- Title: Planes become a lifeline in Salvador to help ease flow of migrant exodus
- Date: 14th October 2019
- Summary: SAN LUIS, TALPA, EL SALVADOR (RECENT - AUGUST 29, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BENEFICIARIES OF FOMILENIO II AT WORK ON FLOOR AT AERONAUTICAL COMPANY AEROMAN PLANE ON RUNWAY (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BENEFICIARY OF FOMILENIO II, CESAR MARTINEZ, SAYING: "For the majority of youth that (emigrating) is something that crosses their mind. In my case I didn't do it because of my family, I didn't want to leave my family. Perhaps I could have got ahead bit by bit." PLANE OUTSIDE HANGAR PLANE IN HANGAR PROGRAMME BENEFICIARIES ON PLANT FLOOR VARIOUS OF BENEFICIARIES AT WORK MECHANICS OF PLANE VARIOUS OF BENEFICIARIES AT WORK (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BENEFICIARY OF FOMILENIO II, CESAR MARTINEZ, SAYING: "When I finished studying, one hopes to start working quickly. I submitted my resume to various places and none would get to an interview, it was frustrating, being young and unable to find work. But thanks to God I have stable employment." PLANT FLOOR VARIOUS OF BENEFICIARY AT WORK BENEFICIARIES ON FLOOR SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR (RECENT - AUGUST 29, 2019) (REUTERS) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FOMILENIO II PROGRAMME, WILLIAM PLEITES, DURING REUTERS INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FOMILENIO II PROGRAMME, WILLIAM PLEITES, SAYING: "One of the aims for these different projects and activities that are being financed is to tackle this desire to emigrate." SAN LUIS, TALPA, EL SALVADOR (RECENT - AUGUST 29, 2019) (REUTERS) PLANE IN HANGAR VARIOUS OF AEROMAN EMPLOYEES AT WORK (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) AEROMAN EMPLOYEE, MARICELA RODRIGUEZ, SAYING: "Yes it (emigrating) does cross your mind, if you can't prosper here then perhaps you can prosper somewhere else. But the truth is if one is patient and has faith then there are opportunities." VARIOUS OF AEROMAN EMPLOYEE AT WORK INTERIOR OF PLANE EMPLOYEE CHECKING PLANE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) AEROMAN EMPLOYEE, ALFREDO GUTIERREZ, SAYING: "Various colleagues I studied with, they have not had the same opportunities and they emigrated over there (towards the United States), risking their lives on the way to the United States." AEROMAN EMPLOYEES AT WORK VARIOUS OF PLANES ON RUNWAY
- Embargoed: 28th October 2019 20:48
- Keywords: planes aeroplanes El Salvador migrants emigrate airplane
- Location: SAN LUIS, TALPA + SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR
- City: SAN LUIS, TALPA + SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR
- Country: El Salvador
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B12MLHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO AS INCOMING
An aeronautical firm in El Salvador is providing new opportunities for citizens in the impoverished nation who would otherwise have considered their chances of migrating to the United States.
These young Salvadorans have received a scholarship for on-the-ground training at Aeroman. They are the beneficiaries of a programme partly financed by the U.S. called FOMILENIO II, which aims to provide locals with employment opportunities back home without having to emigrate.
FOMILENIO II was conceived in 2014 and now has the backing of bodies such as the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). At the end of this placement, candidates are elligible for official posts in participating companies.
El Salvador is one of the poorest countries in the Americas, wracked by high levels of violence and poverty. Employment opportunities such as these are hard to come by.
Authorities hope that programmes such as this will turn around numbers of Salvadorans heading to the United States, whilst also tackling poverty back home.
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