On Friday, the 14th of February – for most people also known as Valentine’s Day – we arranged a Campaign “Spread the love” in conjunction with an organization from Cape Town “Live’s Magic” which campaigns for a good environment and respect between people. Their idea was to spread love by inspiring people to hug each Read more about The Live’s Magic and awarenet Love Campaign[…]
Please, find our Annual Report of the Village Scribe Association South Africa here: VSA_AnnualReport_2013 And some stats, too…
by Antje Hering and Rieke Heitmueller On the 26th of January, the Ironman 70.3 took place in East London/Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape. More than 3000 athletes came together to swim 1.9 km, to cycle 90 km and to run 21.1km. Terri-Lynn Penney, our supervisor and awarenet coordinator in Grahamstown, was one of them, Read more about Report about the Ironman 70.3 Fundraising Campaign[…]
This weekend, Terri, Antje and Rieke will be in East London for a very special fundraising campaign: As you know, Terri-Lynn Penney is Head Community Coordinator, awarenet Trainer and Trustee of the Village Scribe Association in Grahamstown. She will race the Ironman 70.3 to support the awarenet Peace Day Project. Antje and Rieke will inform Read more about Support the awarenet Peace Project, Education&Literacy and Terri![…]
The Village Scribe Association Germany is now a public benefit organisation and tax exempt. We have received the notification from the revenue office and have sent out the first acknowledgements of donations. If you happen to plan a donation in 2013 to add to your annual tax declaration, why not donate to the Village Scribe Read more about VSA Germany now tax exempt – donate now and take a chance to win a Peace CD![…]
The Annual General Meeting of the VSA took place on Tuesday, the 17/12/13 at 7pm, German time, in Berlin and Grahamstown, which were connected via skype. Minutes of the VSA Annual General Meeting ———————————————————————————- Attendees (Anwesend): Richard Strickland (RS), Terri-Lynn Penney (TLP), Antje Hering (AH), Rieke Heitmueller (RH), Anna Wertlen (AW), Ronald Wertlen (RW) Begin: Read more about Minutes and Reports of the VSA AGM 2013[…]
Rhodes students’ have documented the awarenet Peace Concert this year. We thank them wholeheartedly! The awarenet Peace Concert took place in Grahamstown, South Africa, and was an event initiated by the Village Scribe Association as part of the awarenet programme to enhance computer & Internet literacy, reading & writing of underprivileged learners. The learners have Read more about Video Documentary about the awarenet Peace Concert 2013[…]
We proudly present: A video explaining the awarenet programme. It was filmed and edited by a group of Rhodes University’s Journalism and Media Studies students. Give us your comment. We would love to hear if it explains the programme well. If yes, please recommend it to other teachers, schools and learners! 🙂 Thank you.
The VSA was accepted to the Film4Change and YouTube Video Academy, which took place last week at the Google Headquarters in Berlin. We were very happy to take part in this workshop to learn more about how to present an idea in an effective way, and how to actually use the equipment and software to Read more about Film4Change and YouTube Video Academy[…]
Some people might find all this excitement about openness pretentious and exaggerated. Perhaps it’s just a big hype. To me it makes real sense and adds to a great work experience, life long learning and it adds sense into what I do. There is real potential to change something in society, even if it is Read more about About Open Ideas and Open Events[…]