The various training courses that take place at the “Casa Garavito Community Development Center” in Bogotá, Colombia (sewing workshop, after-school tutoring, English, drawing and guitar classes), completely occupy the available space in this center. For this reason, in August we decided to rent an additional space, located in a building near the original headquarters of Casa Garavito, in order to expand our educational offer.
To begin with, we announced that we would start a manicure course for people interested in learning everything related to nail care, and 54 women signed up. This good response tells us that this is a field that interests many people. The idea, of course, is that once they finish the course, the students can earn some resources by offering nail care at home, or in shops dedicated to this.
The manicure classes in the new space (which we have called “Casa Garavito – Site B”) began the first week of September, with a teacher very dedicated to her work. So far, the students are happy and grateful for everything they are learning. We are convinced that to give training opportunities to people, who later can get a job thanks to this training, continues to be the best way to help the development of these marginal sectors from the South of Bogotá.
