awarenet betterplace Fundraising Challenge 2013

Wir sind angenommen worden bei der betterplace Fundraising Challenge 2013! Am 01. Dezember geht es los. Dann gilt es, viele kleine Spenden zu sammeln, denn jede Spende über 10€ wird von betterplace gezählt und kann unserem Projekt “awarenet Peace Songs” weitere Spenden bescheren.   Besinn Dich in der Weihnachtszeit auf Deine Mitmenschen und spende ab Read more about awarenet betterplace Fundraising Challenge 2013[…]

Joza Youth Hub officially opened!

On Friday, the 15. of November 2014, the Joza Youth Hub in Joza-Grahamstown was officially opened after years of discussions and planning by a lot of very dedicated people in Grahamstown. First one to name is Diana Hornby of the Rhodes University’s Community Engagement Independent Institute, who also opened the event alongside Executive Mayor Peter Read more about Joza Youth Hub officially opened![…]

awarenet Peace Song Video Shoot

Saturday, the 2nd of November 2013 was the big day for the winners of the awarenet Peace Song Competition on Peace Day. They all got up early and were ready for the music video shoot with Deon Pietersen of Photoelectric Productions. Locations were chosen by the learners themselves, so they opted for a site with Read more about awarenet Peace Song Video Shoot[…]

Rhodes University’s Journalism Students promote awarenet.

A large group of Journalism and Media Sudies students from Rhodes University Grahamstown have put a lot of work into promoting the awarenet programme and platform. It has been a great collaboration as the students seemed to have fun reporting about us and we are so grateful for the much needed promotion! Here are a Read more about Rhodes University’s Journalism Students promote awarenet.[…]

Terri will complete the Half Ironman for awarenet!

Terri-Lynn Penney is going to run, cycle and swim for the awarenet Peace Project. We are still looking for the second half of the funding to complete the project, i.e. to finish the music video, to record all the learners and to produce a CD. Terri agreed to run the Half Ironman in East London, Read more about Terri will complete the Half Ironman for awarenet![…]

New awarenet page on facebook

We have created a new facebook page called awarenet. (Unfortunately, fb spells every title with a capital letter, so it is Awarenet.org on facebook, but actually it is spelled awarenet.) We have given everyone who is in some way involved in awarenet content creator rights, because our vision for this page is that it reflects Read more about New awarenet page on facebook[…]

VSA’s awarenet volunteer receives Gold Award for Excellence at RUCE 2013 Awards

We are very proud to announce that one of our volunteers, Nosiphiwe Ngqwala, received the Gold Award for Excellence at the Rhodes University Community Engagement 2013 Awards. RU Community Engagement lists very specific criteria that have to be fulfilled. They describe Nosie as such: “Nosiphiwe has been an active volunteer in and outside of Rhodes. Read more about VSA’s awarenet volunteer receives Gold Award for Excellence at RUCE 2013 Awards[…]

Eine Umfrage zu Medienkompetenz und sozialen Netzwerken im Unterricht

Macht mit, es geht um Euch und Eure Kinder! Wir haben eine Umfrage konzipiert, mit der wir herausfinden möchten, was Schüler, Lehrer und Eltern von der Nutzung sozialer Netzwerke im Unterricht halten, was bereits benutzt wird, und was wie benutzt werden sollte. Wir möchten wissen, was für Euch Medienkompetenz bedeutet und in welcher Form man Read more about Eine Umfrage zu Medienkompetenz und sozialen Netzwerken im Unterricht[…]

The 2nd awarenet Peace Day Concert

We can proudly announce that the second annual awarenet Peace Day Concert took place and was a huge success. Some people might complain now that Peace Day is on the 21st and not on the 18th, but to keep the peace and to make people happy, we decided that the 18th had to be the Read more about The 2nd awarenet Peace Day Concert[…]

awarenet Workshop auf der Social Media Week in Berlin

Die Social Media Week hosted einen Workshop mit dem Tital “awarenet – eLearning Netzwerk für Kollaborationen mit Südafrika”. awarenet ist eine online Lern- und Kommunikationsplattform für Schüler und Lehrer in Verbindung mit einem sozialen Entwicklungsprogramm für unterprivilegierte Schüler. Derzeit befinden sich die meisten Nutzer in Südafrika. Wir möchten die internationale Zusammenarbeit von deutschen und südafrikanischen Read more about awarenet Workshop auf der Social Media Week in Berlin[…]