At the invitation of Ambassador Petros Tseggai, the chairman of the Eritrean Trade Union Federation, Tekeste Baire, came to Hildesheim.
Ambassador Tseggai’s plan that the trade union chairman should also get to know the basics and framework conditions of initial vocational training in the skilled trades using Hildesheim as an example was supported by Chamber of Skilled Crafts President Jürgen Herbst and Chamber Managing Director Jürgen Garms, while Embassy Secretary Johannes Yassu helped with the translation. Tekeste Baire was able to gain an overview of the workshops for wood, metal and electrical engineering.
The background to the ambassador’s second visit to Hildesheim is the plan to set up a vocational training center in Massawa, Eritrea. As Ambassador Tseggai announced, a large part of the building has already been completed. The Chamber of Skilled Crafts and Arbeit und Dritte Welt want to help set it up.
During the subsequent visit and tour of the Arbeit und Dritte Welt workshop, the guests were welcomed by many employees as well as Andreas Gehrke, Secretary of the DGB Region Niedersachsen-Mitte. Association chairman Fred Schulz and board member Ute Wittenberg confirmed their willingness to help set up the planned workshops and emphasized the importance of this visit for the association’s motto: Unemployed people provide development aid. The return visit has now helped to concretize the aid.
