An incredible Children in the Wilderness Tri-Nations camp kicked off on Tuesday the 12th of December, with children from Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe arriving at Little Muck Camp in Mapungubwe National Park in South Africa, for four days of fun and learning. We wasted no time getting stuck into the programme, by playing a...Read More

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Santawani Annual Camp The annual Eco-Club Camp at Santawani Camp was a great success, with two camps being run back-to-back and a total of 56 children hosted between the two camps. It was a wonderful experience for the children to have had a presentation by The Wild Dog Research Group, who showed the children how...Read More

Children in the Wilderness Joins Elephant and Rhino Conservation March in Gaborone To ensure that our CITW children and future conservation leaders take part in promoting the greater protection of Africa’s elephant and rhino, nine CITW Eco-Club Members and three Eco-Mentors from Shashe, Tubu and Beetsha Primary Schools participated in the march on Saturday 7...Read More

In the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, Carrie Hampton has a look at how to give back when you travel to Botswana, and how to ensure that your funds are going into the right hands. “People create crises — and bringing humans back into the equation to solve the problem is exactly what...Read More

Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA) 35th Annual Conference  Maun hosted the annual Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA) conference in September this year. The theme of the conference was ‘Enhancing quality education through environment and sustainability in southern Africa’. EEASA was established at an international conference held at Treverton College, South Africa...Read More

To ensure that our future conservation leaders take part in promoting the greater protection of Africa’s elephant and rhino, nine CITW Eco-Club Members and three Eco-Mentors from Shashe, Tubu and Beetsha Primary Schools will participate in the march on Saturday 7 October, with 2017 being the first year that Botswana will be participating in the...Read More

The Mother Bear Project is non-profit organisation dedicated to providing comfort and hope to children, primarily those affected by HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving them a gift of love in the form of hand-knit and crocheted bears. The simple gift of a hand-knit bear with a tag signed by the knitter has touched children, who...Read More

Children in the Wilderness scholarship students attending The Southern African Wildlife College Conservation and Environmental Education Bridging Course, have their Learner Certification Ceremony In 2016, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) partnered with the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) to provide opportunities for CITW participants to build on their environmental education by attending a bridging course,...Read More

Mary Hastag, Children in the Wilderness Botswana’s Regional Coordinator and Community Development Liaison, spent time with the team from  The Mother Bear Project. The team visited the schools with which CITW Botswana works, delivering these precious bears to the children. One of the bears was even named after our very own Mary.  Read More