We started the year under the motto ‘Hands On!’ – and the motto quickly became our agenda.

We got down to work in our two Vocational Education and Training Partnerships in South Africa and Mozambique, among other projects.
In South Africa, numerous events were held to consolidate the ‘IRESA’ network, which brings together stakeholders in order to promote vocational education in the crafts sector in South Africa. The construction of the ‘Thusanang House’ was supported by a short-term bricklaying expert from Germany.

In Mozambique, a large labour and industry fair was held at our partner institute IICM, which focused on ‘The Future of Renewable Energy in Mozambique’. In April, a Mozambican delegation of representatives from our partners AMER and IICM and other stakeholders visited some of the KH member companies and educational institutions in the districts of Steinfurt and Warendorf.

We also accompanied five young Jordanians as they embarked on their apprenticeships in the Münsterland region in the context of our apprenticeship partnership with Jordan. A major highlight was the visit of the German Federal Minister of Education, Svenja Schulze to KH, during which our long-standing commitment to international vocational education and training, and above all our work in the Jordanian training partnership, was formally recognised.

 

We wish all our partners, friends and supporters happy holidays and a safe new year!

During this week, the Kreishandwerkerschaft Steinfurt Warendorf is welcoming a delegation from Mozambique. Together with KH’s International Team, member companies and educational institutions in the districts of Steinfurt and Warendorf are being visited. The visitors represent the two main partners of the Vocational Education and Training Partnership (BBP), the Mozambican Association for Renewable Energies (AMER) and the vocational training center in Matola (IICM), as well as private vocational training providers and public infrastructure companies in Mozambique.

On Wednesday, the group visited the KH premises in Beckum. Electrical training manager Rene Jürgens led a tour of the electrical training workshop and a very focussed technical discussion about the on-site training as well as the common key topic of renewable energies ensued. At the end, Ann-Kristin Erdmann, Head of Department Guilds, presented the delegates with an “energy carrier” shopping bag containing a voucher for a local DIY store.

The delegation will be visiting until Saturday and will return home after an informative but also exhausting week of visits.