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Eagerness Workers: Pilot Project and English Classes

eagerness workers: His wife has been attending English classes and his four children have been going to school, according to Hamilton Spectator. But Sabbagh wants to make his own mark hopefully by starting his own business and pay back the country that has provided refuge to him and his family. The 43-year-old automotive painter from Aleppo, Syria has felt emotionally better since arriving in Hamilton with his family last February, he explained through a translator. He is one step closer to achieving that dream after graduating from the Immigrants Working Centre's WorkLINC manufacturing program on Wednesday. The program was launched as a pilot project in response to the talent and eagerness workers at the Immigrants Working Centre noticed in Syrians arriving in Hamilton. He is one of twelve Syrian newcomers a cohort made up of welders, carpenters and shoemakers who were all smiles as they completed the five-week program that prepares participants to work in the food, manufacturing and construction industries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.