Awarenet’s Social Employment Fund (SEF) participants are mostly content with their ten-month employment period which recently came to an end. To see whether their time by us had been fulfilling their expectations we conducted an internal survey among our participants. In total, 44 participants filled out our feedback surveys in which we asked them general Read more about SEF participants happy with their experience at Awarenet![…]
Last week, Awarenet held a meeting with all the current Social Employment Fund participants in the Common Room of the Joza Youth Hub regarding the end of the third round of the Social Employment Fund.Firstly, we asked each of the participants to fill out a feedback form reflecting on their personal time being in the Read more about End of the third round of the Social Employment Fund![…]
Since the beginning of this year, we are hosting OLICO maths lessons in the computer lab of D.D. SIWISA Primary School. Two groups, each consisting of three maths tutors, teach the learners mathematics four times a week.The lessons are going very well since the learners are diligent and the WiFi connection and the computers are Read more about New school added to Awarenet’s maths program[…]
This blog post is about Ziyanda and Mfundo, two of our Social Employment Fund (SEF) participants working in the Anglo-African clinic run by the department of health in Grahamstown. Through an agreement with the local department of health, Awarenet is providing part-time data capturers through the SEF program which helps the department digitalise their patient Read more about Awarenet helps out the department of health[…]
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[…]
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[…]