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Botswana
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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25
Feb

CITW and Diacore Join Forces to Host 15 Environmental Sports Days

25th February 2019, ,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW), in association with Diacore Gaborone Marathon, has launched an exciting Sports in the Wilderness programme at 15 of its affiliated Eco-Club schools in Botswana. From 11 to 27 February 2019, each school will be hosting an environmentally-themed track and field Sports Day to inspire and motivate children to care for...
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18
Feb

Diacore and CITW Sports Days kicked off last week, Botswana

18th February 2019, ,
The first week of Diacore and Children in the Wilderness Sports Days kicked off in the Okavango Region of Botswana last week. Just a few pictures from three of our schools in this Region – getting briefed and ready to run, and collecting litter. Diacore Sports Day – BeetshaDiacore Sports Day – Gudigwa Diacore Sports...
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15
Feb

World Pangolin Day Celebrations – Bobirwa, Botswana

15th February 2019, ,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW) aims to expose children to their natural heritage, in an effort to promote conservation and awareness around the environment. CITW believes that it is vitally important to observe and celebrate important world environmental days, which focus on endangered and threatened species, and pertinent environmental topics such as water, climate change,...
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07
Feb

Diacore Gaborone Marathon Sports in the Wilderness

7th February 2019,
The Diacore Gaborone Marathon (DGM) is Botswana’s largest charity sporting event, and we are delighted to note that Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is a beneficiary of their fundraising generosity. Building up to the event, CITW will be hosting environmentally-themed track and field “Sports in the Wilderness” days in 15 Botswana Eco-Club schools from Monday,...
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06
Feb

CITW Botswana Camp – December 2018 – Understanding People

6th February 2019,
Shona Erasmus, our Nedbank Tour de Tuli Hospitality Coordinator, attended a CITW Camp in December. The work Shona does each year to organise the Tour, is what makes this event such a success. And a successful Nedbank Tour de Tuli, means that we are able to touch more lives through our programme. Only fitting then,...
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