Josephine Bestic, Author At Children In The Wilderness

Aug

Wilderness Safaris Heritage Day 2020

31st August 2020Josephine BesticBotswana, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

As one of the 4Cs of our business philosophy, we celebrate our Culture every day in our organisation. However, the last Friday of August marks our extra special annual celebration of Wilderness Safaris Heritage Day. While we were apart this year due to COVID-19, our regions went all out to showcase our beautiful cultures and...

Aug

CITW Zambezi Student Success Stories: Mainza Mweeba

27th August 2020Josephine BesticZambia

Mainza Mweeba was born in Sinde Village, Southern Province, Zambia, into a family of five children. His parents are subsistence farmers – the main form of livelihood in this region. Education is often not prioritised in this area, with few parents encouraging their children to attend school and get an education. Noticing that few people...

Aug

Meet Georgina Crisp – Running the K-Way SkyRun 2020 as a CITW Ambassador

25th August 2020Josephine BesticSouth Africa

As the daughter of uber-CITW supporter and former CITW board member, Miles Crisp, it’s perhaps no surprise that Georgina is herself a long-time supporter of our programme. A poster girl for all things adventurous, Georgina has committed to running this year’s K-Way SkyRun as a CITW Ambassador; the run is an epic self-supported race set...

Aug

O’KIDOH EDUCATIONAL TOYS – CARVING COLOURFUL CREATIONS

24th August 2020Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Mvikeli Dhlodhlo, an industrial pattern-maker from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, has found his passion in making educational toys and resources for children. Beginning his career over 10 years ago in industrial pattern-making, Mvikeli has always aspired to have his own business. Working hard and learning all he could, pattern-making took him around the country, as well...

Aug

#ThrowbackThursday: Meet our Campers

20th August 2020Josephine BesticBotswana

Botswana Programme Co-ordinator, Mo Lebekwe, reconnects with a 2019 camper. Name: Oaratwa Tlotlo “T-Gurl” Chilume Age: 12 years old Gender: Female Grade: Standard 6 at Tubu Primary School Home village: Mathangwane Country: Botswana, Northwest Region When and why did you join the Eco-Club in your school? I joined the club in 2016 when I was...

Aug

Registrations Open for 2021 Nedbank Tour de Tuli

19th August 2020Josephine BesticGMTFCA

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Aug

A meeting of chance: Impact that goes way far…

17th August 2020Josephine BesticBotswana

During Wilderness Safaris Botswana’s food hamper deliveries in Gudigwa, our colleague and former CITW Botswana Programme Co-ordinator, Lesh Moiteela, was surprised and delighted to run into one of the pupils who received a bicycle donated by The Mike’s Bikes Foundation in 2018. CITW Botswana and The Mike’s Bikes Foundation’s partnership dates way back to 2015....

Aug

COVID-19 awareness in Malawi, and the importance of washable face masks

11th August 2020Josephine BesticMalawi

Hand-washing as one of the means of preventing the spread of COVID-19 was explained and demonstrated to CITW Malawi Eco-Club children and YES Club youth during May of this year. Led by a health worker based in the community, together with the Eco-Club teachers, they placed great emphasis on the importance of hand-washing at all...

Aug

Rwanda CITW & Community Update – August 2020

11th August 2020Josephine BesticRwanda

Repairs to Bisate water project completed Last year in November, Wilderness Safaris, in partnership with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (The Fossey Fund) and Rwanda Development Board (RDB), rehabilitated the existing water infrastructure at Bunyenyeri and Bushokoro, both situated close to Bisate Lodge and Bisate Primary School in Rwanda’s Musanze District. The project, which...

Aug

Lupani Primary School Eco-Garden Success

7th August 2020Josephine BesticZambia

Lupani Primary School’s eco-garden is flourishing thanks to dedicated teachers and community members who have been tending to it throughout the last few months while schools have been closed because of COVID-19. Lupani is located just north of Kazungula, about 75 kilometres from Livingstone in Zambia, and is one of the seven schools in the...

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