The VSA started a great collaboration with Rhodes' Community Engagement. CE organised 10 volunteers who are going to work with us for the year 2011. We are very happy to welcome such a large group of motivated, young and active students. Thank you very much for your interest!

The volunteers are going to join Thozi, Rhini's community coordinator and your awareNet teacher, into the awareNet classes at the various schools in Rhini to work together with the you and assist Thozi in his work, ie. teaching. All of them are experienced Internet users and professional social networkers who cannot wait to get into contact - personally and electronically - with you!

We believe that they will be a great inspiration for you (eg. by blogging about their own experiences and personal views on awareNet) and that they will motivate you to become more innovative and self-confident in the awareNet network. We hope that, together, you can work on important projects that will be published in Upstart for a greater audience, and that you will start discussing your opinions, issues and concerns more openly with increasing trust in the young volunteers - something that I think is usually missing in the South African traditional way of teaching.

I hope that you will enjoy working together with them. I would be happy to see some comments from your side after you have met them and worked together with them.