Jun 20, 2023

We often talk about humanitarian help, financial help, difficult medical and social cases, education, and many others, but we forget to mention stories like that of Qani. Qani is someone who never had a home of his own that loved, accepted, and made him feel he was in the right place, until he came to “the Germans,” (which is how many locals refer to NG).

Qani is a 78-year-old man, who comes from a small village close to Pogradec, together with his brother, who has since passed. His mother died when they were little and his father married again starting a new family, in which Qani wasn't accepted, and he was left alone in this world.

Opportunity came for Qani to create his own family, but it unfortunately disappeared quickly for him, as his brother didn't approve of his marriage and Qani divorced his wife and once more, he was left alone and with a broken heart. He left his village and migrated to Pogradec, where he worked for 17 years on the railroads until the 1990s, when everything was destroyed in Albania. But he didn't know that God had other plans for his life, as it was in this time of his life when he met NG Albania and found his new home with “the Germans.” When you ask Qani about that moment, he replies, "Oh I’ve known NG since 1990. I have always found a home here, when no one loved me, and when I was left on the street, alone."

For over 30 years now Qani has visited us every day. He spends time at the Amaro Tan soup kitchen. You can find him most of the time there, eating a warm meal or playing dominos and chess with his friends, or worshipping with Andy and Gian Paul Ardüser during spiritual meetings. We can gladly say that Qani is home, and he belongs somewhere he is loved and appreciated.