Josephine Bestic, Author At Children In The Wilderness

May

CITW Zambia wins best Corporate Social Responsibility award, Zambia

2nd May 2016Josephine BesticNews

CITW Zambia entered a competition for employer of the year award under the category of cooperate social responsibility. The category was heavily contested with companies such as mines, banks, manufacturing companies and telecommunication and transport sectors represented. CITW was picked on merits of its sustainable way of managing natural resources and its provision of education...

Apr

Eco-Club open day at Twabuka Primary School, Zambia

30th April 2016Josephine BesticNews

Twabuka Primary School in collaboration with CITW conducted an open day to show case various activities and projects undertaken at Twabuka and in Sinde community. The event was also attended by Acting District Education Officer, Ms. Malabo. Sue Goatley, CITW Zambezi Programme Manager, encouraged the communities to support the children and the school programmes as...

Apr

Gardening training for CITW Eco-Clubs, Namibia

12th April 2016Josephine BesticNews

CITW Namibia gathered our Eco-club Mentors and agricultural teachers from Okaukuejo, Bergsig, Warmquelle and Sesfontein for a gardening training with a local horticulturalist, Benny Ganuseb, in Warmquelle. We also invited potential sponsors from the Nelson Mandela Fellowship Program to join, to get to meet the teachers and gather their interest, as well as Siegfriedt Bantu from the...

Apr

Habu Adult Eco-Club, Botswana, receive an over-locking sewing machine

12th April 2016Josephine BesticNews

The Habu Adult Eco-Club is currently making uniforms for Habu Pre-School children and making different artifacts especially quilted bed over-throws. All of these projects have to-date, been hand-sewn. The challenge which the group was facing was to produce items in time due to lack of equipment, so the over-locking sewing machine came at the right...

Mar

Children in the Wilderness Shortlisted for We Are Africa Innovation Award

16th March 2016Josephine BesticNews

March 2016 – Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is thrilled to be selected as a finalist in the Engage Africa category of the We Are Africa Innovation Awards. The winners will be voted for by attendees of the trade show and announced at a ceremony during the We Are Africa travel trade show in Cape...

Mar

CITW South Africa partners with Different.org for Eco-Mentor Training fund-raising

15th March 2016Josephine BesticNews, Uncategorised

Children in the Wilderness South Africa has started a new fund-raising activity with our partners, Different.org, to raise funds to train 20 Eco-Mentors in South Africa, impacting 300 learners directly and another 3000 indirectly. The Children in the Wilderness programme is based on a foundation of Eco-Clubs. The focus of the Eco-Clubs is on teaching children...

Mar

Teachers Housing Project, Jabulani Primary School, Zimbabwe

1st March 2016Josephine BesticNews, Uncategorised

Children in the Wilderness Zimbabwe has been working closely with Jabulani Primary School since 2012 and has been instrumental in its growth. Feedback from the teachers confirmed that access to on-site, rent free housing would incentivise them to stay at the school and this was a vital component for long-term development and sustainability of the...

Feb

CITW Focuses on Growing Environmental Education in Africa, February 2016

19th February 2016Josephine BesticNews

Wilderness Safaris Press Release: February 2016 – Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is excited to launch its revised strategy for the next four years, focusing on making a sustainable and positive difference in the lives of rural African schoolchildren and their families through environmental and life skills education. “If we are to ensure that Africa’s...

Feb

De Riet Kindergarden, Namibia, February 2016

17th February 2016Josephine BesticNews, Uncategorised

A kindergarden in De-Riet was officially opened on the 20 January 2016. One of the old buildings at De-Riet called ‘Die Winkel’ was renovated by community members who worked tirelessly on the site while stakeholders such as Wilderness Safaris and their partners, the Torra Conservancy supplied materials and meals. The building consists of one main hall that...

Jan

Brand new CITW publication – Eco-Stars – January 2016

26th January 2016Josephine BesticNews, Uncategorised

Hot off the press, this upbeat magazine encapsulates everything that Children in the Wilderness is about and introduces you to the fabulous people behind the scenes, from our tireless team and the dedicated and caring Eco-Mentors to the gifted children themselves – our Eco-Stars. Printed copies of the magazine will be available in Wilderness Safaris...

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