awarenet learners and VSA staff along with many, many others in Grahamstown braved the weather and joined to form a Human Chain connecting poor&rich, educated&underprivileged in the memory of Nelson Mandela and his dream of democracy and freedom. Citizens came out in large numbers to make the first Human Chain event in Grahamstown on Friday Read more about awarenet learners at the Human Chain in Grahamstown[…]
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[…]
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![…]
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![…]
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[…]
Terri-Lynn Penney is going to run, cycle and swim for the awarenet Peace Project. We are still looking for the second half of the funding to complete the project, i.e. to finish the music video, to record all the learners and to produce a CD. Terri agreed to run the Half Ironman in East London, Read more about Terri will complete the Half Ironman for awarenet![…]
Ich war diese Woche auf einem Story Telling Workshop. Hört sich irgendwie komisch an, aber das ist halt auch nur wieder mal ein neuer Begriff für ein alte Tradition. Wenn man etwas erreichen will, muß man eine gute Geschichte erzählen. Geschichten erzählen können wir alle eigentlich. Aber was passiert, wenn man vorhat, mit der Geschichte Read more about Meine Geschichte[…]
Just to inform everyone, the VSA has joined a Rails Girls Group to keep coding and to learn more. Starting from tomorrow, we will meet every Tuesday at Beta House. I am looking forward to meet the girls again and to work on our ideas and projects. 🙂
Last month, the VSA pitched awarenet at the social impact lab in Berlin-Kreuzberg. I have blogged about this event. As an outcome of the pitch, we have been offered free participation at two workshops about Idea Reframing – From the Idea to the Business Model. Further, we were offered a free work space in the Read more about social impact lab pitch outcome[…]
The VSA will take part in the next Rails Girls workshop in Berlin on the 22 and 23/02/13. Rails Girls Berlin are “the Berlin sisters of Rails Girls – a non-profit volunteer group that formed in Finland with the aim to get women into programming.” They want to give total beginners the opportunity and a community Read more about VSA joins Rails Girls Berlin[…]