Josephine Bestic, Author At Children In The Wilderness

Mar

CITW Malawi Celebrates Graduates’ Successes

27th March 2024Josephine BesticMalawi

Wilson Chiyembekezo – Bachelor’s Degree in Physics, University of Malawi; pictured with Symon Chibaka, CITW Malawi Programme Co-ordinator Wilson comes from a small family in Traditional Authority (TA) Liwonde on the eastern side of Liwonde National Park. Wilson’s parents and grandparents lived in the area which is currently Liwonde National Park for many years, and...

Mar

Donation of school supplies makes hundreds of Bisate children happy

25th March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Very kind and thoughtful Swiss guests travelled to Wilderness Bisate with almost 60kg of extra luggage! Their additional luggage was filled with school materials like pencils, backpacks, notebooks, and more, as listed on the Pack for a Purpose packing list. Our CITW Rwanda colleagues Aline and Damascene distributed the supplies to our partner schools in...

Mar

Iron sheeting donation for Sabyinyo community members

20th March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Sabyinyo, was Rwanda’s first community-owned lodge. It is operated by Wilderness Rwanda but owned by the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association (SACOLA) community trust, in partnership with the African Wildlife Foundation and the International Gorilla Conservation Programme. SACOLA was established to receive rental and other income from Sabyinyo, such as lease fees paid by the...

Mar

Wilderness & CITW donate 407 reusable sanitary pads to girls in Bisate village

18th March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

In March 2024, Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness had the opportunity to support 407 Bisate Primary and Secondary school girls with re-usable sanitary pads. This impactful initiative aims to empower the female students by providing them with essential menstrual health products and information. Menstrual health is a topic that is often overlooked, yet...

Mar

55 more goats for Akayange village

15th March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

In March 2024, Children in the Wilderness and Wilderness Rwanda facilitated the donation of 55 goats to individual families in the Akayange Community just outside Akagera National Park. This distribution was made possible by kind donations from guests visiting Wilderness in Rwanda. The Akayange Community committee assisted our team members Aline and Damascene with the...

Mar

Manyara National Park Clean-up

7th March 2024Josephine BesticTanzania

Residents of communities near Manyara National Park are playing a crucial role in conserving and protecting the park and its wildlife. Doctor Tipay, Wilderness Tanzania Community Liaison & CITW Programme Co-ordinator, in collaboration with TANAPA Ujirani Mwema, organised a park visit for locals who were on a game scout training and conservation workshop. This park...

Mar

Bisate Primary School shows appreciation for Wilderness Rwanda & CITW

1st March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

The Headmistress of Bisate Primary School, Dancille Mukakamari, together with the school’s teachers and the parents’ committee, organised a special event on the 28th of February. They invited all the parents of the learners to the school and explained to them that the school has been partnered with Wilderness and Children in the Wilderness since...

Feb

Wilderness Impact Workshop – Victoria Falls

27th February 2024Josephine BesticBotswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

From 18-21February, a number of familiar faces from our Wilderness family arrived in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, where all our regions were represented during two power days at our 2024 Impact workshop. The last comparable event took place eight years ago, underlining the significance of this event. Gathering an impressive 32 staff, it was great to...

Feb

CITW Malawi launches Nangondo Reforestation Centre

22nd February 2024Josephine BesticMalawi

Since 2016, the communities on the eastern side of Liwonde National Park have been asking CITW to consider establishing a tree nursery for their residents in order to plant the seedlings in their gardens, at their homes and in all other community centres, as a way of restoring the degraded soil and community forests. Above:...

Feb

CITW Rwanda meets with Scholarship parents and students

19th February 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Aline and Jean Damascene, our hard-working CITW team in Rwanda, visited our three partner secondary schools to meet with the CITW Scholarship students and their parents. Rwabiharamba Secondary School, Akagera area In Rwanda we support 177 CITW Scholarship students for the duration of their six years of secondary schooling; the scholarships include school fees, uniforms...

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