🌟 Join the Kor&ccedil;ar&euml;t Ndihmojm&euml; Kor&ccedil;ar&euml;t Community Foundation&nbsp; Creating Change to Empower Albanian Youth in STEM🌟 &ldquo; Take pride in where you are from &ndash; your culture, your education, your heart, and your memories. &nbsp;But, don&rsquo;t look back&hellip;.look forward&hellip;for the Albanian future depends on the next generation...one young mind at a time.&rdquo; Every kid wants to be an all-star some day, and here is your chance to make that dream come true for Albanian youth from Kor&ccedil;a and beyond. &nbsp; We are proud to launch the program &ldquo;Empower Albanian Youth in STEM&rdquo; and hope that you will support Albanian youth who want to make a real difference in this world. &ldquo;Empower Albanian Youth in STEM&rdquo; is the first program for Albanian youth of the newly created Kor&ccedil;a Community Foundation &ldquo;Kor&ccedil;ar&euml;t Ndihmojm&euml; Kor&ccedil;ar&euml;t&rdquo; &ndash; the first and only Albanian Community Foundation. &nbsp;We want to be a model for other cities in Albania, Kosova, and beyond for what Community Foundations can do to empower their youth. What We Want to Do and Why We Are Doing It The goal of our Kor&ccedil;a Youth STEM Program is to: <ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Inspire and empower young people in Kor&ccedil;a to express their creativity, and foster a new generation of creative and skilled youth ready to contribute to the digital transformation of Kor&ccedil;a and all of Albania;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Build the courage and confidence of Albanian youth to present their ideas and projects across all fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics); and </li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Equip young people from Kor&ccedil;a who are passionate about STEM with the skills they need to enter the job market with confidence and to encourage them to apply innovative ideas to shape a brighter future for their city and their country.</li></ul>We are working together to make real change and not just promises with with Partners Albania for Change and Development under their program &ldquo;Giving Circles&rdquo;, the Credins Foundation with their platform Smile.al, and Alphaplan, Code for Albania, Code.X, World Vision Albania, and the Municipality of Kor&ccedil;a to support the Kor&ccedil;a ICT Academy and Innovation Hub. What We&rsquo;re Funding Together, we would like to raise $40,000 to: &nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Support more than 50 youth (ages 14-22) in Kor&ccedil;a to present their ideas and prototypes during the first 6 months of 2026 in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics under the &ldquo;Youth Creators Program&rdquo;;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Provide financial support for the top 5-10 ideas with grants of up to $1,000 each for project materials and prototype development and patent registration in Albania so that their ideas lead to the creation of new business ideas and ventures; and</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Empower new talent and future technology leaders of Kor&ccedil;a by supporting 15 promising youth to continue further specialization and take new degrees in technology through participation in the Kor&ccedil;a ICT Academy and Innovation Hub.</li></ul>So far we have raised about $15,000 as follows with an additional $25,000 to raise to help Albanian youth from Kor&ccedil;a to shine :<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$10,000 Pledged Corporate Donors in Albania</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$3,000 Yvonne Naum</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$2,000 Global Albanians Foundation and Mark Kosmo</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$2,000 Other Donors</li></ul> Why Your Support Matters This is our opportunity to embark on a new and more ambitious chapter to not only empower more Albanian youth with science and technology skills. These are tomorrow&rsquo;s innovators &ndash; scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians &ndash; and we want to support them as future entrepreneurs and widen their engagement and mentorship with the Albanian diaspora -- particularly Albanian Diaspora Tech Entrepreneurs.&nbsp; We&rsquo;re excited to see this program continue to grow and empower even more groups of young people who go on to create startups, succeed in universities, and will make a real difference in Albania by 2030. &nbsp; This will be accomplished through training and developing hands-on skills in STEM including programming, app creation, gaming, and real-world problem solving based on an advanced methodology and interdisciplinary approach. We would greatly appreciate your support. &nbsp;Together, we can make a lasting impact on Albania&rsquo;s youth and their future!. &nbsp;Kor&ccedil;ar&euml;t have always valued education, hard work, and unity.&nbsp; This is another chance to lead &nbsp;&mdash; to show that when Kor&ccedil;ar&euml;t help Kor&ccedil;ar&euml;t, real change can and does happen. Thank you for supporting Albanian youth and their aspirations in Kor&ccedil;a , your support is invaluable, greatly appreciated, and will build hope, talent, and pride.

