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AsmArA school of music GrAduAtes trAinees

Asmara School of Music graduated a total of 14 students with Diploma and Certificate who received training in different musical instruments on the 11th of July. Mr. Elsa Zerai, deputy director of the School, stated that the necessary instruction has been given to the graduating batch. She also stressed the significance of the School in the development of national music.

VeterAn Artist mr. Asres tessemA pAsses AwAy

The veteran artist and one of the founders of the Asmara Theater Association, Mr. Asres Tessema passed away on 11 July at the age of 81. The funeral service of the late veteran artist has been conducted on July 12 in Mendefera. His colleagues indicated that the late veter-an artist Mr. Asres Tessema has been exemplary teacher who played his part in nurturing nationalism and inspiring the youth to join the armed struggle for independence through his artistic works.

Geez-tiGriGnA dictionAry published

A Geez-Tigrigna dictionary by Mr. Mulu’e Tesfamariam was launched this week. The 357-page dictionary comprises ten thou-sand words. Mr. Mulu’e expressed the hope that the new dictionary will enrich previous work by other authors and serve as another use-ful point of reference to readers.

finAnciAl support to fAmilies of mArtyrs

Wealthy citizens in Massawa have donated over five hundred thousand Nakfa in support of 43 families of fallen heroes. Each beneficiary family received twelve thousand Nakfa. These continu-ous gestures of benevolence attest to a deeply entrenched culture of solidarity and burden-sharing among the Eritrean people. A former freedom fighter, Meriam Banai, on her part donated twenty-four thousand Nakfa to two families of martyrs that will be disbursed in monthly disbursements for one year.

Participants of the 28th round National Service and 7th course of Vocational Training Centre in Sawa graduated on the 11th of July 2015.

In a speech he delivered on the occasion, President Isaias Afwerki explained that substantial invest-ment is being made to upgrade the educational standards and skills training provided at the Sawa Na-tional Training Centre.

President Isaias also pointed out that students who did not score passing marks will also receive necessary attention and support in attaining higher education. The President also emphasized the key role of youth in nation building and development and went on to ex-press appreciation to all those who

The 14th Festival of Eritrean community members in Holland, currently underway, was officially opened by Mr. Al-Amin Moham-med, PFDJ Secretary General.

In a speech he delivered at the occasion, Mr. Solomon Yosief, Chairman of the Festival Commit-tee, indicated that this year’s festi-val was almost exclusively direct-ed and managed by Eritrean youth

Eritrean nationals living in Los Angeles, California, have asserted readiness to enhance participation in the national development drive. They made the pledge during a public meeting held last Sunday.

In the meeting, Mr. Berhane Gebrehiwet, Charge de Affairs at the Eritrean Embassy in the US,

The President of the UCI, Mr. Bri-an Cookson, expressed admiration for the vibrant success that Eritrean cyclists Daniel Teklehaimanot and Merhawi Kudus have achieved so far at the Tour de France, 2015.

In a message sent to Mr. Asmer-om Habtemariam, the President of the Eritrean National Cycling Fed-eration, Mr. Brain commended Dan-iel’s historic achievements in taking the polka-dot jersey to become King Of the Mountains (KOM) in his first participation in the grand Tour. He also congratulated Eritrea and Africa as a whole for the success achieved by the Eritrean cyclists. Mr. Brian also asserted the UCI’s good will to strength relations with the Eritrean Cycling Federation to develop the sport further.

Daniel Teklehaimanot and Mer-hawi Kudus had received training at the UCI Training Centre in previous years.

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made relentless efforts to ensure the nation’s continued march along the path of sustainable development.

In a report he presented at the graduation ceremony, Col. Debesai Gide, Commander of the Sawa Na-tional Service and Training Center, stated that a total of 11 thousand participants of the 28th round were from 86 Secondary Schools across the country received academic, military and political training.

Also speaking at the graduation ceremony, Mr. Tesfai Tewolde, Director of Sawa Vocational Train-ing Centre, said that the 2,029 par-ticipants of the 7th course attended 2-year training in 18 fields.

The graduates who attained over-

all excellence in military training and the ones in vocational training course received prizes from Presi-dent Isaias, while Mr. Woldenkiel Abraha, Minister of Local Govern-ment, Mr. Semere Russom, Minis-ter of Education, Mr. Abraha As-feha, Minister of Public Works, Mr. Arefaine Berhe, Minister of Agri-culture, respectively handed prizes to the graduates who achieved educational excellence. Moreover, Gen. Filipos Woldeyohannes, Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Armed Forces, handed prizes to individu-als with high skill in target shooting and physical fitness.

