Last week, several Social Employment Fund participants of Awarenet were interviewed to share their experiences while being in the SEF programme. This part is about Siyanda Manana’s story and the impact the Social Employment Fund had on his life: HOW HAS THIS PARTICIPANT’S LIFE BEEN IMPACTED? (What is their background / what were they doing prior Read more about Social Employment Fund Interview: Siyanda Manana[…]
Last week, several Social Employment Fund participants of Awarenet were interviewed to share their experiences while being in the SEF programme. This part is about Thimna Tembela’s story and the impact the Social Employment Fund had on her life: 1.HOW HAS THIS PARTICIPANT’S LIFE BEEN IMPACTED? (What is their background / what were 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[…]
We recently hosted our second friendly competition of the year. Seeing how many learners showed up to watch the competition and support their participating friends was great. In this competition, learners from the Ikamva Youth were competing against a group from Awarenet. Both teams consist of learners from different schools around the area, but all Read more about Friendly High School Robotics Competition[…]
We recently held our Annual General Meeting (AGM). During that meeting our Awarenet Team talked about the projects that were done in 2023 and what developments are planned for the upcoming year. If you would like to get an insight into this year’s AGM Presentation click here If you also would like to look through Read more about Annual General Meeting[…]
High school learners from two very different countries – South Africa and the US – shared their experiences of school and life during a marathon two-hour Zoom organised by Inkululeko and supported by Awarenet’s Talking Technology to Power project. Eight learners from a technical high school in Syracuse, New York, met with 12 learners from Read more about Youth find common ground across the Atlantic[…]
On Saturday morning we hosted the first WRO Robotics (World Robotics In-house Olympiad) Competition this year. A lot of learners from different schools around the neighbourhood and friends of the participants also attended the competition to root for their favourite teams. The three Robotics groups came together on Saturday and worked in groups of 4-7 Read more about WRO Robotics In-house Competition[…]
On the 13th of September, my volunteer year at Awarenet started. This volunteer year is done through the German government’s weltwaerts program. After a long and strenuous journey from Bremen, Germany to Makhanda, South Africa, I am happy to finally be able to start my work at the Joza Youth Hub with Awarenet. Since my Read more about My first week at Awarenet[…]