COOKING AND PASTRY CLASSES FOR ALL
Nairobi RodrÃguez found out about the
Cooking Program at the new Cultural Integration Center of La Sagrada Familia
parish in Sabana Yegua. Not knowing how to read, she initially feared that she
wouldn’t be accepted into the program. Nairobi has plenty of spunk and
determination, so she decided to enroll in the program and to bring along her
daughter, who is in the first year of high school, to take notes for all the
recipes. In this way she was able to
finish the 60 hour Basic Cooking Class. This new program is made possible by
INFOTEP, a public institution for professional and technical formation.
The Cooking Program is already very
popular. Both groups of students who took the Basic Cooking class are so
enthusiastic that they will now continue the program by enrolling in the 180
hour Pastry Class. This is a major challenge! They will need more ingredients
and utensils and will have to see where they can get some funding, for even
though the course is free, it is necessary to acquire some things so that,
afterwards, they will be able to delight family and friends with their
new-found cooking and pastry-making skills.
Nairobi is very grateful for the
cooking class and she too will join the pastry class. The most important thing
for her is that now she has regained the courage and determination to continue
and finish her schooling. Having successfully completed her cooking classes has
helped her realize that she would be able to go much further if she knew how to
read. Therefore, even though she works in the mornings and then in the
afternoons she has to care for her five children, she is now determined to get
organized for success. One thing about which she is very clear is this: she
does not want to be illiterate anymore.
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