Josephine Bestic, Author At Children In The Wilderness

Jul

Tree Identification Lesson at Gudigwa Primary School, Okavango Panhandle

12th July 2023Josephine BesticBotswana

Gudigwa Primary School’s Environmental Eco-Club Co-ordinators, together with the Eco-Club members and a community member, embarked on a tree identification lesson in school on the 06th of July 2023. The main purpose of the lesson was to introduce the Eco-Club members to the tree species in their school grounds, to know and understand, and learn...

Jul

An Enlightening Journey to Ngamo Village

5th July 2023Josephine BesticZimbabwe

US-based Tasimba LLC is a long-time and much-appreciated supporter of CITW Zambezi. Founder Hugh Coppen, with Heather Weaver, recently brought a group of guests to Hwange, where they had truly transformative wilderness and community encounters. Hugh picks up the story… In the heart of the untamed wilderness, magic happens. Another Tasimba Safari Experience with a...

Jul

Rwandan scholarship students end their school year with a big THANK YOU!

3rd July 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

July marks the end of the Rwandan school year, and all 140 CITW students who are being sponsored for six years of schooling wrote letters to thank their donors for their support. A big pile of letters reached our office this week! What a joy to read through the letters and realise how much this...

Jun

Footwear donation to the children of De Riet Kindergarten

28th June 2023Josephine BesticNamibia

A pair of shoes is one of the most basic, but important human needs – protecting our feet against the adversities of the environment. All around the world, a pair of shoes is required as a part of a school uniform, but due to poverty millions of children go barefoot. After seeing children attend school...

Jun

Wilderness RMB Ride for Rhinos 2023

23rd June 2023Josephine BesticNamibia

Now in its ninth year, the 2023 Ride for Rhinos was a resounding success. Johan Fourie, Wilderness Namibia Land and Natural Resources Manager reports. Wilderness and RMB this year were the co-title sponsors of the event, while Venture Media, as the organisers, and Cymot, as the cycling support, ran two back-to-back tours (24 – 28...

Jun

De Riet Kindergarten Donation for School Needs for 30 Learners

14th June 2023Josephine BesticNamibia

Wilderness Damaraland Camp has been a model for community-based conservation initiatives since 1996 – an award-winning partnership between Wilderness Namibia and the neighbouring Torra Conservancy. Here, guests can visit De Riet village, and meet the residents – our partners – many of whom are staff members and other service providers for the camp. De Riet...

Jun

CITW Botswana attends World Environment Day 2023 Celebrations in Maun

13th June 2023Josephine BesticBotswana

Established by the United Nations (UN) in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972, World Environment Day is an annual event that is internationally celebrated on 05 June to encourage environmental protection and natural resources conservation. The Botswana Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET), through the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), hosted a national event on 9 June...

May

‘Rhinos’ and ‘Giraffes’ activity at Akayange Primary School

29th May 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

In May the CITW ‘Rhinos’ and ‘Giraffes’ Eco-Club members at Akayange Primary School all attended their weekly environmental lessons. Akayange Primary School is situated just outside Akagera National Park, and most of our guests pass by on their way to or from the Park entrance. Driving past, you quickly notice how well-maintained the school gardens...

May

Bisate’s Tuzamurane Co-operative is getting stronger!

29th May 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

With Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness’ assistance, in 2021 the Tuzamurane Co-operative started a large-scale agricultural and indigenous tree nursery at Bisate village. Two plots of land were purchased, and the water supply and all necessary equipment organised, with the storage and administration space added in 2022. After successful harvests in 2022, the...

May

SACOLA Projects Completed 2022-3

17th May 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Sabyinyo, which is owned by SACOLA (the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association), joined the Wilderness Rwanda family in 2022. We are exceptionally proud of our collaboration with SACOLA, which has already completed 18 life-changing projects in the Volcanoes National Park area. Important to note too, is that every guest who stays at Wilderness Sabyinyo contributes...

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