CARPENTERS GRADUATE
 On Wednesday April 8, 2009 nine young men became the first graduates of Point Hope’s carpentry course. The year long course taught the students the basic carpentry skills including lay-out, cutting, design and construction, joinery, sanding, finishing and simple upholstery. Each of the students was required to complete and master the construction of a table, chair, shelving unit and utilitarian objects such as boxes. Mr. Chris Amuzu-Addo, the Point Hope Project Coordinator in Ghana presented each of the graduates with a tool kit and certificate during the graduation ceremony. The intention of the course was to give the students usable skills that will make them able to find income producing jobs. The course was designed with appropriate technology meaning that power tools were not used. The young men produced the furniture using only hand tools that can be easily accessible any where in Ghana or Liberia.  Point Hope congratulates these young men and wishes them a future filled with success. |
