Three blazers to be worn at choir were handed over yesterday (13/11/12) to three grade 8 learners from CM Vellem Higher Primary School in Grahamstown. This donation was made by the VG High School Representative Council of Learners, and the money was raised during a third term market day. CM Vellem learners are very active Read more about VG High School learners raise funds for CM Vellem HPS learners’ Choir Blazers[…]
Do you have any idea what this is? This is a cootie-catcher. Our new playful promotion for awarenet – made by Vega Design School in Cape Town. Visit us at the Talking Heads Session at Online Educa Berlin (29/11/12, 2.30-4.30pm) and find out more about how awarenet is educating socially responsible, collaborative minds… and what Read more about awarenet promotion by Vega Design School[…]
Vega’s new branding strategy for awarenet also includes a new logo and tagline, which I am going to present here today: Here is some background to the smallfry team’s ideas: The logo is 75% visual and 25% words. Simple icons make it easy to understand what the brand is about. Colourful icons represent the playfulness Read more about The new awarenet logo[…]
For the past 4 weeks, the smallfry team of Vega Design School has worked on a new brand strategy for awarenet. On Monay 05/11/12 they presented their outcome to the eKhaya ICT team and the VSA trustees and members via skype. You may have noted one of their suggestion already in the title: awarenet needs Read more about A new Brand Strategy for awarenet by Vega[…]
The VSA AGM 2012 took place on Saturday, the 3rd of November at 11am in Berlin-Zehlendorf. 11 members participated, two of them over skype, 8 members were excused, 1 member was unexcused. Anna and Ron Wertlen reported about VSA finances and activities in the past year. A presentation containing all details can be accessed here: Read more about The VSA AGM 2012 Report[…]
The VSA was invited to attend the Makana Leadership Forum on Tuesday, 30 October 2012 at the Center for Social Development. The Makana Leadership Forum is an opportunity for leaders in civil society to form a strategic network of support and knowledge to help each other deal with the challenges of running an NGO. Topics Read more about VSA at Makana Leadership Forum[…]
This year’s AGM will take place on the 3rd of November 2012 at 11am in Berlin. Please, RSVP to this blog if you would like to take part. Here is the agenda for the meeting: 1. Welcome and excused 2. Reports 2.1 The Association: VSA as NGO and PBO, eKhaya ICT-VSA MoU, awareNet software and Read more about The VSA AGM 2012 Agenda[…]
In the software world, X has two central connotations, eXtreme programming (rapid design and implementation of software) and XML (XPath, XSLT, exsetra), technologies that are closely associated with innovation and the Web. The Xinnovations conference 2012 looked at smart ways to get computers to help people, mainly through the semantic web and the Internet. That Read more about awareNet at Xinnovation 2012 — Xpitch — South African Innovation[…]
The VSA intents to enhance its community coordinators’ skills to improve the quality of their work and social impact during awareNet sessions. Recently, Terri-Lynn Penney coordinates a project about life orientation and health promotion, which includes learners from various different schools in Grahamstown. She is assisted by Rooi Rikhotso, our new volunteer. So, we immediately Read more about Skill Enhancement for VSA Community Coordinators[…]
South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has brought together a number of government agencies, local groups and stakeholders for an ambitious project in Cofimvaba, near Queenstown in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Goals include improving education, creating food security and building the local economy through agriculture and related SMEs. The project is currently based Read more about awareNet at Arthur Mfebe Educational Centre, Cofimvaba[…]