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Statistics
400 families of working boys of Quito (more than 2000 persons) from marginal neighborhoods of the south, center and north of the city, distributed by age groups as follows: 278 children 5 years of age and under, 598 school aged children, 451 teen-agers; 677 parents.
Results:
During its 40 years of life the WBC has graduated 4750 technicians in the different specialties all of whom have become agents of change in society. In the city of Quito more than 5000 families have left poverty behind. They and their descendents have changed their way of life and their world view thanks to their participation in the WBC and their education in Christian family values. They have learned to be agents of sustainable human development, of their own prosperity and that of the community.
THE FINE ART OF BAKING
Franklin Rey, WBC Graduate 1998
“I joined the Center with my mother and my 5 brothers and sisters in 1979. Although I was a teenager, in many ways I was the “father” of the family. What did the Center do for me? A great deal. Here in the Center I was educated, grew as an integral person, and came to understand the importance of Moral Values which are being lost in our society. In the Center I met my wife, who is my right arm, and the light of my life, with whom I have two beautiful children. The Center gave me the opportunity to study and graduate in the art of baking.
Today I work in the “Modern Bakery Group” as a department head and Commercial Evaluator of product development. I travel throughout Ecuador and South America and share my knowledge acquired in the Working Boys' Center.”