Josephine Bestic, Author At Children In The Wilderness

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Home Schooling in Namibian Communities during COVID-19

22nd July 2020Josephine BesticNamibia

Agnes reports back after checking in with a number of Namibian communities while their schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We visited various homes randomly to see how parents were making use of the school booklets learners received to study at home. We were pleased to see that parents were allocating study time for...

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Driving Zambezi Community Support during COVID-19

21st July 2020Josephine BesticZambia, Zimbabwe

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), Wilderness Safaris’ non-profit partner, has embarked on a mission to support rural communities in the Zambezi region, through the provision of food relief, hygiene products as well as educational assistance in the form of student allowances. Valued at USD31 600, the support has impacted...

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Happy Flashback to Ingrid’s 2011 CITW Zambia Annual Camp

17th July 2020Josephine BesticZambia

Now based in Rwanda as Wilderness Safaris’ Operations Manager, and CITW Programme Co-ordinator for the region, Ingrid shares some happy memories of a CITW annual camp held at Kapinga Camp in Kafue’s Busanga Plains. “The camp was supposed to take place at Shumba,” says Ing, “but due to last minute logistics we shifted it to...

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CITW Nangondo Cluster launches reforestation and COVID-19 awareness activities

15th July 2020Josephine BesticMalawi

“Growing together with my forest – healthy environment for healthy life.” The Nangondo Cluster Centre is on the eastern side of Liwonde National Park, and is a hub for four Eco-Clubs in the local primary schools. The Nangondo Centre’s aim is to raise 5 000 seedlings of different trees. The trees will be distributed free...

Jul

Face Masks for Warmquelle and De Riet

15th July 2020Josephine BesticNamibia

Wilderness Safaris Namibia has donated 250 outdated, unused uniforms for the Warmquelle and De Riet communities to make face masks. The masks will be provided to the De Riet Kindergarten, Jacob Basson Combined School and Warmquelle Primary School. The De Riet community welcomed the gesture with excitement and they are all ready to produce...

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CITW Face Mask Distribution to Zambian Schools

14th July 2020Josephine BesticNews, Zambia

750 Grade 7, 9, and 12 students in five of our Livingstone schools, Have been given a face mask, making them look very cool. Now that examination classes are back to the grind, Students must have a face mask so that they don’t fall behind. The less learning time lost, the more opportunity students have...

Jul

CITW Nanthomba Cluster Reforestation Project

13th July 2020Josephine BesticMalawi

“They have come to believe that human wellbeing can come from healthy plants (vegetation and trees)”. ~ Boston Wadi – former Eco-Club member, now site manager and tree nursery attendant for the Nanthomba Cluster reforestation project. Boston meets a maximum of 15 Eco-Club members twice a week, facilitating reforestation activities. The sessions include: Environmental conservation...

Jul

A Lion-Proof Kraal for Lena

10th July 2020Josephine BesticNamibia, News

Lena Florry is Wilderness Safaris Namibia’s Area Manager for Damaraland, Desert Rhino Camp and Doro Nawas, and a member of the Torra Conservancy, with whom Damaraland Camp has a pioneering ecotourism partnership. As part of its ongoing mitigation of human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in north-west Namibia, the company, through its sustainability fund, donated a lion-proof kraal,...

Jul

Lukosi Clinic Garden Borehole Solar Conversion

8th July 2020Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Work has just finished on the Lukosi Clinic garden’s borehole conversion. Thanks to Grand Circle Foundation, the borehole has been converted from an electric pump to a solar-powered system. Located in the clinic’s vegetable garden, the borehole provides the water needed to sustain the crops which feed the clinic patients. Due to constant power cuts...

Jul

Food Hampers Donated to Matlapana Village by WS Botswana

6th July 2020Josephine BesticBotswana, News

On the 26th of June, Wilderness Safaris donated 150 food hampers to Matlapana village in Botswana’s North-West District near Maun. Valued at P78 500, the donation was handed into the care of the Kgosi, Village Development Committee (VDC) and the social workers, and will provide much-needed support to identified vulnerable families who have been most...

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