Apprentices complete first phase of Diriamba housing project

The first 24 houses build by the ten apprentices have been finished. The apprentices have completed their first year of studies and have made real progress in the work. They have taken seriously the chance to learn a trade and are on the best way to graduate as formal masons next year. In November 2004 ten new apprentices entered the project and have started their two years cycle to obtain their diploma, recognized by the National Technological Institute of Nicaragua.

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Martín Meléndez
Dominican
Civil Engineer
Spanish and English
Microconcrete roofing tiles (MCR), CP 40 (alternative cement), adobe, tapial, burnt clay bricks, social organization, workshop planning for MCR and alternative cement, setup and implementation of housing projects, disaster prevention in construction

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In 2005, SofoNic has started a dual education program for masons in Nicaragua, using its house-building programs as a base. Teaming up with the local technical school in Jinotepe they are graduating about ten masons every year since. Most f them have found jobs in construction or have started a business on their own. SofoNic has contracted several of them as master masons in the reconstruction programs in Haiti.