I am currently in Peru with Dave Batstone visiting our team Generacion. One of the topics during our conversation is the importance of building a vocational center. The entrepreneur spirit exists in the children and teenagers that we are meeting, but being a victim of slavery and violence has taught them that making money is only possible through exploitation.

The importance of the vocational center goes beyond only teaching carpentry, landscaping, cooking, and so on. The key is about introducing the children and teenagers into the culture of work. Team work, respect, transformation of the world with and for others, wealth and dignity, identity, responsibility, creativity, discipline, organization, reflection, analysis, individual and collective development, are the values that organize a culture of work.

Independent of what career they choose once they finish the course, we want to make sure that they have the skills to identify and produce a healthy working environment for all.