Albania

The work of Teen Challenge in Albania is in it's early stages. The need for Teen Challenge in Albania - Southeastern Europe - is great. According to official numbers around 60,000 people deal with addiction in Albania. But the chances are the number of people struggling with addiction and substance abuse is much larger.

• Ethnic groups: Albanian 82.6%, Greek 0.9%, other 1%, unspecified 15.5%.
• Languages: Albanian 98.8%, Greek 0.5%, other 0.6%, unspecified 0.1%.
• Religions: Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, atheist 2.5%, Bektashi 2.1%, other 5.7%, unspecified 16.2%.
  note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice.
• Population: 3,029,278.
• Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.78%, 15-24 years: 18.67%, 25-54 years: 40.39%, 55-64 years: 10.85%, 65 years and over: 11.3%.

Click here to read Teen Challenge Albania's latest update (July 2020).

*Source: Facebook