Youths help New Orleans homeowners while building own skills
At a shotgun double near the corner of Dumaine and North White streets, about a dozen young men and women are painting primer on new Sheetrock walls.
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Michael Frank,foreground on porch, is an instructor with the Kedila Youth Build job training/GED program working on painting a house at 2806 Dumaine St. on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
The workers wear sky-blue T-shirts bearing the message: "Knowledge and integrity go hand in hand."Michael Frank,foreground on porch, is an instructor with the Kedila Youth Build job training/GED program working on painting a house at 2806 Dumaine St. on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
Across town at the Kedila Family Learning Center, 1915 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., another group of young people is in class, preparing to take the GED exam.
Both groups are participating in YouthBuild, a nationwide program that teaches life skills and work ethic to young people who have...
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When Reginald “Reggie” Aguillard walked into Kedila Family Learning Center in Central City, Dipo Mosadomi didn’t recognize him at first.
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Reginald Aguillard, is a success story from a program called YouthBuild, a program for young adults who don't have a high school diploma. It helps them get a ged and build skills. Dipo Mosadomi's , right, tutored Reginald who went on to get an AA degree and then graduated from a four-year college. He is currently working and plans to do an MBA at LSU.
“He thought I had come to get into the program. That was the look he gave me,” Aguillard says, smiling at Mosadomi.Reginald Aguillard, is a success story from a program called YouthBuild, a program for young adults who don't have a high school diploma. It helps them get a ged and build skills. Dipo Mosadomi's , right, tutored Reginald who went on to get an AA degree and then graduated from a four-year college. He is currently working and plans to do an MBA at LSU.
In fact, Aguillard, 28, had been in YouthBuild in 2001 and 2002, when Mosadami was at the Mirabeau...