Josephine Bestic, Author At Children In The Wilderness

Nov

50,000 Indigenous Trees Planted to Date at Wilderness Sabyinyo with SACOLA

18th November 2025Josephine BesticRwanda

At Wilderness Sabyinyo, our commitment to protecting the environment goes hand-in-hand with supporting the surrounding communities. This October, in partnership with SACOLA (the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association, owners of the Wilderness-operated lodge), we planted nearly 17,000 indigenous trees and shrubs across the Sabyinyo property – bringing the total number of trees planted to 50,000, a...

Nov

CITW Zambezi Facilitates New Classrooms for Lupinyu

6th November 2025Josephine BesticZimbabwe

A Community School Restored. Thanks to the generous support of So Others May Learn (SOML), Children in the Wilderness has completed the construction of two double classroom blocks for the Lupinyu community, located just outside Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. For years, CITW partnered with Jabulani School in Lupinyu, building classrooms, supporting teachers, and providing scholarships. But...

Oct

Kenya Impact Update: EDUCATE

24th October 2025Josephine BesticKenya

By Alisa Karstad, Impact Manager for Governors’ Camp Collection September was a month of significant impact, laying further groundwork for a sustainable future for both people and planet. We believe that education is the cornerstone of a thriving community. This month, our efforts to empower the next generation saw a great deal of progress: Supporting...

Sep

CITW Zambezi – Helping Restore Dignity, One Girl at a Time

25th September 2025Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Menstrual Health & Hygiene Outreach | Chinotimba Primary School – August 12, 202 On the 12th of August 2025, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Zambezi, in partnership with Pathways Foundation and Days for Girls International, carried out a life-changing reusable sanitary pad distribution at Chinotimba Primary School in Victoria Falls. This was more than a...

Sep

How CITW Changed My Life – A Journey of Hope, Growth & Gratitude

19th September 2025Josephine BesticZimbabwe

By Muziwandile Moyo The Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Scholarship Programme is not only about financial aid, it’s about unlocking dreams, nurturing potential and rewriting destinies. It is a life-changing initiative that reaches into the hearts of underprivileged communities, empowering young people like me with a chance – not just to dream, but to achieve....

Sep

CITW Zambezi partners with the Way Inn House

10th September 2025Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is proud to share the story of the Way Inn House. Inspired by the vision of founder Jan Vivian and now run in partnership with CITW, the home has become a safe place where children are supported, encouraged, and given the chance to thrive. Located in Mkhosana, Victoria Falls, the...

Aug

CITW Malawi – End of School Year Celebrations

8th August 2025Josephine BesticMalawi

As is the case in all Children in the Wilderness’ (CITW) regions, school-based activities follow the school calendar. Both primary and secondary schools start their academic year in September, and end in July, with the last school term running from April to July. We celebrated the closure of school-based activities during July as documented in...

Jul

CITW Rwanda supports renovations at Gisunzu Primary School

23rd July 2025Josephine BesticRwanda

In the community around Rwanda’s Gishwati-Mukura National Park area in the country’s Western Province, Wilderness and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda have partnered with Gisunzu Primary School. After a recent request from the school leaders and Gishwati community committee, we were proud to support the school with its renovation of the special girls’ room,...

Jul

CITW Namibia Celebrates Career Day at Otjinungua Primary School

9th July 2025Josephine BesticNamibia

Children in the Wilderness Namibia’s Eco-Club at Otjinungua Primary School, located in the far northern Marienfluss Conservancy (where Wilderness Serra Cafema is situated), recently hosted a career day. All the students dressed up as the professionals they aspire to become after completing school. The Otjinungua Primary School’s Eco-Club’s goal for Career Day was to help...

Jul

Stories of Change: Kitso Paris Mpinang

8th July 2025Josephine BesticBotswana, News

The learners we nurture on our environmental education programme are more than just children. They live on the edge of some of Earth’s most untamed places, close enough to hear a lion’s roar and sense an elephant’s rumble. As the future custodians of the truly wild, they bear a massive responsibility. Through CITW programmes and...

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