social responsibility made by manz

We believe it should go without saying that companies play an active role in society. Besides supporting local groups and charitable foundations, we decided years ago to stop sending Christmas presents to our clients. Instead, we take this money and donate it to charity. Furthermore, we take our responsibilities as a company that offers vocational training very seriously, and we currently have over 30 trainees. And it goes without saying that we offer each of our trainees a full-time position after successfully completing their vocational training.

In addition, in 2008 we launched our project “Give the Gift of a Future – Metalworking Shop in Ethiopia,” together with the Evangelical Youth Organization and the Ethiopian YMCA. For this project, we founded our own metal training workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Each year, approximately 15 young adults will receive theoretical and practical training in the field of metalworking and will have the opportunity to earn a certificate of completion. This will allow them to find a place of work and earn their own income. The first class successfully completed training in November of 2009 and has already joined the labor force. We will continue to promote this project and, in addition to gaining new trainees, we will focus on the trainers’ skills and further improving the program as a whole. Our metalworking shop is already regarded as a model project for all of Ethiopia.

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