Some technical background about awarenet The awarenet technology is PHP, MySQL and Kapenta based. We use it extensively on Ubuntu Linux. It has been tested on Android 2+, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac OS X and with many clients (browsers) including older Internet Explorer versions. Each server in the awarenet network presents a different view on the Read more about awarenet: Social Media for Mesh Networks[…]
The VSA is now listed on the NGO Pulse website as part of the NGO Profiles campaign, which aims to promote the work of NGOs in South Africa. The Village Scribe Association (VSA) was born from the vision of Anna and Ron Wertlen, to create jobs in the Eastern Cape through software and high-tech industry Read more about The NGO Profiles Campaign (South Africa)[…]
Today, we can proudly announce that the scholarship by the social impact lab for VSA Germany was extended for 4 months. We were given the opportunity to work more intensely on our business case and prove that the awarenet programme can become sustainable. We are very happy and look forward to discussions and development, together Read more about Scholarship extended at the social impact lab[…]
Heute mal ein lustiger und innovativer Film von den SAGE Net. Freiwilligen, die sich eine Woche lang in Bad Breisig auf Ihre Freiwilligenarbeit vorbereitet haben. Here is the movie that resulted in the week-long seminar which prepared the SAGE Net. volunteers for their stay in South Africa. You guys rock! Very funny indeed. Looking Read more about SAGE Net. volunteers’ fun short movie![…]
Two letter from Rieke and Antje, the two SAGE Net. volunteers who will start working with us in September 2013. Sage NET organised a seminar in June for the volunteers to prepare us for the coming year in South Africa. During this ten days we learned something about the history of South Africa and the Read more about SAGE Net. volunteers can’t wait to get started![…]
Today, I would like to promote some else’s blog: Antje Hering, a young German woman, will be volunteering for the VSA for a whole year. She will document her hopes, experiences, challenges and outcomes here. We are very much looking forward to the news! Thank you, Antje.
The VSA was invited to take part in a technology workshop offered by SAP “Digital for Social”. It was a great workshop and I learned a lot about online fundraising and dashboard design. Both will be useful to help me enhance the awarenet platform or VSA website and to raise funds for our very next Read more about SAP technology workshop[…]
The Village Scribe Association is a non-profit organisation which developed the awarenet programme to promote computer and Internet literacy for underprivileged learners in South Africa. For technical reasons, e.g. recurrent connectivity problems, this programme uses the Internet platform awarenet. awarenet was specifically designed to meet the learners’ needs in several ways. Software development was and Read more about VSA signs MoU with its technical partners[…]
As one of their assignments, Rhodes Journalism & Media Studies students had to do interviews in the “civic mapping” part of the course. Amber Davies, one of the students, interviewed Lindokuhle Jawa (14, photo) from CM Vellem Higher Primary School. CMV School has adopted the awarenet programme for more than two years. Here are the Read more about Interview Highlights of awarenet Learner by Rhodes University Student[…]
This year, we have started collaborating with the Rhodes University Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Rod Amner is supervising a group of third year students that will do their practical with and about our awarenet programme. Aim of the course This course was developed in response to a perceived lack of congruence between the Read more about Rhodes Journalism and Media Studies students work with and for awarenet![…]