The 2018 WAM program has begun as of March 26th and is off to a great start with 20 young men and 5 young women. This 6-month program will as always gives these young people the Life Skills to compete in the job market further their education in this ever-changing world. At the same time these trainees will learn traditional canoe construction and sailing. Some of the vocational projects they will be working on are; small model canoe building, repair and maintenance of existing canoes, and building a traditional dugout canoe. Before these projects are started each trainee learns basic tool identification, maintenance and use. They are also instructed in the traditional names of the parts of a canoe. During this 6-month program they will also are receive
instruction in Literacy and Numeracy every week. Trainees will also participate in various community events such as World Health Month. WAM hosted a Walk-a-thon for Health on April 13th. This event hosted by WAM started off with health screening provided for by Wellness Center and Ministry of Health and finished off with trainees and WAM staff many steps around the WAM Campus to encourage all to be health conscious.
We will post more updates on their progress as the program continues.