Empowering Albanian Tech Stars of Tomorrow

🌟 Join the Korçarët Ndihmojmë Korçarët Community Foundation  Creating Change to Empower Albanian Youth in STEM🌟 “ Take pride in where you are from – your culture, your education, your heart, and your memories.  But, don’t look back….look forward…for the Albanian future depends on the next generation...one young mind at a time.” Every kid wants to be an all-star some day, and here is your chance to make that dream come true for Albanian youth from Korça and beyond.   We are proud to launch the program “Empower Albanian Youth in STEM” and hope that you will support Albanian youth who want to make a real difference in this world. “Empower Albanian Youth in STEM” is the first program for Albanian youth of the newly created Korça Community Foundation “Korçarët Ndihmojmë Korçarët” – the first and only Albanian Community Foundation.  We want to be a model for other cities in Albania, Kosova, and beyond for what Community Foundations can do to empower their youth. What We Want to Do and Why We Are Doing It The goal of our Korça Youth STEM Program is to: <ul><li>Inspire and empower young people in Korça to express their creativity, and foster a new generation of creative and skilled youth ready to contribute to the digital transformation of Korça and all of Albania;</li><li>Build the courage and confidence of Albanian youth to present their ideas and projects across all fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics); and </li><li>Equip young people from Korça who are passionate about STEM with the skills they need to enter the job market with confidence and to encourage them to apply innovative ideas to shape a brighter future for their city and their country.</li></ul>We are working together to make real change and not just promises with with Partners Albania for Change and Development under their program “Giving Circles”, the Credins Foundation with their platform Smile.al, and Alphaplan, Code for Albania, Code.X, World Vision Albania, and the Municipality of Korça to support the Korça ICT Academy and Innovation Hub. What We’re Funding Together, we would like to raise $40,000 to:  <ul><li>Support more than 50 youth (ages 14-22) in Korça to present their ideas and prototypes during the first 6 months of 2026 in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics under the “Youth Creators Program”;</li><li>Provide financial support for the top 5-10 ideas with grants of up to $1,000 each for project materials and prototype development and patent registration in Albania so that their ideas lead to the creation of new business ideas and ventures; and</li><li>Empower new talent and future technology leaders of Korça by supporting 15 promising youth to continue further specialization and take new degrees in technology through participation in the Korça ICT Academy and Innovation Hub.</li></ul>So far we have raised about $15,000 as follows with an additional $25,000 to raise to help Albanian youth from Korça to shine :<ul><li>$10,000 Pledged Corporate Donors in Albania</li><li>$3,000 Yvonne Naum</li><li>$2,000 Global Albanians Foundation and Mark Kosmo</li><li>$2,000 Other Donors</li></ul> Why Your Support Matters This is our opportunity to embark on a new and more ambitious chapter to not only empower more Albanian youth with science and technology skills. These are tomorrow’s innovators – scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians – and we want to support them as future entrepreneurs and widen their engagement and mentorship with the Albanian diaspora -- particularly Albanian Diaspora Tech Entrepreneurs.  We’re excited to see this program continue to grow and empower even more groups of young people who go on to create startups, succeed in universities, and will make a real difference in Albania by 2030.   This will be accomplished through training and developing hands-on skills in STEM including programming, app creation, gaming, and real-world problem solving based on an advanced methodology and interdisciplinary approach. We would greatly appreciate your support.  Together, we can make a lasting impact on Albania’s youth and their future!.  Korçarët have always valued education, hard work, and unity.  This is another chance to lead  — to show that when Korçarët help Korçarët, real change can and does happen. Thank you for supporting Albanian youth and their aspirations in Korça , your support is invaluable, greatly appreciated, and will build hope, talent, and pride.

US$17,700.00