<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111218309615886284</id><updated>2024-11-01T03:37:37.214-07:00</updated><category term="Ida and Sofie"/><category term="Katharina and Ronja"/><category term="twinning members"/><title type='text'>PSTA  - CAPACITY BUILDING AND VOLUNTEERISM</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11461735020368005947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/SqOOj0Ar0-I/AAAAAAAAAb8/OlbZaC9flOI/S220/Peoplle%27s+Assembly+015.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111218309615886284.post-1667503925712059506</id><published>2010-02-18T20:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T03:51:42.712-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="twinning members"/><title type='text'>TWINNING MEMBERS</title><summary type="text">Devoting hours&amp;nbsp; in contributing to development. Photo: Pauline Duncan</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/feeds/1667503925712059506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2010/02/twinning-members.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/1667503925712059506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/1667503925712059506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2010/02/twinning-members.html' title='TWINNING MEMBERS'/><author><name>BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11461735020368005947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/SqOOj0Ar0-I/AAAAAAAAAb8/OlbZaC9flOI/S220/Peoplle%27s+Assembly+015.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkg5-_y3AGQbiy2Ibxr7Jfrwh1FJSmuaCnJiI3Rmb5MEJXPke0hf8PN3F4a2eQ4Z_QYkdnMol6tpstaZID1tQ22MTbOexX77BCCkMjAZzfXXtzGJjTN6MN1X4r5uRSyxU4gt4EA7uB-s/s72-c/IMG_2045%202010-02-04%20TT%20and%20PSTA.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111218309615886284.post-7129702484142404224</id><published>2009-09-09T06:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T04:10:16.648-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ida and Sofie"/><title type='text'>9 September 2009 - All packed, departing to Umzumbe</title><summary type="text">Ida and Sofia will spent the next 7 days at Child Welfare South Africa - Umzumbe. They will be staying with Mama Gertrude Lushaba, an active management committee member, a volunteer and community leader. She is also a Twinning member, been to Sweden and actively involved in the Global School Journey Programme.

Accomodation opposite the beach&amp;nbsp;but a rural coomunity. They seemed&amp;nbsp; </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/feeds/7129702484142404224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/09/9-september-2009-all-packed-departing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/7129702484142404224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/7129702484142404224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/09/9-september-2009-all-packed-departing.html' title='9 September 2009 - All packed, departing to Umzumbe'/><author><name>BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11461735020368005947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/SqOOj0Ar0-I/AAAAAAAAAb8/OlbZaC9flOI/S220/Peoplle%27s+Assembly+015.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtX-wmuZFK7r7xXSXs_Nh2Y0p0ETc_GdAmoR0LEgTb4YjBoeLMg0T77XwvdsDlyvpIpGruXu1dQ6_CuYidtiALto6z8aC3wkj5w_b_nDdfisLqKj35Q7z6xG9sQIvEi6SEkdQCC5QrXWw/s72-c/SANY0749.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111218309615886284.post-6535749141110904466</id><published>2009-09-07T02:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T01:42:11.135-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday Visit by Members of Twinning - 6 September 2009</title><summary type="text">Judy, Tilana and I have visited&amp;nbsp; Dudu. Ida and Sofia. Mzi was also visiting with some of his friends.&amp;nbsp;It was good to see that the&amp;nbsp;Ida and Sofia&amp;nbsp;were relaxed and interacting with members of the community. They are already at home in SA. Dudu and Mzi had taken them to the waterfall, they&amp;nbsp; also visited a sangoma&amp;nbsp;. We&amp;nbsp; were&amp;nbsp;informed of their exhausting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/feeds/6535749141110904466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/09/sunday-visit-by-members-of-twinning-6.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/6535749141110904466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/6535749141110904466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/09/sunday-visit-by-members-of-twinning-6.html' title='Sunday Visit by Members of Twinning - 6 September 2009'/><author><name>BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11461735020368005947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/SqOOj0Ar0-I/AAAAAAAAAb8/OlbZaC9flOI/S220/Peoplle%27s+Assembly+015.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111218309615886284.post-7207174855388641437</id><published>2009-09-03T23:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T01:41:09.954-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ida and Sofie"/><title type='text'>4 to 7 September 2009</title><summary type="text">The students&amp;nbsp; were orientated about CWSA service delivery model.. Exposed to twinning by attending twinning meetings ( Time Travel and Global Supplement planning)&amp;nbsp; They have been&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;exhausted since their arrival and in bed by 8.30 pm. Their day yesterday included a 15 minute break. In between they grabbed FICA.


