At Awarenet, we are driven by the belief that access to knowledge can transform lives. In line with our mission to empower individuals, we hosted a Work Readiness Workshop for the organisation’s Social Employment Fund participants at the Joza Youth Hub in January. This three-day event was tailored to support individuals in gaining the confidence, Read more about Work readiness workshop in preparation of a new year[…]
Last Thursday the awarenet team took part in a great workshop organised by our funder the HCI Foundation on how non profit organisations can collaborate to achieve sustainable social change. Lab supervisor Thanduxolo Royi and project coordinator Kjetil Torp joined a multitude of representatives from other non profit organisations from all parts of the Eastern Read more about HCI Foundation workshop[…]
Kjetil and Max have been attending a conference hosted by the AGYI, the “African German Youth Initiative”. Its goal is to make youth exchanges between African countries and Germany easier as well as more accessible. The AGYI is sponsored by “Engagement Global”, an agency of the German ministry for economic cooperation and development which also Read more about The awarenet-Team at the AGYI conference 2018[…]
awarenet is a member of the South African German Network (Sage Net) and therefore took part in the network’s annual conference in Cape Town in October. The aim of Sage Net is to increase cooperation and understanding between South Africa and Germany – not the least by participating in the weltwaerts volunteer program where young Read more about SageNet Conference 2017[…]
VSA AGM 2017 – Minutes 24.07.17 18 pm Martin-Luther-Str. 78, 10825 Berlin, Germany 6 Durban Street, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa Welcome and excused Delayed start at 18:38 pm due to technical problems. Present: Anna Wertlen Ronald Wertlen Kjetil Torp Chiara Brendel Lukas Hüneke Sarah Hanton Excused: Christoph Flügge Judith Flügge Treasurer’s report Annual Read more about The VSA AGM and Annual Report of 2017[…]
This year the Village Scribe Association showcased its awarenet program at the North South Conference in Somerset West, Cape Town. The conference, which is in its fifth consecutive year of existence, is aptly named North South as its co-organizers, False Bay College in Cape Town and Haugaland High School in Norway are situated close to Read more about North South Conference 2016[…]
date: 05.08.2016 time: 14.15 pm locations: Martin-Luther-Str. 78, 10825 Berlin, Germany Joza Youth Hub, Crn Ncame and Sani St, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa connected via Skype 1. Anna welcomed the present VSA members. Present: Anna Wertlen Larissa Willy Kjetil Torp Mcvay Boko Excused: Antje Hering Christoph Flügge Judith Flügge Sabine Wiekenberg Amanda McPhail Jan Baekeland Read more about VSA AGM 2016 – minutes[…]
During a few days in mid-April, under the auspices of a benign Highveld sun, a mishmash of dedicated and articulated voices could be heard penetrating the crisp air of the Johannesburg suburb of Benoni. Though the words escaping the dark and windowless vaults of the conference centre were unmistakably of English origin, the accents betrayed Read more about Weltwärts Partner Conference for Southern Africa 2016. (13. april – 16. april 2016)[…]
The Southern African weltwarts strategic Workshop Conference was held in Cape Town over a two day period. Partner Originations from right over South Africa and Africa attended the Conference. Ingrid Daniels gave and introduction, background and objectives of the conference . The Southern African weltwarts Networks (SawN) was discussed, within the weltwarts program, during Read more about Southern African weltwarts strategic Workshop Conference:[…]
I have been at the re:campaign conference and I have learned a lot again – fantastic! There is a great log by Peter, so I do not have to log details here, thank you! 🙂 Most impressive have been Gesche Joost “Social Design”, Turner&Niemann “Data Visualisation”, RAPutation and the panel discussion with Anne Roth, Peter Read more about awarenet @ re:campaign[…]