Students learn construction skills that will not only help them earn a job after passing their courses but also help Haiti rebuild.
Built on the site of an old sugar plant, the program’s amenities include a concrete block-manufacturing facility.
Students learn all of the steps of the construction process from beginning to end. Joseph says that the program will combat Haiti’s “brain drain” problem and keep these skilled, trained workers in Haiti instead of their looking for work elsewhere.
The first class of Ateliers-École des Métiers de la Construction.
Thanks to a partnership between the ELCA and the Lutheran Church in Haiti, students are learning new skills to help rebuild lives and homes after the devastating 2010 earthquake.