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International property developer EcoHouse Group has struck a partnership with SESI, Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte state government’s education body, to set up a school to help its construction workers who missed out on basic schooling.
Statistics show that around 65m people aged 15 and over did not finish primary education and around half of those left school before the age of 10. With its head office in Natal, EcoHouse says it is well aware of the problem as more than half of the over 15-year-olds living in the region cannot read or write. ??
The Elilde Armstrong School, which has recently been officially opened, is free to attend and has elementary and middle school levels. Initially, 20 workers will be taught at the school during lunchtimes at the Bosque das Acacias construction site on the BR 406, which links Natal and Ceara-Mirim.
EcoHouse is well-known for its high-quality Minha Casa, Minha Vida affordable housing communities and serviced offices.
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