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History of Helping Hands

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summary of the history of Helping Hands

Edith Friedman in the Home of Hope in Elbasan / Albania

has the mission of the Free Church Gospel in action in Linz. A young team of committed Christians visited in 1991 and 1992 shortly after the break, the country of Albania. After 47 years of communist rule in 1990 passed the fall Enva Hoxha and allowed the reconstruction of the country.

early as 1992, was renovated a beautiful old villa in the town of Elbasan and was supported by the municipality for a children's home provided. Already in October 1993 was the first child included in the home of hope.
Mike and Judy Smith, a retired couple from England ran the home until 2002. In 1995 a second house across rented and purchased two years later. Overall, about 20 children were cared for in family units at a time in the houses from the home of hope.
street children, orphans, poor children were from villages and Gypsy children from nearby slums shelter.

The financing is mainly through sponsorships in Austria, England and Germany. In 1997, the Association Helping Hands - Helping Hands in the Salzkammergut opened and now has its headquarters in Traunkirchen.

In the same Year were the children with their teachers through the courageous commitment of the parents' home off lightly the civil war in Albania.

2001, CRY (Care and Relief for the Young) England derived as equal partners to support and advice from Home of Hope.
in 2004 took over the Albanian Arjan Emini, the children's home, about 15 employees (teachers, social workers, teachers, cooks, etc.) offered employment. In summer, the children were allowed
to Durres on the Adriatic Badeuralub or on a camp in the mountains to Scodra.
Since 2006, the number of institutionalized children decreased and a licensed day care center was built in the main house, especially Roma children a preschool program and a leisure service brings.

From 2006 - 2010 Helping Hands also supported a soup kitchen in Elbasan, called the bread of life from the British NGO A2B (Aid to the Balcan).
be shown here, about 60 elderly people daily and 35 children with a warm meal.

In May 2008 a new board was elected by Helping Hands: Sonja and John Horse Wood, a physician and a retired engineer and social manager who built a new work in Mombasa, Kenya.

In 2010, the Home of Hope were the English Charity CRY pass and set the help for the soup kitchen in Elbasan by 100% for the new school project to give in Kenya.

Helping Hands took over from Pastor Dickson Okoth built Children Centre Mombasa in Kenya and could provide the help of donations and sponsorships to about 220 children. In summer 2010
could be purchased with donated funds on a large plot near the old school. In the autumn, then started the construction work under the direction of John Wood and Horse as early as January 2011 were the new classes related.

In Austria, the club could Helping Hands down, in number of members and approximately 120 sponsors and donors.

new class in the Helping Hands Community Primary School


Traunkirchen, in January 2011