This weekend, Terri, Antje and Rieke will be in East London for a very special fundraising campaign: As you know, Terri-Lynn Penney is Head Community Coordinator, awarenet Trainer and Trustee of the Village Scribe Association in Grahamstown. She will race the Ironman 70.3 to support the awarenet Peace Day Project. Antje and Rieke will inform Read more about Support the awarenet Peace Project, Education&Literacy and Terri![…]
The Village Scribe Association Germany is now a public benefit organisation and tax exempt. We have received the notification from the revenue office and have sent out the first acknowledgements of donations. If you happen to plan a donation in 2013 to add to your annual tax declaration, why not donate to the Village Scribe Read more about VSA Germany now tax exempt – donate now and take a chance to win a Peace CD![…]
The Annual General Meeting of the VSA took place on Tuesday, the 17/12/13 at 7pm, German time, in Berlin and Grahamstown, which were connected via skype. Minutes of the VSA Annual General Meeting ———————————————————————————- Attendees (Anwesend): Richard Strickland (RS), Terri-Lynn Penney (TLP), Antje Hering (AH), Rieke Heitmueller (RH), Anna Wertlen (AW), Ronald Wertlen (RW) Begin: Read more about Minutes and Reports of the VSA AGM 2013[…]
The VSAs Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday, the 17th of December 2013 at 7 pm, German time. All VSA members are invited to take part either in Berlin, Grahamstown or Boortmeerbeek. Locations will be connected via skype. Please, contact us, if you are interested to join. Agenda: Welcome and excused. Reports: VSA Read more about VSA AGM 2013[…]
As a white person growing up under apartheid, the name of Mandela was the dark face of armed uprising and rebellion. And just as Nelson freed his people, so too his name freed me. I was lucky enough to have several teachers who opened my eyes to the ANC struggle, to the lies of apartheid Read more about Thank you, Nelson Mandela, for showing us the way![…]
We proudly present: A video explaining the awarenet programme. It was filmed and edited by a group of Rhodes University’s Journalism and Media Studies students. Give us your comment. We would love to hear if it explains the programme well. If yes, please recommend it to other teachers, schools and learners! 🙂 Thank you.
The VSA was accepted to the Film4Change and YouTube Video Academy, which took place last week at the Google Headquarters in Berlin. We were very happy to take part in this workshop to learn more about how to present an idea in an effective way, and how to actually use the equipment and software to Read more about Film4Change and YouTube Video Academy[…]
Some people might find all this excitement about openness pretentious and exaggerated. Perhaps it’s just a big hype. To me it makes real sense and adds to a great work experience, life long learning and it adds sense into what I do. There is real potential to change something in society, even if it is Read more about About Open Ideas and Open Events[…]
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[…]
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![…]