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LOWELL, Mass.,__Lowell Mayor, Rodney Elliots, last Friday hailed a new partnership between Kenya's Kate Stanley and Cambodia's Tolayuth Ok (that's right, the last name is OK!) that has seen a new Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Home Health Aide(HHA) training school opened in Tewksbury, near Lowell.
The new school, known as Healthcare Training Centers of America (HTCA), officially opened to the public last week in an elaborate ribbon cutting ceremony led by Mayor Eliot, with dozens of enthusiastic members of the Cambodian, Kenyan and American communities.
It is conveniently located at 170 Main Street, Suite G-10 & G-11 in Tewkesbury (on Rt 38 right off I-495), opposite a Walmart store and Citizens Bank less than half a mile from the Lowell city line. Public bus users can access the school using Lowell Regional Transportation CompanyBus #12, with a bus stop situated right across the street. To make transportation even easier for prospective students, the school has organized a pick-up and drop- off point from Downtown Lowell for those who may need the service. According to company officials, the school will be operating highly affordable day and evening classes every month for all programs offered including CNA, HHA as well as First Aide/ CPR. They said that a CNA class will now cost $800 while the HHA will go for $525 with tuition and books included. "I am very pleased to see this very powerful partnership that has given rise to this business. This school will help provide good education to those who wish to become nursing assistants and Home Health Aides around in this city and around Lowell." "We are also always excited to see youthful entrepreneurs start businesses in the city as this gives us a lot of hope. They help create employment and make our city a better place to be," added Mayor Elliots while congratulating Tolayouth Ok, for having partnered with the Kenyan to start the school.
According to Tolayouth Ok, president of the new school, the school will primarily provide training for Nursing Assistants, Home Health Aides, as well as CPR and First Aid. He said that the multi- cultural owned school would serve students from all communities in the region regardless of ethnic or racial backgrounds as well as new immigrants looking to gain a foothold in the healthcare careers. "We welcome everyone here at Healthcare Training Centers of America. We will strive to provide the best training possible for CNAs, Home Health Aides. This will be a place where all communities and new immigrants will be comfortable while learning entry level skills. We will also provide them with a support system to get employment opportunities once they complete successfully," added the entrepreneur who worked as a certified attorney in his home country before immigrating to the USA in 2005. He urged the community to support the new business by sending their students to the new school. "I feel so happy and blessed to be part of this new business. Three communities have come together to make this a reality. We have the Kenyan community, the Cambodian community and the white American community," said Kate while thanking the mayor and guests attending the ceremony. Kate, who has many years of business experience both in African and in the US, urged the local communities to support the new business by sending their sons and daughters looking for training in the healthcare industry. "We need your support. We want to do the best we can for your children. Bring your daughters, sisters, brothers, friends and anybody else who is looking for training as a CNA, Home Health Aide or for CPR and First Aide."
Mary-Ellen Cooper, the lead nurse at the new school also thanked all who showed up for the launching ceremony, adding that students who will get training at the new school have no limit to what they could achieve. "I thank God for everybody who turned up here for this ceremony. I love the nursing career where I started off as a CNA many years ago. Then I became an LPN, an RN, and BSN and now I am a Nurse Practitioner. This is the best career to be in especially if you love people," she said. The school's legal adviser, Scott Consaul said that the was very excited at the potential the new school has at bringing people together in the process of providing training for interested students. "I am very excited about what the future will bring. It's a unique opportunity and I am happy to be part of this," he said. According to Kate, Healthcare Training Centers of America idea has been in the making for more than four years. She said that the journey started when Tolayouth popped into her downtown Lowell office where she operates a driving school. After discussing a wide range of issues, the two developed a bond and decided to enter into the business of training CNAs and Home Health Aides.
However, the process was not a bed of roses. For over four years, the partners kept on paying rent at the new offices in Tewksbury as they awaited licensing approval. "We felt like quitting many countless times. We paid rent and utilities for this premises for over four years. Every month, we hoped the approval will come, but we had to wait and wait. However, we kept of praying about it and finally God has answered our prayers. We are so grateful. I now know firsthand why the virtues of patience and faith are so important in life," Kate told Ajabu Africa News Guests present also showered her and Ok for their bold move at starting the Healthcare Training Centers of America and wished them all the best. "I think they have done a remarkable job. It's not easy to partner with someone from a different community and have the patience and understanding to wait that long for the business to pick up. I think this will be a great opportunity for bringing the African, Cambodian and Local American communities together in this area for a better and brighter future," said Kamara Kay, a Cambodian political activist running for a Lowell District School Committee position in the upcoming county council elections in November. To contact the Healthcare Training Centers of America for more information, call: Phone: 978-455-9400, Fax: 978-455-1084 Email: healthcareTrainingCenters@gmail.com To promote the awareness and profile of your business within the large African Diaspora community,call/text Ajabu Africa Media at: 781-953-2490, or email : info@AjabuMedia.com
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Ajabu Africa News
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