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Our sewing studio is set up and open for enthusiastic participants. Yes, that’s right – this time we even get to welcome Eri and Marc at the sewing machine, both fully focused. Their first pouch turned out great!

On Saturday, April 5, 2025, part of the Elbasan task group departs, while the transfer to the small town of Librazhd is scheduled for the sewing course leaders Hanni and Esther. Adrian takes a detour back to Tirana with...

With colorful blocks and creative ideas, we introduced children in Elbasan to the world of programming this week – an experience full of curiosity and 'aha' moments!

We arrived at the school building on time to make the final preparations in the two course rooms.

and tomorrow, Monday, we will start with the two courses. We expect around 10 participants per course.

The time has come and we can present the 2024 Annual Report. We are very grateful for how the past year went. Of course, there were also challenges, which is part and parcel of the job. Overall, however, we are very...

We have all adjusted back to daily life in Switzerland. But the impressions from Albania remain. I realize once again how privileged we are and how grateful I am to live in Switzerland.

This week is planned as a refresher for the sewing course from spring. Since all the women in the sewing course are otherwise very active in the A2B center, the sewing machines have unfortunately stood idle. But with...

Monday morning, beginning of a new week with fresh insights and experiences ahead. The morning started with a hearty, healthy breakfast at our hotel in the center of Elbasan, before we were picked up around 8:30 and...

Today marks the first course day in Librazhd, a small town in eastern Albania with about 13,000 residents.

As I write this, an actual concert of the legendary rock band ‘Pink Floyd’ is playing on Albanian TV. Since I play guitar myself, I am always inspired by the riffs that lead guitarist David Gilmour coaxes from his...

The courses in Lezha and Gjadër are slowly coming to an end. We have now completed four out of five course days at both locations. For the young people in Lezha, this means that we are finished with HTML, CSS and...

The JavaScript portion of the Web Development course at Lezha High School is picking up speed. Immersing oneself in a programming language is a challenge, but the course participants are gradually advancing into the...

On Friday evening, April 5, 2024, we celebrated the course completion in Elbasan with a thank-you dinner for all staff members. On Saturday, April 6, 2024, the time had come, and in the evening Michelle and Olivia...

The third day of the mission is already behind us. For the beginner group, today’s focus was on film editing. The task was to arrange the recorded video material according to the storyboard and edit it together. All...

The three course rooms are set up, and the iSTEP team is ready to welcome the course participants. The IT Advanced group starts with the topic of databases and works through many examples to understand different data...

With a delay of one hour, the WiZZair Airbus landed in Tirana. Alketa, the director of the A2B aid organization, awaited us at the airport and took us to the hotel in Elbasan. After a quick snack, we quickly retreated...

In Lezha, we met Izabela, a local IT specialist who fits perfectly into our team. She describes her entry into iSTEP as follows: 'When I got in touch with one of the team members (Adrian) and he explained the iSTEP...

After a large theoretical block, the participants of the IT course finally moved on to the practical part. By the end of the course, everyone had successfully taken their first steps with JavaScript and uploaded their...

The IT course in Elbasan has now been running for a few days. Both the participants and the iSTEP team are very passionate and motivated.

Three days ago, the first part of the team was still on the road. We left Switzerland by car to Ancona (Italy) and from there took the ferry to Durrës (Albania). Since yesterday, the first IT and multimedia courses have...