Joza goes Hollywood

A few weeks ago we reported about our movie making course. Within this blogpost we want to show you the final version of the short movie. We are incredibly proud of our learners and what they have accomplished. They shot the film with their mobile phones and edited it themselves with the program “Kdenlive”. Hoping Read more about Joza goes Hollywood[…]

‘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[…]

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[…]

Programming course made in Italy!

Two weeks ago, we had the nice guys from the Fondazione Bruno Kessler, based in Trentino, Italy, teach our learners programming, using Blockly games.