We supported our partner SAGE Net. this year at the Christmas Market in Berlin Rixdorf. It’s not just any Christmas Market, but remarkable in that only NGOs and public benefit organisations are allowed to sell their goods or services to make the visitors aware of their work and existence. This gives the market a special Read more about SAGE Net. at the Berlin Christmas Market[…]
by Terri-Lynn Penney The awarenet Peace Day concert – a Day to remember! After many weeks of hard work dedication and hours spent on preparing for the Third Peace day Concert the time finally arrived for the 5 school from in and around grahamstown to preform their own Peace days songs at the awarenet Peace Read more about A personal blog about the Peace Day Concert 2014[…]
We are very happy and proud that our 3rd awarenet Peace Day Concert was another great success! For this year’s Music & Peace Project, 5 different groups of awarenet learners worked hard to write a song to a new backing produced by Corinne Cooper (Rhodes University’s Music Department). Schools participating were CM Vellem HPS, Good Read more about The 2014 awarenet Peace Day Concert a great Success![…]
Anna Wertlen (VSA chairperson) and Antje Hering (ex SAGE Net. volunteer) presented the awarenet programme and Mrs Hering’s year in Grahamstown to the members of the Rotary Club of Pirna (Germany) on September 24, 2014. The aim of the presentation was to showcase the planned project in partnership with the Technical University of Dresden (Saxony). Read more about awarenet Presentation at the Rotary Club in Pirna (Germany)[…]
We are proud to announce that last Saturday, the aerial mast at the Joza Youth Hub was erected to serve the partners in the Hub and their customers – the learners of Joza, Grahamstown. The 12 m mast is a 165 kg galvanised steel lattice. The partners in the Joza Hub will use it to Read more about The Joza Youth Hub has its own aerial mast now![…]
by Rieke Heitmüller. “After graduation from school, I was thinking about a way to get to know another country and other cultures from a different perspective than a tourist. The ‘weltwärts’ – program and Sage Net. gave me the opportunity to work for the Village Scribe Association in South Africa, Grahamstown for one year. I Read more about My year in South Africa by Rieke Heitmüller[…]
by Antje Hering Year after year, we start our awarenet peace and music project. This year, groups from CM Vellem Higher Primary, Good Shepherd Primary, Ntaba Maria Secondary, and Khutliso Daniel Secondary School arealready preparing their peace songs for the upcoming concert in September 2014. The learners aged between 12 and 15 write the lyrics Read more about The awarenet peace and music project 2014 has begun![…]
by Rieke Heitmüller “On Thursday, the 28th of August 2014, we finally reached the last phase of the LifePlayer project. Therefore Antje Hering, two Victoria Girls High School learners from the LifePlayer project (Siphosethu Mboleka and Yamkela Mcatsha) and I headed off towards Samuel Ntsiko Primary School in Joza, Grahamstown. For one hour in the Read more about awarenet and LifePlayer Project successfully repeated[…]
by Rieke Heitmüller. On the 7th and the 13th of August in the afternoon, six girls from my Life Player project, my colleague Antje and I headed off towards the Rhodes University Journalism Department. After a few months of practicing to read stories in an exciting way and taking part in drama sessions, we finally Read more about New Life Player stories recorded by awarenet students[…]
This video shows how the German volunteers help us within the awarenet programme, what they learn during their year in South Africa and why we need funding. The awarenet programme is designed to teach computer literacy to underprivileged learners as well as reading&writing and project work in an intuitive manner. We use an online platform Read more about A video about the Weltwaerts Volunteers in the awarenet programme[…]