Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Centre (ETVTC)

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Founded: 2001

Activities:

ETVTC comes under the umbrella of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. They run various programmes benefiting the local community:

• For Grades 11 and 12, in partnership with the Arab Evangelical School in Ramallah, they run Hotel Secondary School, which is the first such institution in the West Bank.
  
  
• Technology Education Programme, which was begun in 2001, and currently serves 380 students from Grades 7-10.
  
  
• Hotel Services Programme began in 2005 to train cooks and food and beverage service workers. The students in the cooking programme learn how to plan menus, obtain ingredients and prepare menu items. The areas covered include both cooking and baking. Food and beverage service students also learn how to properly staff, set up, work and serve beverages and food in hotel and restaurant dining areas. On-the-job training is provided with the preparation of meals for the guest house and dining room operated by the centre, and internships at local hotels and restaurants.
  
  
• Youth development programmes, including technology summer camps for children aged 5-13 (topics covered include IT, journalism, computer science, environmental science, music, drama, culinary arts, graphic arts and PE); ballet dancing for girls aged 6-16 (classes focus on developing coordination, strength and flexibility); and youth activities (led by the rector of St Andrew’s Episcopal Church).
  
  
• BibleLands focus support on the Hotel Department, which helps Christians (75%, of whom half are from low-income families) and Muslims (25%). Over half (60%) of beneficiaries are below average academically and 30% are slow learners, have unseen disabilities or are difficult social cases.