TIRANA, Feb 17 /ATA/ – Four years ago today, the European Union hosted an international donors’ conference “Together for Albania” in Brussels to support the reconstruction efforts of Albania following a devastating earthquake that hit the country in November 2019.
The European Commission pledged EUR 115 million from the EU budget for to support the rehabilitation and reconstruction of key public buildings.
The EU4Schools Programme, funded by the European Union with EUR 75 million. More than 60 education facilities in the 11 earthquake-affected municipalities are being reconstructed or repaired in the context of the Programme, which is implemented by UNDP, reviving hopes for a better future for 25,000 pupils, kids and teachers.
More than 15 000 pupils, kids and 1050 teachers and over 860 000 local residents in the affected communities are direct beneficiaries from construction of 52 educational facilities that has completed to date.
In the meantime, 8 more schools are currently being constructed or repaired.
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