In the second term of school, we started a health and fitness project, during which we teach the learners how to keep fit and healthy by playing sport. The schools participating in the project are Ntaba Maria PS, Good Shepard PS, C.M Vellem HPS, Seventh Day Adventist School, Archie Mbolekwa SS and Khuhliso Daniel SS. Read more about The awarenet Health and Fitness Project[…]
SciFest held from the 18th to 24th March 2015 in the monument this year. The theme being “the year of light” lots of schools visited the SciFest from right over South Africa. Eight schools that we teach awarenet to in Grahamstown participated this year. With over 100 learners taking part in the project, they were Read more about SciFest – presenting awarenet and our project “Life after School”[…]
After the great success of the awarenet Peace Day Concert, Sonic Art Studio and us started to organise the recording of the five different awarenet Peace Songs in the Rhodes University’s recording studios. The use of the facilities was a donation of the Department of Music and Musicology to the awarenet Peace and Music Project. During November, all Read more about Recording the awarenet Peace Songs at Rhodes University[…]
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![…]
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[…]
by Rieke and Antje From the 18th to the 25th of July the event “Trading Live for Mandela Day” took place all over Grahamstown. The basic idea for Trading Live is that all Rhodes staff, students and community organizations donate 67 minutes of their time to build new relationships in the community. All members of the community could Read more about VSA takes part in Trading Live for Mandela-Day[…]
All the songs of the awarenet Peace Project 2013 are recorded and the CDs are produced. Congratulations! The CD was released on the first day of the Grahamstown Arts Festival 2014, on Thursday, the 3rd of July 2014 during a small celebration party for all people involved and our partners, supporters and friends. The event Read more about awarenet CDs are produced and were given out at the launch party[…]
All the songs of the awarenet Peace Project 2013 are recorded and the CDs are produced. Congratulations! The CD will be released on the first day of the Grahamstown Arts Festival 2014, on Thursday, the 3rd of July 2014 during a small celebration party for all people involved and our partners, supporters and friends. The Read more about awarenet Peace Song Collection 2013 CD Release Party[…]