Provide occupational skills to impoverished Haitian youth many of whom are orphaned from the devastating earthquake and AIDS. Through the development of a trade skill, will have a chance to improve their quality of life and become a productive member of their community by giving back. The trade school program is broken up into three main components: 1) Construction Classroom Training 2) Practical Field Application 3) Business Ethics & Community Rebuilding
In 2010, Haiti experienced one of the worst earthquakes in recorded history. The devastation was unimaginable. Haitian cities were flooded with youth who had lost their homes and families. Forced to the streets without occupational skills to provide for themselves these youth incurred a new nightmare - Living.
As Haiti received aid to rebuild the country's infrastructure, the availability of qualified construction workers fell grossly short of the demand. Through the efforts of the Haitian Director of Equipping Leaders Internationally (ELI Projects), a trade school was developed to rebuild not only Haitian communities, but the lives of these devastated youth by giving them practical trade skills training.
By 2014 our goal is for the project to educate 35+ students annually in masonry, plumbing, and electrical trade skills. These occupational skills not only provide the students a way out of poverty, but also dignity in a community that sees them as outcasts. Our plans are to complete the development of self-sustaining model for the school that will accomplish these goals. The community benefits through the students' volunteer efforts and the high level of skill they bring to the workforce.
