Recognition for awarenet at Rhodes Community Engagement Awards 2018!

Posted on October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 by Kjetil Torp

awarenet and partners received awards for community engagement at the 2018 Rhodes University Community Engagement Awards! Sudo Soc, the computer society at Rhodes University, were among three finalists for Rhodes Society/Sports Club of the Year for their work with installing the new awarenet Learning Lab. Richard Were received the award from Rhodes University vice-chancellor Dr Read more about Recognition for awarenet at Rhodes Community Engagement Awards 2018![…]

awarenet October holiday fun!

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Meike Krauss

The awarenet team were busy doing fun things in and around the computer lab at the Joza Youth Hub this October school holiday! School holidays mean a lot of free time. Instead of laying in bed all day kids from our local area were invited to join our media workshops in the Joza Youth Hub. Read more about awarenet October holiday fun![…]

Rhodes University students share skills

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Meike Krauss

Rhodes University students have been active this year sharing their skills and knowledge with awarenet learners in our brand new Learning Lab. Through its Community Engagement program Rhodes University sent us a group of students who come every week to teach our core group of grade 9 learners. This group of learners have been selected Read more about Rhodes University students share skills[…]

Opening of the awarenet Learning Lab

Posted on September 21, 2018September 26, 2018 by Meike Krauss

This Wednesday we officially opened the second awarenet computer Lab! All the people who put in effort in establishing the lab were invited to share some cake and admire the progress. This Lab will serve as a learning lab to give a core group of school learners the opportunity to follow a structured program composed Read more about Opening of the awarenet Learning Lab[…]

A trip down memory lane

Posted on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 by Xenia Baartz

One year, 12 months, 365 days sounded incredibly long but the time flew by as fast as the airplane that brought us here on the 18th of August 2017. Our year was full of adventures, with positive as well as negative experiences, and daily challenges. Now we are sitting here and will take a short Read more about A trip down memory lane[…]

awarenet is paypaling

Posted on July 24, 2018July 25, 2018 by Max Resch

awarenet is now connected to the PayPal financial service. This means that you are now able to donate money easy, fast and more convenient than using other methods. You can just browse through our website and open the page “Donate Online”, there you will find a little Donate button. If you click on it you Read more about awarenet is paypaling[…]

New volunteers are coming in September

Posted on June 24, 2018July 26, 2018 by Meike Krauss

awarenet is supported by German volunteers who work a full year for the organisation. This September two new volunteers will arrive in Grahamstown, South Africa. There is first Annika. She has just finished her training to become an assistant in media design. She loves to take photographs and is happy to listen to rock music. Read more about New volunteers are coming in September[…]

The Joza Youth Hub opens its doors!

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Xenia Baartz

The Joza Youth Hub Open Day took place on the 26th of May and we were having lots of fun. Feel free to have a quick read!

Rhodes students fix awarenet computers!

Posted on April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 by Kjetil Torp

Sudo Soc, the student computer society at Rhodes University, lent awarenet a hand in maintaining the computer labs at Joza Youth Hub. With the skilled use of an air compressor the team from Sudo Soc delicately cleaned the dusty insides of the well-used awarenet computers without damaging a single processor, hard drive nor motherboard. Sudo Read more about Rhodes students fix awarenet computers![…]

SAGE-Net seminar 2018

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Xenia Baartz

During the last month Max and I were meeting again in little Wortelgat (near Hermanus) in the Western Cape. I was already on leave and enjoyed some time together with my parents when we had to meet for our SAGE-NET. mid-term seminar. We have not seen the volunteers since New Years Eve so Read more about SAGE-Net seminar 2018[…]