Youths help New Orleans homeowners while building own skills

At a shotgun double near the corner of Dumaine and North White streets, about a dozen young men and women are painting primer on new Sheetrock walls.

The workers wear sky-blue T-shirts bearing the message: "Knowledge and integrity go hand in hand."

Across town at the Kedila Family Learning Center, 1915 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., another group of young people is in class, preparing to take the GED exam.
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