The graduates of the 28th round National Service took oath to serve the country and the people with dedication.

residing in Holland and he pointed out that this attests to the sustain-ability of the yearly festival.

Mr. Solomon Mehari, Head of Consular Affairs in the Eritrean Embassy, on his part called on the youth to strengthen organization and appealed to parents to play due role in transferring Eritrean values and customs to the future genera-tion.

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pointed out that the Eritrean people continue to register remarkable achievements in the nation-building process. The participants reiterated readiness to back up development endeavors, in addition to mounting staunch resistance against external confrontations perpetrated against Eritrea by certain interest groups and hostile neighbors.

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Sawa’s open space amphithe-ater was packed to its brim with army-fatigues clad members of the National Service; vocational school graduates donned in black gowns; and, parents who had trav-eled from all over the country for the occasion.

The student city, so to speak, was drenched by windy rains in the previous evening. The nor-mally hot and humid climate was thus pleasantly replaced by a tem-perate breeze when the celebra-tions kick-started at 6:30 on Sat-urday morning (June 11, 2015).

Sawa has long become a hub for high school students from all parts of the country where they take their final, 12th grade clasess, in the Warsay-Yikalo Senior Sec-ondary School.

And since 2007, a vocational centre has been established in Sawa to offer both theoretical and practical courses at the certificate level in various fields – from sec-retarial science to accounting and machine operations and repair – for students who are not ac-commodated at the diploma and degree courses in the country’s various institutions of tertiary education.

This day was the occasion for the graduation of the 28th round of the National Service and the 7th commencement of Sawa’s Voca-tional Training Centre.

The Vocational Center has graduated 19,000 trainees in the past seven years. Five schools of the training center offer two-year courses in eighteen fields of study. In the 7th commencement, the center graduated a total of 2,029 students. 52% of the total numbers of trainees were female students.

Members of the 28th round Na-tional Service program hail from 86 secondary schools in the six Administrative Regions in the country. During their one year stay in Sawa, the students follow rigorous academic programmes for eight months and sit for the National High School Leaving Exams.

They also undertake 4 months of military training as part and parcel of the normative 18-months long mandatory programme of National Service that every citi-zen has to fulfill.

On display during the two-hour spectacle were military parades, songs in local languages and plays that depicted the pitfalls of spoil-ing kids with latest entertainment gadgets without instilling proper discipline and focus on their edu-cation.

Prizes for excellence in military training were given to outstand-ing individuals and units by Presi-dent Isaias Afwerki. Those who achieved academic excellence were similarly given prizes by the Ministers of Local Government, Education and Agriculture.

In his brief address to the grad-uates, President Isaias Afwerki elaborated on the considerable public investments that have been funneled to upgrade the educa-tional standards in Sawa.

President Isaias further noted the progress registered this year in terms of higher rate of success in the High School Leaving Exams

Sawa Hosts Twin Commencementsin comparison to previous years.

The President also underlined the government’s purposeful ef-forts to provide skill development

opportunities for those who may not score passing marks so as to equip them with employable and practical techniques.

President Isaias expressed ap-

preciation to all those who made relentless efforts to ensure the success of the various pro-grammes conducted in Sawa.

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Filmawit Habtemariam

students in accounting

Meriem Mahmud

students in wood work

Haben and her colleague at the adv machinery practical learningFeven Fessehaye, 12th grade, 28th round

Mela Ghebremedhin

One slogan often heard is “wom-en are the backbone of the soci-ety” and I was curious to discover if this applies to the reality in to-day’s Eritrea. I was especially curi-ous to learn about young women’s experiences in Sawa considering the many unverified negative an-ecdotes we often get bombarded with through mainstream media,

and most recently the extraordinary claims made by the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea in its 484 page report on the human rights situation in Eritrea.

What was perhaps most curious and baffling to me was the fact that these claims go completely against what we as Eritreans know about our society and its very high regard for women, as well as the conscious and deliberate efforts made by the Government of Eritrea to guarantee equality for women in all sectors.

Having these questions in mind, I decided to venture out to Sawa and discover things for myself. I was warmly welcomed by young women who had just completed their 12th year of high school and others who were graduates of the 7th round of vocational training center. All of the young women were anx-iously anticipating their graduation

ceremony on the Saturday that fol-lowed my visit.

One of the young women I had a chance to talk to was Feven Fesse-haye, 18 years old, from the 28th round. An articulate and outspoken young girl who opened up to me im-mediately about her experience in Sawa as well as the impression she had before and after completing her studies there. She also spoke about the role of relatives and friends, which she described as having an effect on young Eritrean women’s decision-making processes. Indeed, when asked about how her parents perceived Sawa, she explained to me how her mother and the neigh-borhood tried to convince her to avoid it:

Until the day I left to Sawa, my mother and I had constant argu-ments because she didn’t want me to go. As I am the only girl in the house, she kept saying how Sawa was not going to be useful to me and the reason why she let my older brother go is because he is male. Feven added that the women in the neighborhood also added pressure on her mother and filled her head with negative thoughts about Sawa. The example of Feven is one of many.

In fact, although Eritrean women have shown their capacities to work side-by-side with their male coun-terparts during the armed struggle, comprising 30% of EPFL fighters; the tradition and cultural codes in the Eritrean society are still an-chored for which the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) work constantly against these back-ward ideas and for gender equality.

Sawa is often seen in a negative way by many as these young wom-en would leave the family sphere for a year and most of the time come back with greater confidence and sense of ownership of their own future. This is where clashes may

be created. Sawa also gives equal opportunities to all in terms of edu-cation without any differentiation among ethnic groups, religions or gender.

Thus, in Sawa, young women learn to be confident, taking lead-ership roles and working as hard as their male counterparts. On the

other hand, young men have to be able to support their daily lives in terms of washing their clothes or cleaning their dorms for instance. Therefore, there is no question of the role of women and the role of men. Nonetheless, the challenges remain from the outside. As men-tioned in Feven’s experience, she

managed to overcome the pressure from the village she came from to continue her studies.

When I asked similar questions to students within the vocational training center, Ibtsam Mahmud, 19 years, who will be graduating in drafting, also explained that “com-ing back to Sawa was just unthink-able to many and people would say why would she go as a young Mus-lim woman I had to face many criti-cisms before coming to attend this 2 years vocational program.”

In addition, Meriem Mahmud, graduating in material management also said: I remember, a neighbor telling my mother ‘how could you send your daughter to Sawa again? Why don’t you get her married in-stead?’… My mother responded to her: I want to see my children get married twice, once it will be their

graduation and second their wed-ding day. I always remember it. In our culture, although your parents would encourage you, most of the time the neighborhood and relatives would be the burden to overcome. Especially women while drinking their traditional bun (coffee) that’s the usual place where they try to convince one another on some backward ideas due to our past tradition. We want to get married when we think it is the right time, when we have accomplished what we were working for and when we feel accomplished not because the society is telling us to do so.

This idea of a woman being able to fulfill the so-called feminine du-ties and respect the cultural codes gave more challenges to the young Eritrean women. Then again, de-spite the cultural backwardness, over the years the number of girls in Sawa is increasing while the voca-tional training center has shown an increase of girls counting for 52% of 7th round students and many are increasingly enrolling in advance machineries and building construc-tion which are often portrayed as ‘male’ work such as Haben Semere, 20 years old, graduating in advanced machinery. In fact, during the 6th round 13 women were enrolled in advanced machinery compared to 48 graduating this year.

Empowering women in Eritrea’s society remain a challenge to over-come, however, over the years the perception of Sawa is gradually changing. As a matter of fact, most of the girls I spoke to, stress how they are willing to make a contribu-tion to the development of the coun-try and the only way is by learning to then teach it to their relatives, their surroundings that will then, consequently, have an impact on the country as a whole.

Filmawit Habtemariam, 19 years old, graduating in accounting was also explaining to me that having

a passive role or always waiting on someone else to feed me would not take me anywhere and neither be fruitful for the society, this is the reason why I have to gain the com-petences to support myself first.

How could the idea of Sawa in terms of gender be understood? This was my question to the girls as well as the boys in both 28th round and 7th round. For the male counter-parts they do not see any problem

for girls to be in Sawa while the girls were stressing how their role to teach others upon their return on the real Sawa. The role of the media is also important by broadcasting pro-grams on the achievements in Sawa educational and training centre.

From the discussions and inter-views collected during my time in Sawa, what is clear is that the role of the community and the family continues to play a major part in women to decide for their own fu-ture. The traditional codes portray-ing women as weak, passive, subor-dinated remain and the only way to make the society aware is through education. As such, Sawa provides a good opportunity in terms of ca-pacity building, empowerment and tolerance of future generations.

Photos Credit: MoI/Amaresh Tsegay/july 2015

Voice of Young Women students in Sawa


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Eritrea has long been a hidden gem for travellers looking for a rich natural heritage and spec-tacular nature experiences. The country’s magnificent archaeo-logical and geographical features would be the envy of any country trying to attract visitors. Pristine beaches and natural wildlife ar-eas combined with archaeologi-cal, historical and religious sites makes it ideal for adventurous visitors seeking experiences off the beaten track. Here are some questions a tourist would ask in Eritrea.

What does seem as proper, sagacious idea to share with Eritreans during my stay in the Country?

Eritreans are free of any segre-gating ideologies, or to be exact, there is no any sign of xenopho-bia. Therefore, don’t cage your-self in trimming words, or else it is not necessary to amplify your stress you have about other coun-tries by thinking as similar condi-tion would prevail in Eritrea. Of course, Eritreans do not feel good by the time they hear anyone who would underestimate their coun-try.

Therefore, remember to equip yourself as a visitor who is free of such skewed concepts. Hence, just share your ideas on peace, development, sport, culture and art. And, apparently, Eritreans are there to accord you warmly within their incredible hospitabil-ity yards, peaceful manner and genuine social interaction.

In addition to this, are there any precautions that need to be overviewed thereby to assure that my stay in the country would be great and exotic?

Indeed! Agree on the fare of taxis before you get rewarded with high prices. Negotiation is optional. In addition to this, for it is illegal and is part of unaccept-able felony to exchange money on the streets, ensure to pace into le-gal exchange bureaus and banks. Meanwhile, to avoid misguiding information about travelling out-side Asmara, get yourself into In-formation Office of the Ministry of Tourism at Harnet Avenue near Asmara Sweet Café. Similarly, present your inquiries into legal-ly registered travel agencies and rental houses for having your own

safe and leased car rental permis-sion. It is even great and helpful to gather personal cell number of people who you trusted heartedly.

And is that culturally support-ed and is it part of an exciting lifestyle to bribe or tipping others which is, undoubtedly, common in rest African Countries?

Tipping, without exaggerated sum of money, is acceptable. In cafes, for instance, tipping in ca-fes or restaurants is acceptable; but it is not mandatory. Tipping in governmental Offices and other facilitations centers is, however, a reason for skewed comprehen-sions and breeds unnecessary emotions.

Many Eritrean immigrants, and, to refer them unquestion-ably, are known for their habitu-al norms of visiting each others’ home. Therefore, to share their world, is there a need for taking any gifts?

You needn’t to oppress your mind to think about that obses-sively. Eritreans, of course, feel a little bit embarrassing arriving at someone’s home empty-handed. But fortunate enough, the gifts which are heartedly normalized among Eritreans are neither ex-pensively classy nor sophisti-cated. For having the admiration of the kids, remember that like all children the Eritrean kids also like sweets.

When you visit friends, some pastry, a small cake, coffee beans, sugar, tea, himbasha (traditional bread), or fruits will be a nice gift. Asking for what kind of gifts they would prefer is , in fact, an open insult. So, avoid it. They rather want heartfelt gifts.

And as part of the touring package inside the country, is it possible to recruit preferred tour guide. If not, then what options are simply encouraging?

There are a very few travel agencies which are adequately effective in having professional tour guides who are well exper-tise in historical profiles, cultural legacies and other exotic touring benefits.

But this is not a reasonable ob-struction for there are very co-op-erative nationals across the coun-try. As additional factor, however, remember that you are responsible for covering meals and transport costs by the time you hired a tour guide. Abandoning the tour guide to pay all his expenditures that he made with you from his own pocket is a vehemently frustrat-ing experience. Taking books on Eritrea’s attractions has also well rated role in halving such touring entanglements or losing remark-able elucidations because of non-proficiency in languages.

Profoundly, if favored an in-dividual house, is renting price rampant as London or Dakar, or else, it is affordable as it is com-mon in Helsinki?

Your own specifications deter-mine how much you are going to pay. Apparently, details like de-manding your home to be barbed

with electric or safety wires, or else to ensure the installation of other security and surveillance camera is just a sheer hallucina-tion. The country is among the few safest places in the world. By the way, whether you need a well furnished house, and are you go-ing to stay for a long period or not, is what determine the rental prices which are commonly ranged from 100-1000 dollars.

Friends who visited Eritrea ushered me that this is a per-fect destination for every tourist. However, are there any emblem-atical wording differences?

Indeed! Just is not just among Eritreans. By the time he/she told you that he/she is in Asmara Sweet Café, for instance, expect him/her that she may use to refer it as reference point. But in fact, he can be in surrounding areas.

Questions a Tourist would ask in Eritrea . . .


Rigat Tesfamichael

The beginning of the 21st century was the era of new po-litical context for Latin Ameri-can countries characterized by the outcome of diverse social movements including peasant and workers unions, indigenous groups, feminists and environ-mentalists. They were all united in their opposition to strict neo-liberal economics that had failed the promised growth and prosper-ity dreams of millions in many countries across the continent.

Along with these grassroots movements the scenario of the region was also shaped by the elections of several anti-neolib-eral governments, such as, Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Lula Da Silva in Brazil, Néstor Kirchner in Argentina, Tabaré Vázquez in Uruguay, Evo Morales in Bo-livia, Michelle Bachelet in Chile, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, Ra-fael Correa in Ecuador, Fernando Lugo in Paraguay, José Mujica in Uruguay, Ollanta Humala in Peru, and most recently Luis Guillermo Solís. This trend was labelled as the ‘pink trend’ re-ferring to its sharp contrast with the classical socialism of 1960s. These trends started to develop as a reaction to the failed polices of structural adjustment program that was applied in Latin Ameri-can states. These states were the first laboratory of the Washing-ton Consensus for economic re-forms. After the Latin American debt crisis the region was forced to implement neoliberal policies to receive loans from IMF and World Bank.

The set of specific economic policy prescriptions that were considered the “standard” reform package were promoted for cri-sis-ridden developing countries such as Latin American states.

However, the conditions after-ward were as economist Joseph Stiglitz describes ‘fitting the same size to all’. Their spill-over effect resulted in more economic stag-nation and severe economic cri-ses followed as crippling external debts continued to accumulate.

The region’s growth rate fell dra-matically due to the governments’ austerity plans which prevented them from spending. As a result per capita income dropped and high rates of unemployment followed. Additionally, there was a sharp rise in inequalities and a social crisis within the society ensued.

The fall of living standards alongside the slumping growth rate caused the Latin American population to strongly distrust the IMF. The IMF became a symbol that people came to dislike as more and more people began to reject the IMF’s policies which imposed the power of internation-al agencies over Latin American sovereignty. Such shadows of de-spair gave rise to a common un-derstanding of the region and the need for reform based on realities on the ground and for the benefit of the population of the region.

Although there was a shared understanding in the need for re-form the approach varied from one country to the next. Accord-ing to Chodor the author of Neo-liberal Hegemony and the Pink Tide, there are two models of this trend.

He argues that Venezuela’s Bo-livarian Revolution represents a counter-hegemonic project that seeks to construct a radical al-ternative to neoliberalism, while the Brazilian project is better un-derstood as a passive revolution aiming to re-secure consent for neoliberal domination by mak-

ing material and ideological con-cession to the Brazilian masses (Chodor 2014). For others this wave is characterized by center left, left and far-left ideologies. In general the Pink Tide govern-ments seek either to reform the neoliberal policy agenda or to abolish it altogether where their main difference was how far they embrace or reject capitalism.

A common platform for coun-tries in the region was intrare-gional cooperation in trade and defence. In October 2007, repre-sentatives of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uru-guay and Venezuela pledged $7 billion toward the establishment of a regional bank intended to serve as an alternative to the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The Bank of the South was offi-cially launched a few weeks later. The main function of this bank is to finance economic development projects to improve local com-petitiveness and to promote the scientific and technological de-velopment of the member states. Its founding charter affirms that the bank will promote projects in a “stable and equal” manner and priorities will be oriented towards reinforcing South American in-tegration, reducing asymme-tries, and promoting an egalitar-ian distribution of investments.

As a parcel of this integration,

these countries formed South American Defence council to serve as a mechanism for re-gional security, promoting mili-tary co-operation and regional defence which will function as security arrangement to enhance multilateral military coopera-tion, promoting confidence and security building measures.

The cumulative steps in the lad-der of integration have brought the establishment of intergovern-mental union ‘Union of South American Nations’ or UNASUR

The ‘pink tide’ against the Washington consensus

in December 2008. Its main func-tion is to act as a forum for inter-action between member-country leaders and to serve as a platform for interregional trade promo-tion. So far this Union has been successful in resolving disputes between member states. It medi-ated the Andean border crisis, a tense diplomatic dispute between Colombia and its neighbors Ec-uador and Venezuela in 2008 that happened after Colombian forces launched an attack on a FARC camp in Ecuadoran territory. The group also played a vital role in resolving diplomatic rift between Colombia and Venezuela in 2010.

Critics argue that despite its as-piration to stand as multilateral institution, several years after its founding it has failed to pro-duce any legal, normative basis or institutional structure. There is also analysis that claims, internal ideological differences may serve as an obstacle to moving forward. They point to growing divisions between the region’s open econo-mies and more protectionist ones, and argue that this may negatively influence the needed integration and common understanding that is critical for the success of the Union.

Disclamer: articles published in this column do not reflect the stance or opinion of Eritrea Profile

And other way, intensifying vari-ous questions is not well adapted. Amid your courses of exchanging your views, till it is not with the right professional or the respec-tive person who is well trained in that field, triggering layman to give you detailed information is not verifiably encouraged and ef-fective.

And what are the lard words that could be helpful if noted down?

The country has great memories and dreams. War and its impacts is one of that. Therefore, Eritrea has much more dream to educate itself with colors and brushes in its still powerful role thereby to

substitute negative impacts of war and such similar destructions. The citizens are dreaming about peace. Hence, remember their pain to bring peace. Indeed, your visit to the country expect to be part of declaring that it is time to share our memories with the in-ternational community.

Yes, a tourist—with his various inexpressible objectives—expect to arrive with his own role in claiming and acting that peace is the only way for creating the har-mony circle in which all the world shall run with pacifism in its mind and flower in its hand. Just as title of one Eritrean artist sculpture re-flects, make sure that you are ar-riving to Eritrea, an East African country, for firing the bullets of music and life, but not war.

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Other skills and abilities Excellent verbal and written communication skills

General Information and other requirements:Place of Work : Bisha.Type of contract: Indefinite period Salary: As per Company salary scale.Additional requirement for Nationals: Having fulfilled his/her National Service obligation and provide evidence of release paper from the Ministry of Defense. Present clearance paper from current/last employer.Testimonial documents to be attached (CV, work experience credentials, a copy of your National Identity Card etc.).Only shortlisted applicants would be considered as potential candidates for an interview. Application documents will not be returned to sender. All applications should be sent through the post office.Deadline for application: 10 days from the day of publication in the Newspaper.

Address: Please mail your applications to;Bisha Mining Share Company, P. O. Box 4276 Asmara, Eritrea

Note to Eritrean applicants: Please send a copy of your application to Aliens Employment permit Affairs, P. O. Box 7940 Asmara, Eritrea

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7Eritrea Profile, Wednesday, 15th july, 2015

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTBisha Mining Share Company is inviting applicants for the following position

for Bisha site project;Concentrate1. and Direct Sale Ore Plant Specialist (01)

Definite Period: 01 Year

Duties and responsibilitiesOperatea) the screening plant and set it up to run effectively including training and

developing existing personnel from Process Plant to operate the screening plant for up to 6 to 8 (eight) months to end of October 2015. In this time to screen (and crush where necessary) the Precious Metals Concentrate stockpile (approximately 6,500 tones) and the high value Mixed Pyrite Sand ores (approximately 45,000 tones) which then will be available for commercialization (at least 10,000 tones based on current outturn of product already screened). Any low value or not economic marketable Pyrite Sand ores are to be retained as stockpiles for further treatment opportunities.

Install, commission the blending plant and set it up to run effectively so that where necessary b) lower grade concentrate can be blended with higher grade concentrate for a consistent grade above 24% Copper for delivery to customers as well as blend higher grade precious metals contents in the Carbonaceous Pyrite Sand ores with high Arsenic Concentrate (above 0.5%) to enable the high Arsenic Concentrates to be sold to existing customers who require Arsenic levels below 0.5% As. This project also requires training and development of existing personnel from the Process Plant to learn how to operate and ensure that proper preventative maintenance routines are followed. This project is expected to take up to six months to complete from the time the Chinese supplier engineer attends at Bisha to install and commission the blending plant.

Prestart checks for Portafill Screening plant prior to shift start, and solving any breakdown •issues during the screening process. Making sure the Portafill is as close to 100% available during the process.

Diagnosing faulty parts for the Portafill and having ability to carry out installations and •replacements where necessary in conjunction with HME.

Liaising with the operator’s driver during the shift to ensure that speed of operation is •maintained.

In relation to the blending plant after arrival, to report to the commercial manager on •weekly basis the milestones achieved up until the point of commissioning.

Liaise with the Sannong the Chinese supplier to plan the Commissioning date such that •their representative will attend and provide operational training

Determine the human resourcing requirement for all of the areas of this operation. Namely •screening, blending, and bagging for direct sale ore.

Maintain the inventory and keep records of Portafill screening plant and Sannong blending •plant spare parts and requisition replacements where necessary.

In conjunction with commercial develop a weekly blending and bagging program including •the ratios

In conjunction with commercial develop a monthly logistics plan for dispatch of bagged •Direct Sale Ore to Massawa for supply to end users.

Demonstrate a high level of safety awareness and ensure that such each screening, blending, •bagging shift is made a safe as possible for the operators and any other attendees.

Plan and coordinate the process flow mobile equipment requirements during the blending •process, and contribute ideas to improve efficiencies.

Profile: Qualifications and ExperienceFormal Education, Certifications or Equivalents

Diploma of Mechanical Engineering. Certificates to operate mobile equipment (forklift, Front end loader, bobcat)


Minimum 5 years’ experience working in concentrate load out facility. Experience in dry solids blending plant an advantage

Leadership Experience – Nature & length of time

Ability to organize and lead work teams to attend to the 3 main activities

Other skills and abilities Must be well versed in English and a good communicator at a grass root level

General Information and other requirements:Place of Work• : Bisha.Salary: • As per Company salary scale.Additional requirement for Nationals: •Having fulfilled his/her National Service obligation and provide evidence of release paper from •

the Ministry of Defense. Present clearance paper from current/last employer.•Testimonial documents to be attached (CV, work experience credentials, a copy of your National •

identity Card etc.)Only shortlisted applicants would be considered as potential candidates for an interview.•Application documents will not be returned to sender.•All applications should be sent through the post office.•Deadline for application: 10 days from the day of publication in the Newspaper•

Address: Please mail your applications to; Bisha Mining Share Company P. O. Box 4276 Asmara, EritreaNote to Eritrean applicants: Please send a copy of your application to Aliens Employment Permit Affairs, P. O. Box 7940 Asmara, Eritrea

VACANCY

ANNOUNCEMENT Bisha Mining Share Company is inviting applicants for the

following position for Bisha site project;

Drill and Blast Superintendent - ProjectsNumber required – (01)Type of contract – Definite period (2 years) Major Duties and responsibilities.

Manage Drill and Blast projects as required. •

Develop, review and implement best practice for all drilling and blasting activities.•

Control and management of the operating budget.•

Monitor and report on daily performance and monthly progress.•

Control and management of all drilling and blasting activities including Explosives •Magazine.

Management of drilling and blasting consumables including stock control.•

Design and interpretation of blast hole and tie-in plans and effective communication •and implementation in the field.

Assist in training and upgrading the National workforce through successful skills •transfer.

Implement a program of ongoing training and development so as to affect skills and •technology transfer for successful succession planning.

Implement employee performance management processes to ensure optimum •employee performance.

Demonstrate high level of communication with the Mining Operations personnel •and other departments.

Interface with mine, corporate and community stakeholders to ensure successful •and safe drilling and blasting operations.

Ensure that activities are carried out in strict conformance with all BMSC policies •inclusive of cultural, social, safety and environment.

Proactively promote a positive Site safety and environmental management culture•

Profile: Qualifications and Experience


Degree/Diploma in Mining Engineering or •Explosives Technologies.Demonstrated knowledge of Blast Design •and Initiation software (Surpac, BlastInfo.)


+5 years open pit mining in a drill and •blast capacity Prior experience in Explosives Magazine •control and management.

