Category: awarenet projects

Cut! Music video shoot with the winners of the awarenet Peace Song Concert 2014

Posted on by Larissa Willy

On Friday, November the 13th, we shot the music video with last year’s winners of the Peace Song Concert. We picked up our learners from Khutliso Daniels and drove to various locations in the Township and central Grahamstown to shoot several scenes in many different places. We spent our lunch break in the Botanical Gardens where Read more about Cut! Music video shoot with the winners of the awarenet Peace Song Concert 2014[…]

#GivingTuesday

Posted on by Larissa Willy

This week was #‎GivingTuesday‬ and we wanted to give thanks. We are grateful for all that we have achieved over the years and wanted to give back to the community. #GivingTuesday is a global movement that kicks off the charitable season and unites the world for good. Anyone, anywhere, can make a difference. We decided to celebrate generosity and Read more about #GivingTuesday[…]

awarenet Madiba Project 2015

Posted on by Larissa Willy

Due to Nelson Mandela’s death in December, our last project of the academical year is always Mandela related. In remembrance of him and the beautiful batik silk shirts he used to wear, we are designing our own Madiba shirts with our learners. We started the project with some introductory sessions on who originally designed the Read more about awarenet Madiba Project 2015[…]

International Day of Peace: Creating a better world

Posted on by Kim Niemann

This is such a blessing! Thank you so much! –Margaret Ngcangca, Founder of the “Home of Joy” orphanage, Grahamstown On Monday, September 21st, the VSA celebrated the International Day of Peace. Like every year, we wanted to do something great and positive for the local community in the Joza Township. We usually set up a Peace Read more about International Day of Peace: Creating a better world[…]

Giving back to the community

Posted on by Kim Niemann

What you give you get, ten times over. – African quote On the upcoming Monday, the 21st of September, we want to give. Together with some learners of the S.D.A. Primary School we will cook some fresh food, make some healthy snacks and serve it together with some drinks to the children of the HOME Read more about Giving back to the community[…]

Peace Day Project 2015

Posted on by Lukas Scharnberg

One of the biggest projects of VSA is the Peace Day Project during the third term (July-September). Due to the fact that we had no funding for the concert this year we had to change the plans. Because the Joza Youth Hub could need some embellishments we decided to focus on peace poems instead of Read more about Peace Day Project 2015[…]

The Peace and Music Project – The last four Years

Posted on by Terri-Lynn Penney

During the last four years we have hosted three awarenet Peace Day Concerts with five different schools participating every year. All songs were originally written and rapped in isiXhosa or English, with lots of time and effort going into composing, rhyming and practicing for the big concert. Participating schools were Mary Waters HS, Nombulelo SS, Read more about The Peace and Music Project – The last four Years[…]

The awarenet projects of 2015 so far

Posted on by Terri-Lynn Penney

The first half year of 2015 has been quite successful so far. After a general introduction of the awarenet platform we have worked on two long projects, attended the Science Festival and invited to our awarenet Open Day as part of International Girls in ICT Day. The schools I decided to work with in 2015 Read more about The awarenet projects of 2015 so far[…]

Health & Fitness Day

Posted on by Lukas Scharnberg

Each year VSA works together with the learners on the topic “health and fitness” including a culmination at the end of the term. During the awarenet sessions we either played soccer, dodgeball or frisbee or we worked on blogs and forum questions. This year the health & fitness day was celebrated on the 12th of Read more about Health & Fitness Day[…]