We’ve had some new additions and some heartfelt farewells in our community at the top of this year. Find out who are our newest community members, meet our newest Directors Circle members, and learn about our new Impact Assessment Team.
Read MoreI Am, We Are (IAWA) is pleased to announce that National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) has made a generous contribution of $10,000 to directly support IAWA’s South African participants in the Morafe* Leadership Development Programme. The grant from NPCA’s Community Fund comes at a critical moment, as the COVID pandemic continues to affect young students. The recent return of South Africa to level four quarantine resulted in school program cancellations, thus affecting students' social and mental well-being.
Read MoreJason Holley, also known as DJ Holla, is flying in from North Carolina, USA to support the IAWA Ambassador’s Battle of the DJs Saturday September 22 at Robega Community Hall. Jason shared, “I’ve always had a passion for helping others, building future generations, and passing along valued lessons to the youth. Being able to be apart of such a great program, event, and to assist a fellow Hawk was the chance I needed to give back.”
Read MoreThis open male only forum allowed the young men in attendance to truly open up and share some of the obstacles and challenges they were currently facing. They were able to see they were not alone and there were others around them they could turn to.
Read MoreA big round of applause is in order for Mr. Dave Ryan, the Royal Royal Bafokeng Institute's Numeracy Lead and Maths Teacher Extraordinaire. We would like to thank Mr. Dave for his virtual tutoring assistance. Over the last year, Mr. Dave has been assisting our Ambassadors with maths tutoring.
Read More