by Antje Hering. My journey in South Africa was outstanding and it exceeded my expectations. I really enjoyed working on the awarenet programme for the Village Scribe Association. We were the first weltwaerts volunteers for the organization and therefore were given a platform to be creative and implement our own ideas. I was given a Read more about Treasures found in the rainbow nation[…]
2014 was an extraordinary year for me! In January, I decided to apply for a year of volunteering with SAGE NET and quit my job in March. After walking the Camino Francés through Spain I had my first preparation seminar in June with Dr. Anna Wertlen in Berlin. Together with Julia, we spend three days Read more about My 2014[…]
Hi! I’m Lukas and I’m the new Sage Net volunteer for VSA in Grahamstown. For the next year I will post some personal experiences and impressions. Hamburg – London – Johannesburg – Port Elizabeth. After 20 hours of travelling I finally arrived in Port Elizabeth on the 23/09/14, where I was picked up and brought Read more about May the journey begin[…]
by Rieke Heitmüller. “After graduation from school, I was thinking about a way to get to know another country and other cultures from a different perspective than a tourist. The ‘weltwärts’ – program and Sage Net. gave me the opportunity to work for the Village Scribe Association in South Africa, Grahamstown for one year. I Read more about My year in South Africa by Rieke Heitmüller[…]
This video shows how the German volunteers help us within the awarenet programme, what they learn during their year in South Africa and why we need funding. The awarenet programme is designed to teach computer literacy to underprivileged learners as well as reading&writing and project work in an intuitive manner. We use an online platform Read more about A video about the Weltwaerts Volunteers in the awarenet programme[…]
The new volunteers, Julia and Lukas along with their SAGE Net. fellows, have completed their introductory seminar. Traditionally, all Weltwaerts volunteers have to attend a 10 day seminar to learn about the culture, heritage, people and challenges in their host country as well as about general issues such as appropriate behaviour, security and media use. Read more about New SAGE Net. volunteers successfully prepared![…]
As Anna mentioned in her post of the 26. of February, VSA was looking for two new volunteers to join the awarenet team in Grahamstown. And here we are! Our names are Julia (Julia’s blog) and Lukas. Julia is 23 years old and was born in Austria. Three years ago she moved to Munich for Read more about Preparation course with Anna[…]
by Antje Hering. Rhodes University’s Community Engagement Week ran from the 5th to the 9th of May in Grahamstown. A colourful programme consisting of education activities, youth dialogues, development workshops and panel discussions was provided to the visitors. All departments and student organizations involved in Community Engagement initiatives as well as community partners set up Read more about awarenet at Community Engagement Week[…]
On the 25th and the 27th of March 2014, Antje Hering and Rieke Heitmueller visited the DSG (Diocesan School for Girls) private school in Grahamstown to give the learners the chance to be part of the awarenet & LifePlayer Project. Here is Rieke’s report: “The LifePlayer project is my first own awarenet project. I am Read more about The second awarenet & LifePlayer Project[…]
The selection process for our new Weltwärts volunteers from Germany was started last Saturday (22/2/14) in Berlin. The selection day was very well prepared by our partner SAGE Net. and took place at the Nelson Mandela School. A lot of volunteers from SAGE Net. and some other host organisations like the VSA as well as former Read more about SAGE Net. Selection Day for the next two Weltwärts Volunteers for the VSA[…]