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Botswana
03
May

CITW and Diacore Host Successful Environmental Sports Day at Tshwaragano Primary School, Gabarone

3rd May 2019,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW), in association with Diacore Gaborone Marathon, today hosted a successful Sports in the Wilderness event at Tshwaragano Primary School in the heart of the city’s Old Naledi. This event marked the culmination of CITW’s Sports in the Wilderness programme, which commenced on 11 February 2019 and was hosted across 15...
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12
Apr

Eco-Mentor Training – Bobirwa, Botswana

12th April 2019, ,
Eco-Mentor Training for the Bobirwa Region, took place at Tuli Safari Lodge from the 5th to the 7th of April 2019. It was wonderful to have the training at the lodge for a number of reasons. Not only did the Mentors get to go on two beautiful game drives and get to see and experience...
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10
Apr

Children in the Wilderness Launches First Eco-Club in Gaborone

10th April 2019,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW), was pleased to host the official launch of its first urban Eco-Club at Tshwaragano Primary School in Gaborone, Botswana, on 3 April 2019. By extending its innovative programme into this city school at the end of 2018, CITW is furthering its drive to teach even more children about the importance...
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01
Apr

Why an African charity is sending underprivileged children on luxury safaris

1st April 2019,
This excellent article on Children in the Wilderness’ work in Africa appeared in the Telegraph UK over the weekend. Written by Roderick Gilchrist. The children saw the lions before the lions saw the children. Woken by their chatter, the big cats rose up from the long gold and green grass, yawned, stretched, sniffed the breeze...
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18
Mar

World Recycling Day – Making toys from waste, Botswana

18th March 2019,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Botswana held training this past weekend in our Maun offices, in association with Singakwenza. Singakwenza aims to build sustainable early childhood education programmes in economically disadvantaged communities. The workshop, called Waste2Toys, “teaches parents, educators and community workers to make their own toys and teaching materials using recycling. Our goal at...
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15
Mar

Celebrating World Wildlife Day 2019 – Bobirwa Region, Botswana

15th March 2019, ,
World Wildlife Day is celebrated annually on the 3rd of March. This year’s theme is ‘Life below water: For people and planet’. The World Wildlife Day 2019 aligns closely with the Sustainable Development Goal 14 – Life below water, which focuses on marine species, and will be an opportunity to highlight the critical issues and...
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15
Mar

Beautiful images from Diacore Sports Days

15th March 2019, ,
Isabel Wolf-Gillespie, our Children in the Wilderness Community Outreach Coordinator for the Bobirwa Region in Botswana, is the most wonderful photographer. Here are a few of her snaps from the recent Diacore Sports Days held in February. Gobojango Primary School Gobojango – Isabel Wolf-Gillespie Gobojango – Isabel Wolf-Gillespie Gobojango – Isabel Wolf-Gillespie Gobojango – Isabel...
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15
Mar

Vivian Mosheti continues to learn and grow

15th March 2019,
Vivian Mosheti continues to grow her skills and learning, and continues to make us proud! She was first introduced to Children in the Wilderness (CITW) in 2009 when she participated as a camper while completing her Standard 7 (Grade 9) schooling. You can read her story here, but below is an update on what Vivian...
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15
Mar

Kemelo Kopano – CITW Member attends Wilderness Safaris Guide Training

15th March 2019,
Kemelo joined the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Eco-Club programme in 2006 when he was in Standard 4 at Tubu Primary School in the Okavango Region of Botswana. He attended a CITW camp as a camper at Jacana Camp in 2008 and again in Kaporota in 2009. Kemelo is born and raised in Tubu village,...
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05
Mar

Eco-Mentor Training for Tshwaragano Primary School Teachers in Gaborone, Botswana

5th March 2019,
Training for five teachers from Tshawaragano Primary School took place in Gaborone on the 27th and 28th of February, at the beautiful Gaborone Yacht Club. After the launch of the Eco-Club in October 2018, this training was a follow up for Eco-Mentors, giving them a more in-depth look at the Eco-Club Curriculum. We began by...
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