FRANCE – Young unemployed trained in conservation work

They are car mechanics or lumberjacks, just twenty years old, and cannot find work. The department of Vichy and the Fondation du Patrimoine have set up an introductory trajectory and education to train five young job seekers in different ancient crafts needed for heritage conservation work. The five were selected from a group of twenty, depending on their motivation.

Read the full article in French here.

http://www.lasemainedelallier.fr/article/22/10/2014/vichy–des-jeunes-pour-le-patrimoine/7452