
Support for municipalities
Supporting general welfare and sustainable development
When it comes to aid projects for people in need, a working, task-oriented partnership with public administration is very important. Therefore, as an aid organization, we never simply did “our thing”. From the start we’ve been working respectfully with the municipalities and also supported their positive development.
Support for municipalities
Despite everything that Albania has achieved in the last 30 years, there is still a lot of catching up to do when it comes to equipping public institutions. We have always been happy to arrange donations in kind from Germany: from computers to materials for schools and hospitals to used fire engines, garbage trucks and police vehicles. As far as we could, we have also supported individual infrastructure projects such as school renovations or the renewal of a water pipe.
If you would like to donate relief supplies or have discarded but functional equipment to pass on, please don’t hesitate to contact us.


Seminars and exchange of experiences
Wismar itself went through the challenges of system transformation in the early 1990s, with massive support from the West. We are happy to share our experiences, including the professional expertise in our association’s environment. At this point we would like to thank the Albania office of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, with whom we have already carried out various training courses for our Albanian employees and municipal partners.


Cooperation in Diakonia Albania (DA)
Our Albanian foundation Diakonia Albania understands itself as a social service provider, a partner for municipalities and churches. We work closely with the responsible city administrations, school and social authorities on all social projects. And with Sotiraq Mangeri, President of the City Council, the city of Pogradec is even directly represented on our Supervisory Board.
January 2023: Generators
Following a call for help from Wismar’s future twin town of Chornomorsk, the Hanseatic city and the aid organization launch an appeal for donations and rapidly deliver generators
2018: Renovation Kindergarten Pogradec
DA and CHW oversee the renovation of the Tomka Laçka kindergarten in Pogradec, again with financial support from the German Embassy. The work begin in August and are completed by the end of the year.
October 2017: Bishnica tree planting
Students and villagers from Bishnica take part in the tree planting campaign to reforest bare erosion areas
December 2016: Fire engine for Pogradec
CHW and our partner MST Braitsch organize the sea transport to Durrës. A small delegation from Wismar travels to Pogradec for the official handover.
2016: Bishnica water pipe
With special donations we support the replacement of the dilapidated main water pipe that supplies Bishnica and three other villages
2015: Major district reform
We advise and support the city of Pogradec and municipalities of the Mokra in implementing the reform; among other things, we can draw on the experience of the district reform in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
2014: School renovation Proptisht
From June to October, the 9-year school is being renovated inside and out. The official reopening on October 13th is a happy event for the entire village.
May 2013: Cars for Pogradec
Transfer of former nursing service vehicles, which are now used by the Pogradec city police
Local political seminars
Various seminars, carried out together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, support our partner municipalities in their work
2011: School renovation Bishnica
When it reopens in September, the school building is hardly recognizable. The cooperation partners are CHW, Velçan Municipality and the German Embassy.
February 2009: Garbage truck
Transport of a discarded garbage truck to Albania, which is handed over to the city of Pogradec