Name and description of the Institution:
The Construction Training Center is a program that aims to provide free training in construction trades to low-income youth who have not had access to formal education, based on an educational philosophy grounded in values.
Project name:
Construction Training Center
Project description:
Currently, young people from León XIII are the direct beneficiaries of the program. They receive theoretical and practical courses related to construction and masonry. As part of their final project for each module, they must renovate public spaces in the community where the students reside in order to apply the knowledge acquired.
Module 1: Surfaces, color, and materiality
Module 2: Structures, development, and construction
Module 3: Systems, construction technology
Module 4: Modular design
Module 5: Products, entrepreneurship management
Execution period:
Module 1: Third quarter of 2017
Module 2: First quarter of 2018
Number of people benefited:
8 direct
140 indirect
Main results:
Module 1:
Work sessions:
Community project:
Module 2:
