The Annual General Meeting of the VSA took place on 20 November 2020. Both organisations, the VSA Trust in South Africa and the supporting organisation VSA e.V. in Germany, were present. We discussed the new child protection guidelines and our work during pandemic times and we reported about projects, finances and funding. Elections took place Read more about VSA Annual General Meeting in 2020[…]
On December 3 in 2008, the Village Scribe Association vzw. was first founded in Belgium by Anna and Ron Wertlen along with Amanda McPhail, Jan Baekelandt, Christoph Flügge, Antonio Gulli and Robert Tolksdorf with the following intention: To envisage, conceive of, use, and support modern, innovative information and communication technologies to help people in the Read more about 10th Anniversary of the VSA[…]
The German VSA has elected a new board. We welcome Erika Wertlen and thank Dr. Eva Hert for her continuous support! The German VSA is the Association of Friends of the South African VSA. We support the work of the South African VSA financially and by sending German weltwärts volunteers who live and work in Read more about The new board of the German VSA[…]
The VSA decided that it was time to give true ownership of the VSA Trust to the people working on site in the Joza community. Since Anna and Ron Wertlen moved to Berlin a few years ago, new staff was found and the awarenet program has undergone quite a few changes over the years following Read more about The VSA Trust in South Africa has a new board[…]
VSA AGM 2017 – Minutes 24.07.17 18 pm Martin-Luther-Str. 78, 10825 Berlin, Germany 6 Durban Street, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa Welcome and excused Delayed start at 18:38 pm due to technical problems. Present: Anna Wertlen Ronald Wertlen Kjetil Torp Chiara Brendel Lukas Hüneke Sarah Hanton Excused: Christoph Flügge Judith Flügge Treasurer’s report Annual Read more about The VSA AGM and Annual Report of 2017[…]
You can now donate to our organisation without giving any of your precious money to us. Sounds impossible? It’s true. You can try it out immediately by clicking on the link above. Any time you want to shop on the Amazon Portal, you can instead go to AmazonSmile. This way, you can support Read more about Donate to the VSA by simply shopping at Amazon[…]
Goood means that you can now cancel your contract with your current cellphone service provider and change to goood, a new service provider that offers affordable service and wants to change the world by supporting non-profit organisations that are engaged in social impact projects like us, the VSA. If only 1% of the Germans would Read more about The VSA is goood![…]
For the fifth time, the VSA joined SAGE Net.’s selection day. Four years in a row already, volunteers from Germany have supported the awarenet programme by coming over to Grahamstown to work with us for an entire year. We are grateful, but even more proud of our successful cooperation with SAGE Net. Together, we believe Read more about Selection Day for our weltwärts volunteers for 2017/18[…]
The end of the year 2016 is approaching fast. Most of you will look forward to their holidays and the festive season. Why not embrace others in your luck? If you feel that you have had a good year and not much to complain about, share your luck with the less fortunate by donating towards Read more about The VSA donation guide[…]
The VSA was part of the #GivingTuesday campaign again this year. #GivingTuesday gives you the opportunity to help people in need even if you have no time to do so yourself. You can support the people who are engaged in social development by simply donating your year-end gift to an organisation like us. 🙂 We Read more about #Giving Tuesday 2016[…]