by Terri-Lynn Penney On Wednesday the 19 of March, I attended a Safety & Security for Volunteers – Workshop, hosted by Sage Net. in Pretoria. SAGE Net. is an NPO that organises the exchange between South Africa and Germany. They offer a platform for different cooperations to network and long-lasting partnerships. The different organisations that Read more about SAGE Net. workshop about Safety&Security for overseas Volunteers[…]
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[…]
Today, I have a message for you, from Rieke and Antje – the two Weltwaerts volunteers: “On Monday, we took the train to Berlin to meet Anna in her home and office, where our internship took place. We will stay here for 4 days to be well prepared for our voluntary service. On the first Read more about SAGE Net. volunteers busy in Berlin![…]
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.
We are very happy to announce that the VSA is now part of the SAGE Net network, a network that organises volunteers from Germany to stay and work in South Africa for one year. The forms were being filled out and sent off to the Weltwärts Programm a few weeks ago. On Tuesday, Mr and Read more about VSA visited by SAGE Net.[…]
The VSA was invited to attend the SAGE Net Workshop on International Volunteering last week. Most of the participants are hosts for the Weltwärts Exchange Programme and wanted to exchange their experiences with their volunteers to learn from each other and discuss benefits and challenges of working with volunteers. The VSA had volunteers (local and Read more about VSA invited to SAGE Net Workshop about International Volunteering[…]