In a groundbreaking transfer to empower ladies within the building business, Sephton Spence, the president of Kubbie Con, is spearheading the institution of the primary technical coaching faculty for ladies in St. Lucia, named SL Enpowher. The venture goals to equip ladies with important expertise in masonry, framing, electrical work, plumbing, and different construction-related fields.
The initiative took a step ahead with a donation of instruments and gear, valued at roughly $45,000 US, from Kubbie Con. The instruments have been shipped from Toronto, Canada, with the help of KLC Delivery and are supposed to be used on the Piaye Secondary College. Nevertheless, the venture encountered a setback when the instruments, upon arrival in St. Lucia, have been saved within the Ministry of Schooling’s facility and never launched to the supposed faculty. This delay has raised considerations among the many venture’s supporters, together with main contributors Milwaukee and Golden Brown.
Regardless of this impediment, the venture is making progress in different areas. Two ladies from St. Lucia are set to journey to Canada for teacher coaching, sponsored by Kubbie Con. They may endure a two-week intensive course, funded solely by Spence, at a value of $12,000 Canadian {dollars}. The coaching is essential for the college’s success, as these ladies will turn out to be the primary licensed instructors by the Employees Well being and Security Fee (WHSC) within the Caribbean.
The varsity’s future location is the outdated Catholic faculty in Mon Repos, which is being leased and renovated for the SL Enpowher Girls Commerce College. The renovation, estimated at half one million {dollars}, will remodel the dilapidated buildings into a contemporary coaching facility. Along with technical coaching, the college will supply night studying packages for the neighborhood, enhancing academic alternatives in Mon Repos.
Moreover, the initiative features a partnership with George Brown School in Canada. Graduates of the St. Lucia program may have the chance to additional their training in building at George Brown School, facilitated by SL Enpowher Coaching, a prerequisite program for Caribbean college students.
Spence’s imaginative and prescient for SL Enpowher is not only about constructing buildings; it’s about constructing futures. By equipping ladies with the talents and certifications wanted within the building business, the venture goals to interrupt limitations and create a extra inclusive and empowered workforce.
