This is the American who learned Albanian language and dance in Kosovo

In America there was none. But in Kosovo it has made four sisters. They have learned to speak Albanian, to prepare traditional Albanian foods. But they have also taught him something important. Dance at weddings with Albanian music.

It is this Melinda Zannier, who has come to Kosovo as a volunteer under the Peace Corps.

They today have held a meeting with Kosovo mayors, in which they were told that Kosovo is a very hospitable country.

Melinda Zannier, said he has already familiarised himself with people in Kosovo. She teaches and says she has learned different things from students in Kosovo.

In America I have sisters, but here in Kosovo now I have four sisters. I am glad that I live with Albanian children now and a year and a half, they are very kind, they have taught me Albanian, how to prepare traditional food and how to dance for wedding”, Zannier said.

Michael Greenauer, from Los Angeles, also learned the Albanian language very well.

This American has been living with an Albanian family in Prizren for a year and a half, the town where he teaches English. He said he is already feeling very integrated in the society, reports kp, records Telegrafi.

The American who delivered the speech in Albanian said he joined this Corps to challenge himself.

I think when we challenge ourselves, we learn more. I wanted to learn a new culture, I wanted to go to a different place, see how other people live, and I've especially chosen to come here because I've been to the Balkan region in the past, and I've noticed that people here are very open, there are lots of hospitality, there are more than in LA in my country, and I was very impressed”, Greenauer said.

The deputy head of the American Embassy Mission in Kosovo, Collen Hyland, said there is no better partnership for the Peace Corps than they have in Kosovo. She also said that volunteers of this Corps, among other things, try to help young people in Kosovo develop their language skills and be more informed in the community.

Our “Our Vulnerers are placed in couples with some of the most experienced teachers, and during classes they help students to advance the English language level in their lessons. Meanwhile, outside classes they do more than that. They've chosen to cost you and your students two years, and their commitment does not end at the school doors. Peace Corps volunteers are launching projects in the community, such as the one in Vushtrri, in order to develop leadership level in high school”, Hyland said.

Meanwhile, Hope Hashani, associate at the Peace Corps, said the presence and work of foreign volunteers of this Corps are helping the teaching process and teaching itself in Kosovo.

The mayor of Gnjilan municipality Lutfi Haziri and Vushtrri Jafer Tahiri also attended the meeting.

Otherwise, the Peace Corps was founded on March 1, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy with the aim of promoting world peace and friendship, sending American volunteers to contribute to social, economic, and human development in various countries. In 2014, Kosovo became the 140th country in which this Corps is serving, broadcasting Telegrafi.