Gavin David White has just returned from Albania. He was commissioned by the charity EveryChild. A selection of the Photographs can be view above.

Albania is a small mountainous country located on the Adriatic coast in south-eastern Europe. It is one of the poorest and most isolated countries in Europe. Since 1990 Albania has attempted to move towards a market economy and multi-party democracy. However, the problems inherited from the previous political regime are considerable and Albania’s transition has been characterised by a dramatic rise in economic instability and social unrest.

In December 1998 EveryChild started a successful 2-year pilot foster care project in Albania. The initial programme proved so successful that an extension was agreed, which included the setting up of Family and Children Support Centres in both Tirana and Shkodra. These Centres primarily provide support and services to vulnerable families and children to prevent family breakdown and the admission of children into institutional care, and also work to restore children in institutional care with their birth families.

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