The Glass School of Honduras, born in 2009, is an educational project meant to foster international cooperation and which continues every day with our ongoing support.
Since 2015, the school has been located in the village of El Porvenir del Norte (Camalote), north of the city of El Progreso, Yoro, Honduras. Its main goal is to educate and train young people so they can have access to a decent job and quality of life.
The Glass School provides for low-income children and teenagers from rural areas, who otherwise would not have access to an education. In fact, it offers them a three-year professional training in glass crafts or cooking and tourism, under the certification of CONEANFO (National Commission for the Development of Non-Formal Alternative Education). At the same time, they take the Basic Cycle exams (formal education) thanks to an agreement with IHER (Honduran Institute of Education by Radio), and can also access a baccalaureate.
In 2015, Nacar Foundation’s support was requested in order to open a new area of professional training at the School: Cooking and Tourism. Due to our previous experience at the Loyola Technical Centre (another school in the city that we support), this training has a 100% job placement.
This new area of studies was opened in 2016 thanks to a new professional kitchen built at the Glass School. Ever since it has been a success both for the demand of young people who want to study professional training as well as for the labour insertion ratio.