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EPISODE · Sep 14, 2025 · 37 MIN

Changing revenge into love: Christian schooling in Albania

from CNE's Newsround Europe · host Klementina Shahini, Evert van Vlastuin

When Klementina Shahini was a child, nobody would have guessed that she would start the only Protestant Christian school in Albania. She was raised in a Muslim family. Together with her husband, she came to faith in Jesus shortly after the fall of Communism.Lezha Academic Center is now the best-performing school in the region around Lezha. Klementina has worked on this for 14 years.The Albanian state does not have money for Klementina's school. Only Muslim, Orthodox, or Roman Catholic schools receive funding. Therefore, finance has always been a central challenge for the school. But so far, the school has survived.  For more, visit https://CNE.news or subscribe to our newsletters at https://cne.news/subscribe  

Klementina started her Christian school in 2011 with almost nothing. Now, she welcomes 220 pupils every day and is the best school in the region around Lezha.

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