A historical view of the development of philantropy in Albania

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ACA, Ministry of Royal Court, fund 150, year 1938, file V-58 Memo of the General Directorate of the Albanian Red Cross addressed to the Ministry of Royal Court on the situation and measures to be taken for the development of the Red Cross activity.

(In the description of the income of the Red Cross are also included immovable property among others the following, in which cases the donors have been mentioned: 1.

Olive groves of 638 trees located in Kryesi-Përcllesh of Tirana, donated by the belated Hasan Vogli; 2.

Rreth property donated to the Red Cross by his Highness, the King along with the zoo-technical station in Xhafzotaj, which consists of 600 hectares, 200 of which have been taken by the above-mentioned station and the rest by local farmers who are in general experiencing a non-opportune economic situation.

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The pine forest in Divjaka, donated to the Red Cross by his Highness, the King, with a surface area of 15 km length and 1.5 km width along the Adriatic coastline.

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Property in Saranda, a valuable donation by his Highness, the King, which was given to the Red Cross on 24 March 1937.

ACA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, fund 151, year 1923, file 54 A letter that was received by our consulate in Athens which states that the so-called Konstantin Kena (from Livadh) of Përmet, who passed away in 1913 in Matai (Egypt) has left 20,000 Egyptian liras for the schools in Përmet.

As the guardian for disbursement of this money was assigned the Greek government with its representation in Përmet.

Please conduct the necessary investigation on this matter and inform us of conclusions.

Based on the information we have, many other Albanians have left money to the benefit of schools in Albania, however this money seems to be deposited in Greek banks. It would be reasonable to prepare a list with the names of these benefactors and the amounts of money and the currency they have left their donation in.

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Information compiled by the Ministry of Interior and sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 18 August 1923) Following this memo No.12488, dated 26.06.1923 we have the honor of sending attached a copy of the will of Konstantin Zhapa from Labova and copies of the wills of other benefactors from Gjinokastra submitted by memo Nr. 3509/18 dated 6.8.1923 of the Prefecture of Gjirokastra, which 109