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Monthly Archives: June 2017

Graduate Stories, Welding

WAVS School graduate: “I’m ready. If there’s an opportunity, I can go for it.”

Posted on June 14, 2017May 12, 2021 by Chris Collins
Agusto is breaking the cycle of poverty
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Agusto has grown up in Guinea-Bissau, a small country in West Africa that has 80% unemployment. Watch this inspiring story of a young man named Agusto who graduated from the WAVS welding course and now has his own shop.

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