Goood means that you can now cancel your contract with your current cellphone service provider and change to goood, a new service provider that offers affordable service and wants to change the world by supporting non-profit organisations that are engaged in social impact projects like us, the VSA. If only 1% of the Germans would Read more about The VSA is goood![…]
Last year’s biggest awarenet event was definitely the Peace and Music Concert at the 28th of September. We created a video showing the performances of all 5 groups on stage. The background song is the winner song of Ntaba Maria Senior Primary School. It was recorded by Corinne Cooper from the Rhodes University’s Department of Read more about Impressions of the Peace Day Concert[…]
In February, the Village Scribe Association had to face a new and complicated challenge: the recordings of last year’s Peace Day songs. As most of the groups which participated in the September Peace and Music Project were in the last year of their school, we had to find them in their new schools. As they Read more about Recordings of awarenet HipHop Songs![…]
The Village Scribe Association was invited to talk about the awarenet programme at the University of the Third Age in Grahamstown on the 16th of February. The University of the Third Age is an international movement of mostly retired but intellectually active citizens who believe learning is a life-long process which also continues in the Read more about awarenet talk at the University of the Third Age[…]
The end of the year 2016 is approaching fast. Most of you will look forward to their holidays and the festive season. Why not embrace others in your luck? If you feel that you have had a good year and not much to complain about, share your luck with the less fortunate by donating towards Read more about The VSA donation guide[…]
The VSA was part of the #GivingTuesday campaign again this year. #GivingTuesday gives you the opportunity to help people in need even if you have no time to do so yourself. You can support the people who are engaged in social development by simply donating your year-end gift to an organisation like us. 🙂 We Read more about #Giving Tuesday 2016[…]
The Rotary Club in Pirna funds our SETA accreditation, which we have reported earlier. We have started the accreditation process in March this year, of which Kjetil Torp was the driving force. He has produced and collected a remarkable amount of documents, which are required by SETA, the Sector Education and Training Authority in South Read more about Progress report of SETA accreditation at the Rotary Club Pirna[…]
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[…]
I was recently introduced to the 3-3-3 method of reporting about our work, which convinced me, so I am going to present our current developments to you today following this idea. 3 successes Over the years, we established annual awarenet projects that follow the school terms and provide useful knowledge to the learners. They motivate Read more about 3 Successes, 3 Challenges, 3 Opportunities[…]
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[…]