
VATRA Psycho-Social Center, News and Events From Albania:
The Week for the Protection of Victims of Crime (16–22 February 2026) is a nationwide awareness-raising and coordination initiative in Albania, led by the Ministry of Justice,

The Week for the Protection of Victims of Crime (16–22 February 2026) is a nationwide awareness-raising and coordination initiative in Albania, led by the Ministry of Justice,

On Saturday afternoon, February 7, about sixty people, including members of ten religious congregations, gathered at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament – la Viale Europe in Brussels to commemorate Saint Bakhita and to pray and denounce human trafficking and modern slavery.

Dear Friends,
With this letter, I am sharing our news for January 2026, a year that marks 10 years of Damaris’ operation—counting from March 2026,

On Friday, 20th February, I was warmly welcomed at Global Academy in Tirana by my friend Armelle Gjoni, a senior teacher at the school. Despite the pouring rain at 7:25 am,

Around the 8th February, dioceses throughout Spain mark the feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita,
patron saint of victims of human trafficking. In Madrid, this celebration has become a significant
ecclesial moment,

At the beginning of this year, from 22 January 2026 to 26 January 2026, the project teams of “Film Making for Social Change” — Cross Culture International Foundation CCIF (Malta),