AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS INC

Education program:vocational training support: allowing students to train for specific skills is an important way to help an individual escape poverty. Aha sponsors tutors at the west virginia career and technology center in mcdowell county, the only vocational school in the county, to teach students law, video game design, and mechanical engineering to name a few studies. Students are helped with their coursework by tutors to pass their main high school courses and mentored throughout the vocational school training, ensuring they pass their tests. This program would not exist without $14,500 of aha funding assisting 209 individuals.(see schedule o for continuation)additionally, the want2work initiative gave funding to three vocational schools in kentucky and virginia so that they may purchase professional equipment and tools as well as pay for tests and accreditation for the students, relieving financial burdens on the young professionals. $70,000 were distributed between the five schools, lee county (va) career & technical center, lee county (ky) area technical center, and estill county area technical center, white county high school ctae, and tazewell county career & technical center helping over 765 students.