Category: Past Events

On December 3, 2016, Ms. Beti Beno, Esq. was elected the new Albanian American Women’s Organization (AAWO) president.  Ms. Beno was born in Tirana, Albania during the peak of the communist regime in Albania.  In the early 1990s when communism fell in Albania, she and her family were able to escape Albania and come to […]

AAWO kicked off the holiday season with a festive year-end fundraising event, at Arno’s Manhattan, attended by well over a hundred AAWO members and their friends, and honored guests: Albanian Ambassador to the UN, Besiana Kadare and Kosovo Ambassador Teuta Sahatqija. December 3, 2016 marks a special benchmark for AAWO: the official creation of AAWO […]

AAWO was honored with the Golden Eagle Award at the Gala event concluding the 1st Diaspora Summit in Tirana, Albania, on November 20, 2016. We take pride in our board, members, volunteers and everyone who has contributed over the years to sustain our mission, to be a place for women and girls to be inspired, […]

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving Holiday, AAWO made the annual turkey donations to the parishioners in need of St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church in Jamaica Estates, Queens. Thank you to Fr. Nathan Preston and the Church Council Members pictured here with Beti Beno, Esq., for their enthusiasm and support of our annual turkey drive. […]

On September 22, 2016, AAWO Board and Volunteers had a very productive meeting with Her Excellency Odeta Nishani, First Lady of the Republic of Albania. AAWO members and Mrs. Nishani touched on issues close to their hearts: women and children.  The dominant theme was how to coordinate the humanitarian work to benefit children in Albania […]