Judy fetched them on her way to school. At&amp;nbsp;Nobamba High&amp;nbsp;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/feeds/7207174855388641437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/09/studenyt-placement-4-to-7-september.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/7207174855388641437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/7207174855388641437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/09/studenyt-placement-4-to-7-september.html' title='4 to 7 September 2009'/><author><name>BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11461735020368005947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/SqOOj0Ar0-I/AAAAAAAAAb8/OlbZaC9flOI/S220/Peoplle%27s+Assembly+015.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total><georss:featurename>Port Shepstone, South Africa</georss:featurename><georss:point>-30.721531 30.4636</georss:point><georss:box>-30.795316 30.346870499999998 -30.647745999999998 30.5803295</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111218309615886284.post-6393501008389042139</id><published>2009-09-01T22:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T03:49:53.268-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ida and Sofie"/><title type='text'>BACKGROUND - IDA AND SOFIA INTERNSHIP</title><summary type="text">Ida and Sofie are both final year social work students at Kalmer University. They were motivated to undertake their final year internship programme in Port Shepstone after having met Lynne , Christa and the two groundbreakers in Oskarhsman this May.Child Welfare South Africa within this context met the university requirementCommunication between the students and the university in preparation for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/feeds/6393501008389042139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/09/backgroung-ida-and-sofie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/6393501008389042139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/6393501008389042139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/09/backgroung-ida-and-sofie.html' title='BACKGROUND - IDA AND SOFIA INTERNSHIP'/><author><name>BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11461735020368005947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/SqOOj0Ar0-I/AAAAAAAAAb8/OlbZaC9flOI/S220/Peoplle%27s+Assembly+015.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDMKMrcjNtEHCQEXnn1K8-irWERwlcjSm3mzEtlocSqVwc0J_wr8OFtgh8cY2P5LxKHh5l4_GP41SSObwgEZbD8D2zgMzhEC2RzmZX-8I94FcsniuahWxx1s3zCTe39PVdZfuO-uHYeg/s72-c/safe_image.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111218309615886284.post-4439211937724203187</id><published>2009-08-10T07:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T03:48:58.731-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Katharina and Ronja"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text"> An South African experience

When we, Ronja Malachowska and Katharina Stark went to high school we decided that we wanted to go to Africa and work with children. We started to look for organizations that need volunteers on the internet but we could not find anything that suited us. Katharina started to talk to her teacher; Gunilla about her plans and Gunilla told her that she just had come home </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/feeds/4439211937724203187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/08/south-african-experience-when-we-ronja.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/4439211937724203187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/4439211937724203187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/08/south-african-experience-when-we-ronja.html' title=''/><author><name>BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11461735020368005947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/SqOOj0Ar0-I/AAAAAAAAAb8/OlbZaC9flOI/S220/Peoplle%27s+Assembly+015.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/So2QN-EBp-I/AAAAAAAAAbA/GeD_CahT_4k/s72-c/5288_1061460191519_1676392125_144979_4427817_s.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111218309615886284.post-1683369103804037993</id><published>2009-08-10T07:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T03:47:46.209-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND SWEDISH CULTURE



This is a subjective summary about differences between the Shout African and Swedish Culture, written on the basis of our own experience and meetings with people under our six months in South Africa. We want to emphasize that this is not any definite fact. Over the 45 million people that live in South Africa we have only meet a few and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/feeds/1683369103804037993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/08/differences-between-south-african-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/1683369103804037993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/111218309615886284/posts/default/1683369103804037993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pstavolunteerism.blogspot.com/2009/08/differences-between-south-african-and.html' title=''/><author><name>BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11461735020368005947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6b30VeK9F7g/SqOOj0Ar0-I/AAAAAAAAAb8/OlbZaC9flOI/S220/Peoplle%27s+Assembly+015.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>