Final presentations & Gala Dinner

Saturday was the day of the seminar presentations. All the groups were very excited about presenting their results and have been very well prepared. Eight judges joint the Jury: Prof. Volkmann, Prof. Goldwin, Varkey George, Dr. Bischoff, Sabine, Judith and from Etafeni Patrick and Erikah. Furthermore, some employees and Val Berry, from the Board of Trustees of Etafeni joint us to listen to the students’ results. All groups presented innovative solutions for income generation and did a very good job. Moreover, Nina and Felix presented their preliminary results about their Bachelor-/ Masterthesis. Both have conducted several interviews with social entrepreneus during the last three weeks.







The three week seminar ended with a Gala dinner in the evening. Both, students and employees of Etafeni, celebrated the end of an inspiring time. The most profit generating projects were awarded with 10,000 ZAR (Women income Generation) and 5,000 ZAR (Agriculture). This money can be used by the programme mangagers to implement the student‘s ideas.
Thanks to all who made this extraordinary experience possible!




Niklas: "The gala dinner was an absolute success and I hope to stay in touch with all these wonderful people."

The night was also the night of goodbyes. Not only to Etafeni, but also to 17 students who took a flight to Johannesburg early in the morning on sunday, to visit the Kruger National Park. Most of the other students took flights on Sunday or during the next days to go back to Germany.


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