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Many departments joined forces to implement the Avondleergangen of the program because they had little motivation to
‘Leer Werk Aruba. With this follow an intense guidance program or because of
diploma they’ll be pregnancy.
able to enter into
the labor market The Leer Werk Traject will offer young ones that want
to participate 3 different courses. The first one is basic
TRAJECT’ or/and attend mechanic, the second one is basic maintenance and
night school. the third one is basic commercial employee. Thus
offering them more options.
The first Leer Werk
Traject which took Youth between the ages of 16 and 25 that aren’t
going to school or haven’t completed their secondary
place in the 2014- education. Only 40 students can participate in the
project. The Leer Werk Traject will commence in
2015 school year August, students will have to go through a preliminary
stage consisting of different workshops and training
concluded last sessions to prepare them for the educational part of
the project and the labor market.
Saturday when
The goal of the project is to offer the participants a
the students that daily productive routine, contribute to their personal
development, and prevent criminality and offer
completed the them future prospects. To help them gain stability
the project will guide them in the personal area,
RECLASSERINGFoundationandJeugdbescherming program were given their diplomas and certificates. educational area and labor area.
Aruba(Youth Protection Aruba) in collaboration with There were 12 students that completed this project.
Openbare Avondleergangen Aruba (Public Evening The main goal of the Leer Werk Traject is to help risky An informational night will be held on Friday July 17,
Course Aruba) and the Minister of Justice, Education youth to obtain a diploma so as to be able to enter into 2015 7 o’clock at night at ATIA. An ample explanation
and Labor are getting ready to start the second year the labor market. The project focuses on changing the about the different course will be given and it is also
of the ‘Leer Werk Traject’ project (Learning Working thinking ways of the young ones that participate into an opportunity to enroll. For more information visit
a more positive thinking. Leer Werk Trajects’ facebook page: Leerwerktraject
Project). Aruba or email them at: lwtaruba@gmail.com or
feel free to call 582-1496/582-2491 and ask for Mrs.
The ‘Leer Werk Traject is financed by Samenwerkende Albertus the leer werk traject project coordinator.
Fondsen Caribisch Deel van het Koningkrijk Leer Werk Traject 2014-2015 was a success. Of the 35
(Cooperating Funds for the Caribbean part of the youth that singed up, 5 graduated and received their
diplomas, 7 received a certificate (probably because
Kingdom) and the Aruban Government.
The project is focused on youth that for some reason they still have to finish their internship or have to ace
aren’t attending school. The project will allow them one subject), 12 managed to get a permanent job, 4
to receive an education by attending school twice a of them went back to school, 1 decided to return to
week and work by interning three times a week over his/her home country to attend school in her mother
tongue and 5 of them entered another project that
the course of a year.
Towards the end of the project they will receive was better for them, for example the governments’
a Basic Knowledge Diploma from Openbare SVT or rehabilitation) and some 8 of them fell out

Statistics Netherlands:

Inflation Caribbean
Netherlands
DECLINES FURTHER

ACCORDING to figures released still 0.6 percent lower than in the same points on now come
today by Statistics Netherlands, period last year. Price developments the first to an end. Price developments of
inflation according to the consumer of food in particular lowered Bonaire’s q u a r t e r . Here as well, food cosmetics and air tickets also had a
price index (CPI) on all three islands inflation level. Although food prices prices accounted for the lower inflation downward effect on inflation.
of Caribbean Netherlands was down were 0.4 percent higher than one year rate.
further in the second quarter of 2015. previously, the year-on-year price Provisional figures
On Bonaire and St Eustatius inflation increase in the first quarter was still On Saba inflation dropped to 0.4 Figures over the second quarter of
was actually negative for the second 2.9 percent. Clothing became more percent. Consumer rates in the first 2015 are provisional and will become
quarter in a row. expensive on Bonaire which had an quarter were still 1 percent up on the definite when the figures for the third
upward effect on inflation. same quarter of 2014. The decrease was quarter of 2015 are published.
On Bonaire inflation fell for the third On St Eustatius inflation also fell for mainly due to the price developments
consecutive quarter, to -0.9 percent three consecutive quarters and came in restaurants and cafes, where prices Source: StatLine: Caribbean
in the second quarter of 2015. In the out at -1.7 percent in the second quarter rose in the second quarter of 2014,
first quarter, consumer prices were of 2015. That is down 0.6 percentage pushing inflation up. This effect has Netherlands

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