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Rebuilding forts as well as people’s lives
Unemployed people restore the Defence Line of Amsterdam…
Herstelling Foundation started in 1996 and has successfully put thousands of (mostly young) people on the road to regular jobs and a brighter future.
Some 70% of the participants successfully conclude this programme and go on to further professional training, a regular job or a combination of both.
The Dutch province of Noord-Holland and the city of Amsterdam (Department Work and Income) are working together in a unique employment scheme. People with little or no prior job experience can partici
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Participants who join Herstelling foundation start with an introduction week at Fort near Abcoude. This time is used to assess the ‘pupils’.
During the week they are closely observed as they go t
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Since the beginning of 2006 Herstelling has initiated a curriculum especially for people who want to learn horeca skills.
This successfull programme concentrates on the skills needed for the hotel
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Entry level secondary education (vmbo) in Holland has a big problem with truancy. The formal school system doesn’t work for everybody. Some young people just learn better ‘with their hands’. But
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An old wooden farmhouse within the defence line houses our diagnostic centre. A diagnostic carroussel at ‘de Zeehoeve’ (the farm by the sea) enables us to successfully gain insight into the physic
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Herstelling Foundation’s approach to unemployment is rather unique in Holland, but at the same time applicable to other countries:
other countries have unique cultural heritage sites, that nee
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The following websites provide more information (possibly only in the Dutch language) regarding the Defence Line of Amsterdam, employment projects or the participating organisations:
Job Centre
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