As part of the partnership between the church district of Hildesheim-Sarstedt and the diocese of Singida, which has now been running for 30 years, many events are being organised in Hildesheim and the district. A delegation of pastors, teachers and craftsmen from Tanzania, who were invited by the church district and its parishes to mark this anniversary, will take centre stage.
On Wednesday, 12 August 2009, this delegation, accompanied by Christiania Stieghorst, visited us. Mrs Stieghorst and her husband Gerhard have dedicated a large part of their lives to the partnership with the Singida region – including the partnerships between the Robert Bosch Comprehensive School in Hildesheim and the Scharnhorstgymnasium with schools in Ihanja, Issuna and the Iambi Secondary School.
Arbeit und Dritte Welt has been supporting these partnerships since 1998 by helping to collect and pack donations and load containers with relief supplies.
We have also procured, repaired and painted used containers – these are used as storage facilities in Tanzania. As Mrs Stieghorst speaks Kishuaheli, the national language of Tanzania, very well, we had the opportunity to understand and answer the many questions of our guests and to report on our work in Hildesheim.
It was an impressive visit!
On 19 August 2009, an exhibition on the 30-year partnership between the church district and Tanzania will be opened in Hildesheim Town Hall.
