About the foundation
Truth, freedom and love.
Who we are
Just as Christ is the symbol of freedom for the Western world, Gjergj Kastrioti is its symbol for Albania: free to learn, speak, worship, believe, choose, work, teach and prosper. That freedom is the key for a country once ruled by communism, and, as Kant argued, freedom requires responsibility.
“He who saves a life, saves an entire world.” We want to change lives for the better. Napoleon said fear and interest push mankind ahead; we want to prove that love does.
Our aim is a foundation built on truth, freedom and love, a model for building the nations for the glory of God.
Love starts at home: first your own, then your neighbour, town, city, country, and then the world.
Mother Teresa
Vision
“Freedom I brought you not, but I found it already in your midst.” Gjergj Kastrioti
Mission
- To teach and heal the nations.
- To build accreditation, primarily for churches, education, health, business and social entrepreneurship.
- To offer Christian, value-based education through Public-Private Partnerships and partner universities.
Philosophy
Judeo-Christian values.
Background
Seminars and conferences across Europe with Religions for Peace and the Inter-Religious Council of Albania; teaching through TELED International and Regent University; healing through the National Institute of Public Health in Tirana.
History
Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeg, 1405–1468
Albania’s national hero defended his country, and with it Rome and Christian Europe, against the Ottoman invasion. Popes Pius II and Paul II called him “the Christian Gideon” and “the Sword of Christianity”. His helmet bore a Latin inscription blessing “Skënderbeg, Prince of Mat, King of Albania”.
His monuments stand in Tirana, Kruja, Prishtina, Skopje, Rome and Brussels. Marin Barleti wrote the first history of Skënderbeg in the 16th century.
Leadership
The people behind the foundation
Genard Hajdini
Founder & President
B.S. Biology, Chemistry & Christian Philosophy, Oral Roberts University (2000) · M.A. Business Management: Organizational Change & Development, Regent University (2003) · MBA, Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Regent University (2011)
Sonida Hajdini
Co-Founder & Vice-President
B.A. English: Interpretation & Translation, University of Tirana (2006) · M.A. Organizational Leadership, International Organizations, Regent University (2014)
Dr. Don D. Petry
Advisor
Executive Director, National Council for Private Schools Accreditation (NCPSA) · former VP Academic Affairs, CBN University (today Regent University), 1978–1985 · Founder, TELED International · Chairman, Accreditation International
In memory
Saint Valentina Hajdini, 1951–1999
Our mother, Valentina Hajdini, was born in Tirana on 22 May 1951. She was Director of Human Resources at the National Institute of Public Health in Tirana from 1987 to 1999. Struck by a stray bullet on 25 January 1999, she passed away in hospital in Ioannina, Greece, on 30 January 1999.
Thank you, Mom, for being there for us and for the church you loved so much. Rest in peace.