Piareersarfik means “the place where you are preparing”. It is a government-sponsored guidance centre and school to help young people gain qualifications and skills to continue with secondary education or enter the labour market. There are 17 Piareersarfik schools in Greenland. Aside from the AEU academic program to prepare school-leavers to return to education, Piareersarfik Ittoqqortoormiit has a sannavik (workshop) where young people learn to use tools and make traditional crafts, creating skills and opportunities for future jobs by preserving traditional crafts and developing self-esteem. At the back of the sannavik is the Art Shop selling products handmade by local Piareersarfik students. Sales support local Piareersarfik programs.