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Historic First Graduating Class

12/8/2015

 
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Five years ago it was an idea...
Four years ago it was a piece of purchased land...
Three years ago it was a construction sight...
Two years ago it was an empty school....
One year ago it came alive with instruction and activity...

And, last month, the Duchity Vocational Center celebrated its first commencement, as 55 students, arrived in cap and gown, and left with both diploma in hand, and training to earn a living, while helping their community.

"It was both emotional and inspiring," said Vermont Haiti Project Board president Kimball Butler.  Butler, along with VHP staff and volunteers, have worked throughout the decade with Despagne Felix, a Duchity native who came up with the idea for the school as a way to allow rural Haitians to remain in their region, rather than get schooling and jobs in already crowded urban areas.
   175 students are currently enrolled in a variety of courses, including plumbing, welding, computer, English, tiling and agriculture.
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