Vision Vlottenburg’s aftercare winter holiday programme culminated in a public performance of stories, poems and dance routines. The two-week initiative, which was hosted by Vlottenburg’s primary school, offered learners from Grade R to Grade 3 a range of fun-filled...
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VisionV aftercare learners put on winter holiday performing arts event
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‘Three Countries on Three Continents’ holiday programme broadens learners’ horizons
A group of international students from Stellenbosch University put on a holiday programme for Vision AfriKa students at the end of June to help them learn about other cultures. Just over 100 learners from the educational development NGO’s primary school and its high...
Vision AfriKa teams with Stellenbosch Uni’s campus radio station
A group of Vision AfriKa learners visited the University of Stellenbosch’s campus radio station at the end of June to kick-start what is intended to be a long-term relationship between the two organisations. The Grade 9 students went along to the MFM_92.6 (Campus...
Vision 2s complement Life Skills learning by trip to Cape Town aquarium
A group of Grade 2 learners visited Cape Town’s Two Oceans Aquarium in mid-June to learn more about the sea life they have been studying as part of Vision AfriKa educational programme. After taking a mini bus to the Aquarium, the Vision AfriKa Primary School students...
Team4Tech visit transforms tech learning at Vision AfriKa Primary School
A visit by volunteers whose aim it is to promote the use of technology in education around the world has transformed the way the subject is taught in Vision Afrika’s Primary School. Team4Tech, an initiative created by blue-chip IT companies including Intel, Adobe and...
Vlottenburg fundraising event strengthens community ties
The VisionV Aftercare facility and Vlottenburg primary school got together at the start of May to hold a collaborative community fundraising morning. The event started with a five kilometre fun walk from BP Longlands petrol station to Bonfoi farm. Participants then...
Wildlands teaches Vision AfriKa learners about environmental conservation
An environmental organisation has visited Vision Afrika to encourage its learners to think about the conservation activities they can undertake in their everyday lives. The Wildlands Conservation Trust, which is based in KwaZulu Natal, provided 68 Grade 8 and 9...
Growing Kayamandi tourism enterprises
Through a joint effort of Kayamandi based entrepreneurs, two cycling tours were recently hosted by Kayamandi Creative District (KCD) for international youth travellers, consisting of respectively 22 and 24 participants. KCD is a tourism focussed social enterprise...
Easter school holiday programme is resounding success
Vision AfriKa’s one-week Easter school holiday programme was such a success that the learners even asked to come back for more. About 80 students participated in the programme, which started at 9am and finished at 2pm each day after lunch, during the first week in...
Vision Vlottenburg celebrates Easter in style
Vision Vlottenburg ended the school term in style by holding an Easter Hunt for its aftercare learners in a bid to teach them the true meaning of the Christian festival. The fun-packed event, which took place at the end of March, started when the students were divided...
Vision AfriKa’s performance is smokin’ hot during fire evacuation exercise
Vision AfriKa has successfully completed its first fire evacuation exercise, taking only four minutes to gather nearly 300 staff and learners at the school assembly point. Because the educational development NGO consists of up to 500 staff and students, undertaking...
Amazink auditions and Talent Expo coming up
Friday night ‘Amazink Lite’ shows will run until end of June
Amanda Strydom to perform at Amazink
Renowned poets lined up for InZync poetry session
Vision AfriKa’s 2015 results; new staff appointment
Vision AfriKa reached many milestones during the 2015 academic year. “Passing grade 12 has not been an emphasis for us for a while as that would set the bar just too low for our kids,” said Gerrit Laning, Operations Manager at Vision AfriKa. “Passing with Bachelors’...
Team4Tech and Autodesk to present EdTech meetup
Team4Tech and Autodesk, Eduvate and the GSDT’s collaborators from Silicon Valley, will present an EdTech Meetup on 19 April during their visit to Stellenbosch. Team4Tech aims to advance the quality of education in developing countries. In April, they are going to...
Team4Tech and Autodesk returns to train teachers
Volunteers from Team4Tech and Autodesk are arriving in Kayamandi on 11 April, to spend two weeks training local teachers in the implementation of 21 century technology and skills in the classroom. This follow after a successful first visit to South Africa in August...
EdTech World Tour stops by Kayamandi and Vision AfriKa
Audrey Jarre and Svenia Busson, co-founders of the EdTech World Tour, visited Kayamandi and Vision AfriKa on Tuesday, 1 March. They describe the EdTech World Tour as “an initiative promoting global perspectives on Edtech fuelled by local insights”. Audrey and Svenia...
Amazink partners with Woordfees
Amazink will be partnering up with US Woordfees as a festival venue in March. Events taking place at Amazink will include the KACF PoetryFest (4 March), Sizimisele Technical High School’s play Home Love (5 March) and the play Mis (7 March). Check out all the Woordfees...