Being a woman of the third age was not an impediment to learn something new. His decision to train took his family by surprise, who not only supported the initiative but also provided him with what was necessary for his learning.
Dressed in a fluorescent safety vest and her safety helmet, Mrs. Sotera Cecilia Rodríguez graduated as a construction technician, at age 62, in Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca.
Visibly moved, she expresses that being a bricklayer is not an easy thing, but everything can be done with the desire to learn. As she tightly embraces the bouquet that her children gave her during the ceremony, she adjusts her helmet and smiles when she remembers that cutting a rod, mixing, gluing bricks, or simply fitting a peg is something that for her is no longer a problem. trouble. “Now I know how to do it, my age does not impede to achieve what I want; I still have enough strength, “he stressed.
Meanwhile, supported by the Breaking Stereotypes Yo Construyo program, implemented by the state government through the Ministry of Social and Human Development, 30 low-income Mixtec women were trained in the self-construction of homes by Cemex group personnel.
After completing the training, this first group of women builders will be included in the works of the National Reconstruction Program that are carried out in the Mixteca region, since Huajuapan de León was one of the most damaged municipalities after the earthquakes last year, They will also be part of the Housing Improvement program promoted by the State Government.