Last Weekend, Awarenet hosted a maths tutors training at Rhodes University Faculty of Education in cooperation with Thabiso, a OLICO maths trainer and coordinator from the OLICO maths education foundation in Johannesburg. The OLICO training started on Saturday with the more theoretical aspects of teaching. First we revised the basic structure of a lesson, as Read more about OLICO tutors training at Rhodes University[…]
Since the 24th of January, Awarenet is back to hosting both Robotics and Coding and OLICO maths lessons in the Open Labs of the Joza Youth Hub. Every Friday when the robotics lessons take place, learners from several high schools in Joza Township come to enjoy the nice environment and to learn something fun. In Read more about Full action in Awarenet’s computer labs![…]
At Awarenet, we are driven by the belief that access to knowledge can transform lives. In line with our mission to empower individuals, we hosted a Work Readiness Workshop for the organisation’s Social Employment Fund participants at the Joza Youth Hub in January. This three-day event was tailored to support individuals in gaining the confidence, Read more about Work readiness workshop in preparation of a new year[…]
Last week, several Social Employment Fund participants of Awarenet were interviewed to share their experiences working in the SEF programme. This part is about Aphiwe, Zukhanye, Lindani and Kamvelihle from the SD Card Project. They will elaborate on their story and the impact the Social Employment Fund had on their life: Aphiwe, Zukhanye, and Kamvelihle Read more about Social Employment Fund Interview: SD Card Project Group[…]
Last week, several Social Employment Fund participants of Awarenet were interviewed to share their experiences working in the SEF programme. This part is about Lindokuhle Maraba’s story and the impact the Social Employment Fund had on her life: While being a learner in high school, Lindokuhle Maraba was actively involved in NGO work. During Read more about Social Employment Fund Interview: Lindokuhle Maraba[…]
Last week, several Social Employment Fund participants of Awarenet were interviewed to share their experiences workin in the SEF programme. This part is about Siyanda Manana’s story and the impact the Social Employment Fund had on his life: After he graduated from high school, Siyanda Manana used to work as a salesman at a second Read more about Social Employment Fund Interview: Siyanda Manana[…]
Last week, several Social Employment Fund participants of Awarenet were interviewed to share their experiences working in the SEF programme. This part is about Thimna Tembela’s story and the impact the Social Employment Fund had on her life: When Thimna Tembela was still a learner at Mary Waters she attended tutoring sessions at Ikamva Youth Read more about Social Employment Fund Interview: Thimna Tembela[…]
After a school holiday the afterschool activities are starting to come into action again, one of them being the OLICO maths program. On the 2nd of October the SDA primary school was finally able to participate in the program again, using the computers in the Open Lab at the Joza Youth Hub. The two German Read more about The OLICO maths program in action[…]
Robotics lessons at Makana Public Primary School are being carried on successfully as new learners join the course regularly. On Monday the 16th of September, the two new German volunteers of Awarenet visited the course for the first time and were surprised that so many students were there, especially completely new ones. It was noticeable Read more about Robotics in full swing at Makana Public Primary School[…]
We are Benjamin Wertlen and Benjamin Wilhelm, the new volunteers from the German government-supported “weltwaerts”-program. Both of us are going to do voluntary work at Awarenet for a year. We will also be assisting the staff in various tasks and taking care of online communication including for instance uploads on the Awarenet facebook account and Read more about Our first week at Awarenet[…]