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Welding interns receive tools to take their next step
After a year of working alongside welding instructors, the welding program interns received starter tool kits this October. The kits include welding equipment and essential hand tools to help them begin taking on work of their own. Your support helps young welders leave WAVS with practical experience and equipment they can put to use.
A greener campus
New paths and planted areas are changing the Bissau campus. The landscaping work was completed in July, and its drainage system has already handled heavy rains successfully. Grass and young trees are taking root, while our team cares for the grounds. Thank you for helping create a campus where students can enjoy the space between classes.
Time together at the annual staff retreat
The WAVS team in Guinea-Bissau gathered for its annual staff retreat. Staff had time to get away from the everyday rhythm of classes and campus work and connect with each other. See more moments from the retreat in Around Campus below.
Around Campus
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A beachside soccer game during the annual WAVS staff retreat.
Staff share a meal and conversation at the annual retreat.
Staff engaged in team building exercises at the annual WAVS staff retreat.
A foosball game brings staff together during the retreat.
Welding students work together to secure roofing sheets to a demonstration roof frame.
Carpentry students work together on a project in the WAVS workshop.
A new stepping-stone path leads across the courtyard to a campus building.
Young trees and planted areas surround the new campus paths.
SPOTLIGHT
Meet Elia Na Cul
Computer literacy for the work she already loves
Elia, 27, works as a lab technician at a medical clinic in Bissau. She’s enrolled in the WAVS computer literacy program because the medical school training she and her colleagues received didn’t prepare them for using the technology they need to do their jobs. In fact, she told us that her team often struggle to deliver lab results without knowing how to operate their software.
“As a professional, I must be prepared to better understand technology. I strive daily to learn from the teachers. They are well-prepared and patient.”
Because of your support, Elia is now learning the computer skills she needs to become better at her job and better serve the clinic’s patients.
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