New volunteers are coming in September

awarenet is supported by German volunteers who work a full year for the organisation. This September two new volunteers will arrive in Grahamstown, South Africa. There is first Annika. She has just finished her training to become an assistant in media design. She loves to take photographs and is happy to listen to rock music. Read more about New volunteers are coming in September[…]

SAGE-Net seminar 2018

    During the last month Max and I were meeting again in little Wortelgat (near Hermanus) in the Western Cape. I was already on leave and enjoyed some time together with my parents when we had to meet for our SAGE-NET. mid-term seminar. We have not seen the volunteers since New Years Eve so Read more about SAGE-Net seminar 2018[…]

Peace Songs on soundcloud

We finally uploaded the songs from the Peace Day Concert 2016. 6 different schools participated in the Peace Day Concert 2016. Every school wrote their own song and performed it on stage! After such a long time we are proud to announce that we have the final versions of the songs uploaded to our Soundcloud Read more about Peace Songs on soundcloud[…]

Mcvay in Bremen! The travails of an awarenet learner

Our former intern and awarenet learner Mcvay Boko is now abroad in Germany for a year. He is taking part in the North-South component of the volunteer program weltwaerts which is designed to facilitate cultural exchanges between countries of the global north and south. The program is subsidized by the German state through the Federal Read more about Mcvay in Bremen! The travails of an awarenet learner[…]

‘Ice Age’ in Grahamstown

On Friday, December the 1st, we introduced the festive season with a movie night in the Joza Youth Hub. After our monthly Hub meeting we transformed the boring communal room into a nice and cozy movie area. We had some blankets and pillows so the children were able to enjoy the movie from a laying-on-the-ground Read more about ‘Ice Age’ in Grahamstown[…]

The awarenet movie making course

The awarenet movie making course “How to create a short movie from beginning to end” for young  Open Lab users was offered in cooperation with Alette Schoon, a Rhodes University Journalism lecturer. The course took place on the 5th and 6th of December 2017. The school learners taking part in the course were taught to Read more about The awarenet movie making course[…]

It’s #GivingTuesday!

Today is #GivingTuesday a movement to create an international day of giving as a counterpoint to the commercial days of BlackFriday and CyberMonday. It introduces the Christmas season with the thought of giving something to the less fortunate among us. Join the spirit of giving by helping us build educational opportunities for youth in an Read more about It’s #GivingTuesday![…]

awarenet at Public Accountability Event

awarenet was one of the participants at the Social Accountability Knowledge Distribution Event held in Noluthando Hall in Joza township. The event was aimed at giving the local community information about both governmental and non-governmental services offered in the local community. It also strived to conscientise community members about the available channels to use when Read more about awarenet at Public Accountability Event[…]

Our Cultures: South Africa versus Germany

In the first term of school we decided to do a project called “The cultural Differences between South Africa and Germany”. Schools involved in this project were C.M Vellem HP, Good Shepard PS, Khulitso Daniel SS and Ntaba Maria PS. During the time we worked on this project, blogs were written about favourite traditional South Read more about Our Cultures: South Africa versus Germany[…]