Sister Juditha has been in Velipoje, Albania, for the last five years. Here she is picured with Kosovo refugee children. In the convent of the Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen in Velipoje, the refugees found their first shelter.
Many children are among the refugees.
One of the blessings of taking in the refugees has been the willingness of many of them to use their skills and talents toward the rebuilding of this village. A school room in Velipoje before the Kosovo refugees arrived in the Spring of 1999. One of the better roads leading into and out of the village when our Sisters first arrived four years ago. Rebuilding of this village continues to move slowly to the present day.