manure, and as a cow shed. Two brothers built a wall to divide the chapel into two sections, each one having a door. In 1981, NSTF provided the funding to remove this rubble wall and restored the church. Another philanthropic challenge was the installation of a stained glass window over the main altar of the neo-Gothic Chapel of the Addolorata, at Malta’s principal cemetery, after that an international contest was won by a well known French vitrier Emmanuel Chauche, who depicted the Resurrection from the Dead, calling upon the play of the sun’s rays on glass stained in indigenous colors, white and black. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its founding, NSTF commissioned the restoration of the Mattia Preti masterpiece "The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria" which was venerated as the main altar piece at the Church of St. Catherine in Valletta, adjoining the Auberge d’Italie. The firm "Sante Guido Restauro e Conservazione di Opere d’Arte" under the management of Sante Guido and Giuseppe Mantella were responsible for the restoration and provided the expertise for all the educational programmes linked to this restoration project. These included workshops for primary and secondary students, scholarships for art students in Malta and in Rome, and seminars for the general public. NSTF Projects NSTF Mini European Assembly The Mini European Assembly is an educational simulation exercise, open to teams of students from post secondary and tertiary level institutions, where they discuss various issues related to European Affairs through the political perspective of the European country they represent both at Committee and Plenary Sessions. About 60 students take part during each edition of the Assembly. Another 15 past participants are involved in the running of the project. Each Plenary session is chaired and addressed by a European personality. Presidents, Vice-presidents and Members of the European Parliament, European Commissioners, Secretary Generals and Presidents of the Council of Europe as well as Presidents and Ministers have addressed this Assembly over the past eighteen years. Past participants guide new participants in their workings each year. Introductory, training and team building sessions are held at the NSTF premises. For each new topic every month, Committee Meetings are also held at the NSTF premises. The Plenary Sessions are held at different venues - including the House of Representatives, the Courts of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Mediterranean Conference Centre, the Archbishop's Curia amongst others. Participants