Monthly Archives: July 2012

With the carpentry apprentices on the Brunottescher Hof construction site

Wallenstedt is home to the Brunottescher Hof, an architectural monument of supra-regional importance built in 1594. The former farmstead, which once belonged to St Michael’s Monastery in Hildesheim, combines living quarters and stables under one roof and is an outstanding … Continue reading

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Container repaired

A 20′ standard steel container stored on our premises for a donation transport planned for the near future had a few small holes and rust spots on the roof and at the level of the floor assembly. These were welded … Continue reading

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Visit from Gemeinwesenentwicklung Stadtfeld e.V.

Today we were visited by Katharina Thielemann and Sebastian Denecke, interns at Gemeinwesenentwicklung Stadtfeld e.V.. Founded in late autumn 2010, the association aims to promote community structures, civic engagement and neighbourly help in Stadtfeld and is already working with great … Continue reading

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Tool donation collected from Kelkheim

Walter Zeller provided us with machines from a carpentry shop clearance in Kelkheim near Frankfurt am Main as well as a lot of accessories. We were very pleased about this contact in Hesse. The machines are destined for the training … Continue reading

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Flanging machine restored

The flanging machine that came to us from a tool collection of the DGB local organisation in Sehnde was badly damaged. Master craftsman Algermissen and Olli Jüngst carried out professional repairs to ensure that this small but very fine machine … Continue reading

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Günther Arlt donates his circular saw

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DB Energieversorgung Nord donates horizontal pusher machine

Horizontal shaping machines, also known as shapers, have been built in Germany since 1905. The ‘Deutsche Maschinen- und Werkzeugfabrik GmbH’ in Glauchau gave rise to the ‘Wotan-Werke AG’ in Leipzig in 1909. Shaping machines were widely used until the 1970s. … Continue reading

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The first donation transport for the vocational school in Massawa

When the chairman of the Eritrean Trade Union Confederation NCEW, Baire Tekeste, visited us last year together with Ambassador Petros Tseggai, he asked us for support: a building for a vocational school had been completed in the port city of … Continue reading

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The first donations for The Gambia have arrived

Around mid-August, we want to load a 40′ container destined for the work of DBO in Banjul, the capital of The Gambia. Hubert Dombrowski from Uslar is the initiator of this project, which we are now carrying out for the … Continue reading

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ADW participates in GreenDay

On “Green Day”, the new career orientation day on 12.11.2012, young people will discover professions and courses of study in the environmental sector. Our carpenters and metalworkers will show interested pupils how solar lamps can be made from industrial scrap … Continue reading

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