Leadership Experience – Nature & length of time

Demonstrated people leadership and ability to training and transfer skills

Other skills and abilitiesA valid Driver’s License.•A valid Blasting Certificate•

General Information and other requirements:Place of Work: Bisha.Salary: As per Company salary scale.

Additional requirement for Nationals: Having fulfilled his/her National Service obligation and provide evidence of release paper from the Ministry of

Defense. Present clearance paper from current/last employer.Testimonial documents to be attached (CV, work experience credentials, a copy of your National Identity Card

etc.).Only shortlisted applicants would be considered as potential candidates for an interview.Application documents will not be returned to sender.All applications should be sent through the post office.Deadline for application: 10 days from the day of publication in the Newspaper.

Address: Please mail your applications to; Bisha Mining Share Company, P. O. Box 4276 Asmara, Eritrea

Note to Eritrean applicants: Please send a copy of your application to Aliens Employment permit Affairs, P. O. Box 7940 Asmara, Eritrea.

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Would you please introduce yourself to our readers?

“My name is Naomi Samsom, I am four-teen years old and I live in Atlanta Georgia. I am currently in middle school but will start high school after this summer. I like reading books.

I am here for the summer; I am here to visit family and friends. Currently I am preparing for a college exam; if I get good marks I will be able to save one year of college and finish earlier.”

Why do you want to finish school early?

“I have plans… I want to be a pediatri-cian.”

For how long have you wanted to be a pe-diatrician?

“Four or five years ago, when I saw how children are really fragile and they are the ones that need more love and care.

And I also kept on noticing that in TV they always talk about children dying because of hunger and sickness. So I told myself that I would one day be some one that is able to help children.”

Tell us more about your initiative. “It started four years ago when I noticed

that there are children less fortunate that I am. I then stated thinking of ways trough which I can help. That is how I came up with the idea of saving up one USD per day and give my savings for the orphanages here in Eritrea. I said to myself that one dollar per day could make some changes for the better. My parents agreed and encouraged me. I col-

“One Dollar per day… for the better”Billion Temesghen

Their trip to Eritrea was not planned far ahead; Naomi Samsom urged her family to spend summer in the homeland. Because she had an objective on which she worked for the past four years, now, Mr. Samsom’s and Mrs. Kulenta family is here. Even though this young lady seems a bit shy, she is certainly smart and very considerate for her age.

lected 25000 Nakfa and asked my family if we could come here to give what I saved up to the children in the orphanage.”

And that is how she backs up the reason of why she convinced her family to accompany her to Eritrea. She is only fourteen yet she is considerate, has big plans and a straight A student. How was she raised for her to be of such wisdom? Her mom, explains…

“Raising children is not an easy task. More-over, raising a family in a foreign country is even harder. Within the Eritrean community

we have certain values that are kept dear and we make sure they are well comprehended and practiced by generations. So my husband and I are simply passing dawn what we in-herited from our community.

Even though we live far from home we make sure our children are raised according to the values that make Eritreans everywhere unique in so many ways. We always keep an eye on our daughters and set regulations that that they have to follow because we don’t want them to be spoiled.

We make sure they follow their studies, do their chores and participate in the activities prepared by the committee of the Eritrean community living over there, which by the way, the girls enjoy very much.

I am a working mother, but I arrange my working hours very carefully so to be home when the kids get home from school and so to keep an eye on them. For my husband and I, raising a family away from home and fam-ily is very challenging. My husband works in multiple jobs.

So of course, it requires time and effort, but on the other hand it is very rewarding.”

Betty is Naomi’s younger sister. She says that her parents thought her that:

“Age doesn’t matter it is the thought that counts, so even if we are young we can con-tribute.”

Betty too managed to save some money and she shared it with the children in her home village when she went to visit.

With only few weeks left for the family vacation to end Naomi told us that she will miss the peace , tranquility and the affec-tionate love and care she received from the Eritrean community here in Eritrea. She says:

“Unlike when we are here, back in Atlanta, I am not allowed to walk alone!”

When talking about her dreams and vi-sions, young Naomi says:

“What I have done is not a big deal. Money is not everything, but I promised myself that I’ll do more to help. My plans include chil-dren and my country!”

We truly wish Naomi and her family all the best.

Mr. Samsom’s family: Mrs. Kulenta, Naomi, Betty, Sina & Mr. Samsom

sawa sends off the 28th & the 7th rounds

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