Josephine Bestic, Author At Children In The Wilderness

Apr

Lesedi Primary School Classroom Block

7th April 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

The new classroom block at Lesedi Primary School, near Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, is now complete thanks to the Grand Circle Foundation (GCF). The final materials for the completion of the building were delivered towards the end of 2020. Due to school holidays in December and then a further lockdown in January this year, work...

Mar

Water for Lupinyu Village, Zimbabwe

29th March 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

With grateful thanks to Grand Circle Foundation (GCF), a solar borehole has just been completed in Lupinyu Village. Located approximately 20 kilometres from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, this additional water source for the community directly benefits over 320 people, by providing a source of water closer to where they live, and alleviating pressure on the...

Mar

March – The Month of Giving Back to our Planet

25th March 2021Josephine BesticMalawi, News, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

March is an important time for our planet. Not only do we mark World Wildlife Day on 3 March, and Global Recycling Day on 18 March, we observe World Water Day on 22 March as well as Earth Hour on 27 March. This year’s World Wildlife Day focused on Forests and Livelihoods; Sustaining People and...

Mar

Two CITW Programme Co-ordinators Listed among Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders

23rd March 2021Josephine BesticNamibia, News, Rwanda

We are thrilled to announce that Agnes Tjirare, CITW Namibia, and Aline Umutoni, CITW Rwanda, have been listed among the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders list! The panel received 565 nominations from 425 youth organisations and networks, which underwent a rigorous judging and verification process. “Congratulations Agnes and Aline, we are so proud of...

Mar

World Water Day – Water for Zambezi Region

23rd March 2021Josephine BesticZimbabwe

In recognition of World Water Day on 22 March 2021, we reflect on the value of water, the benefits that boreholes bring, and all that our incredible donors have contributed to water needs in rural Zambia and Zimbabwe. Water is life. We need it for numerous daily tasks, and for many, we can turn a...

Mar

RIP Wilderness Safaris Legend Ron Goatley – Sorely Missed, Never Forgotten

18th March 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

We are profoundly sad to share the news of a great loss to our Wilderness Safaris family. Ron Goatley, our Zimbabwe Managing Director, passed away on Sunday after a long, very brave battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with his wife, Sue – who you will know for her own tireless work with Children in...

Mar

Jabulani Goat Project

16th March 2021Josephine BesticZimbabwe

There’s a new kid on the block! Or rather, a new buck of a superior specimen who has just arrived, and forms the centre of a new goat project in Jabulani Village. After several challenges due to COVID-19 and the lockdown, the community group was finally established, and a two-year-old buck, since named Jack, was...

Mar

Otto Thabang Jensen – From CITW Camper to CKGR Camp Manager

16th March 2021Josephine BesticBotswana

A graduate of the Children in the Wilderness eco-camp programme, Otto’s association with Wilderness Safaris began on the Jao Reserve, after being invited to attend a CITW annual camp at Jacana, where his mother was working as a Trainee Manager. But let’s start at the beginning… A “child of the Delta”, Otto was born in...

Mar

Bobirwa Cluster Eco-Camp 2017

15th March 2021Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana

In 2017 photographer Angelica Mills and CITW Bobirwa had the great good fortune to meet each other! Our Bobirwa Cluster annual camp at Mashatu was her first time volunteering as an Eco-Mentor, and here she shares a few wonderful memories from this watershed experience. “Your destiny is to fulfil those things upon which you focus...

Mar

Wilderness Safaris and CITW Rwanda Provide Ongoing Support to Gishwati Community

11th March 2021Josephine BesticRwanda

Children in the Wilderness and Wilderness Safaris Rwanda’s Conservation Heroes support for the Gishwati communities resumed this month, with another distribution of food and essentials parcels to the most disadvantaged families in the area. This COVID-19 relief campaign started in Rwanda in April 2020, and continued for four months, initially assisting the five villages surrounding...

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