Vocational Education

Sisterhood Academy empowers Palestinian women
February 3, 2022- Posted in Education, Vocational Education, West Bank
Almost every class of the adult culinary arts diploma program offered at the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah includes a few women. Some are housewives who want to supplement family income by starting a home cooking or baking business. Others, like...

In the midst of great need, generosity transforms lives in Ramallah and Jordan
November 6, 2020- Posted in Disabilities, Education, Jordan, Palestine, Vocational Education, West Bank
For years, Giovanni Anbar, the founder and director of the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah, has depended on the Center’s guesthouse for a steady income stream to cover operating expenses. Before the pandemic, ETVTC’s ten-room guesthouse offered students in the hospitality...

School leaders adapt in creative ways
September 11, 2020- Posted in Education, Vocational Education
Supporting the schools of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem is at the heart of AFEDJ’s mission. Whether it’s the progressive, academic schools where the Christian values imparted help to form the leaders of the next generation, the vocational schools that prepare non-traditional learners and vulnerable...

A conversation with Giovanni Anbar of ETVTC
August 28, 2020- Posted in Live from the Holy Land, Palestine, People, Video, Vocational Education, West Bank
Giovanni Anbar, general director of the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah, West Bank, talks with John Lent, executive director of American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ), about the mission of the school and current conditions in the West...