Deswos visit to Nicaragua housing Project

Winnfried Clever of Deswos in Germany recently visited the SofoNic housing project in Nicaragua supported by that organization and the BMZ. This innovative project focuses upon educating young apprentices from the Polytechnical Institute of Jinotepe. The masonry apprentices learn their trade in a two year course that combines practical work and formal schooling. onsite experience is within the Diriamba housing project where they are building 80 houses for a group of working families who participate with non-qualified labor. The SofoNic professional team guides the students during the practical work and the first group of ten will graduate this year

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Orlando Espinosa
Cuban
Civil Engineer
Spanish, Russian, some English.
Equipment development, MCR workshop installation, operative project implementation

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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.