to manage coordinated responses for child protection
  4. CPO structures at Kukes Municipality have increased their knowledge and skills to
    address the holistic needs of children at-risk
  5. Communities have increased awareness and knowledge skills to protect their children
    from trafficking, exploitation and abuse and are able to advocate for their protection
    at local Government Institutions.
TITLE OF THE PROJECT:
 Participate actively in school activities if you want your voice to be heard and your vote to
be counted.
OVERALL GOAL:
 To improve respect of children’s rights and gender equality in mine affected communities of
North-eastern Albania by increasing their commitment and participation in public life and
activities
SPECIAL OBJECTIVES:
  1. To build the capacity of local grass root children’s structures through intensive
    trainings for  promotion of  children’s rights and gender equality,  
  2. To increase participation of children (both girls and boys on equal basis)  in public
    school/village activities  by providing them with proper knowledge skills and tools for
    the awareness raising campaigns and advocacy against discrimination
PROJECT DATES:
 10 August 2006  - 10 June 2007
10 June 2007 - 10  January 2008
DONOR :
 EU Commission
AMOUNT FINANCED:
 37,540 Euro, 48,700  
BENEFICIARIES:
  •         36 Governments of Pupils , 418senators
  •         12,672 School pupils of 36 schools ( 5,695 girls),
  •         585 school teachers,
  •         Department of Education, Kukes Region,
RESULTS:
 Established Governments of Pupils in 36 remote schools, promoted children’s rights,
improved participation of children in school  and public life
TITLE OF THE PROJECT:
 Community Response to trafficking
OBJECTIVE:
 To make the communities aware of the trafficking methods, to reduce risk to trafficking.
PROJECT DATES:
 January 2005-October 2005, November 2005- November   2006
DONOR :
 UNICEF Albania
AMOUNT FINANCED:
 72,000 $ US , 75,000 $ US
BENEFICIARIES:
 10 communes ( 40,000 community members), Municipality of Kukes
RESULTS:
 To reduce vulnerability of children  to trafficking
TITLE OF THE PROJECT:
 Improvement of Community Based Social & Medical Services for Mine Survivors
OBJECTIVE:
 To improve access to community based social and medical services for mine survivors
residing in rural communities of Kukes, Tropoje and Has districts in northeast Albania
PROJECT DATES:
 November 2004-  May 2006, July 2006- December 2007
DONOR :
 UNDP , US Department/ ITF
AMOUNT FINANCED:
 2004-2006 : 135,000 $ US ,  2006-2007 : 89,000 $ US
BENEFICIARIES:
 238 mine survivors
RESULTS:
 Provided medical assistance, physiotherapy, orthopaedic and psychological services.
List of projects realised by “VMA-Kukes”
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