Josephine Bestic, Author At Children In The Wilderness

We hosted another successful annual camp at Rocktail Beach Camp for 6 girls and 6 boys from each of the schools – Vululwazi and Kwamqobela Primary Schools. A teacher from each school also attended. The extremely overcast, windy and sometimes rainy weather did not deter and the outdoor activities included beach games and a trip...

Oct

Tsholotsho Careers Day 2016, Zimbabwe

10th October 2016Josephine BesticNews

The Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Youth Environmental Stewardship (YES) Programme focuses on secondary school children with commitment and potential, these students are identified on annual CITW Camps and in Eco-Clubs as showing a particular interest in conservation and/or leadership potential. The YES curriculum is an extension of concepts introduced at CITW Eco-Clubs and annual CITW Camps, with a greater...

Oct

The Shoe that Grows, Botswana

1st October 2016Josephine BesticNews

In most rural African villages for a child to have a pair of shoes is a privilege. It was from seeing children running barefeet in dirty waters, bad sanitation with no shoes to protect them, that an idea of a project called “the shoe that grows” was born by Kenton Lee, the founder. The idea started...

Sep

CITW Malawi Eco-Club Coordinators (Teacher) Trainings

12th September 2016Josephine BesticNews

The trainings took place in both zones. Training for Liwonde zone took place from July 14th to 15th and for Chintheche zone from 27 to 28th of July. Being a long school holiday, and most of the teachers were away for holidays, only one teacher per school managed to attend the trainings. Liwonde zone: Ten...

Sep

CITW Zambezi Region Teacher Training at Kabulwebulwe Primary School

7th September 2016Josephine BesticNews

Children in the Wilderness Zambezi Region have worked with the El Hefni Foundation in the USA since 2008 following a visit by El Hefni Trustee, Suzanne Wright. In 1985, Ibrahim El-Hefni created the Technical Training Foundation, now known as the El-Hefni Foundation, which provides grants and financial support to medical and educational institutions. Ibrahim El-Hefni felt strongly that...

Sep

CITW Zambezi Region – Women’s Goat Rearing Project

2nd September 2016Josephine BesticNews

Goat rearing has often been referred to as ‘poor man’s farming’ and until recently, it has not been practiced on a commercial scale within our rural communities. Interestingly, it requires a very low investment but provides decent profitability so it is starting to gain popularity as a commercial industry amongst local farmers. Due to the fact that...

Aug

Tour de Wilderness Celebrates 12th Nedbank Tour de Tuli

23rd August 2016Josephine BesticNews

Tour de Wilderness, the organiser of the annual Nedbank Tour de Tuli multi-stage mountain bike event, is proud to celebrate the success of its 12th Tour which saw 330 participants cycle across 275km of challenging and remote terrain in Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa between 28 July and 2 August. “The 2016 Tour not only...

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