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Dec

School Book Donation to Motlhabaneng Primary School

14th December 2020Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana

Earlier this month a fantastic gift of 395 school books from Manase Construction was offered to the Tuli Conservation Trust (TCT) for direct donation to Motlhabaneng Primary School. On Friday morning, 11 December, CITW Bobirwa Progamme Co-ordinator Tanya McKenzie and the TCT’s Eloise Holton delivered the books to the primary school. Some of the books...

Oct

Wilderness Safaris Botswana Provides Third Round of COVID-Relief Hampers To Nine Communities

28th October 2020Josephine BesticBotswana

October 2020 – As many rural communities in Botswana continue to struggle with the economic effects of COVID-19, Wilderness Safaris, together with its non-profit partner Children in the Wilderness (CITW), distributed a third round of food parcels to vulnerable families within the Okavango Community Trust (OCT), as well as Habu and Sankoyo villages, and communities...

Sep

Wilderness Safaris Provides Further Food Relief in Botswana

16th September 2020Josephine BesticBotswana

In a continued drive to aid rural communities in Botswana, Wilderness Safaris donated additional consignments of essential supplies to Tsodilo Hills and the Okavango Community Trust villages at the end of August 2020. Thanks to generous support from past guests, friends, trade partners and Wilderness Safaris staff and Chairman’s Foundation, 1 820 food hampers have...

Sep

WWF’s First-Ever Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders List

15th September 2020Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, Malawi, Namibia, News, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The WWF is calling African youth to share their conservation success stories in order to inspire and tell the world how African youth are shifting from business as usual and are taking action to protect African ecosystems and the people who depend on them. From their website: As part of a commitment to strive toward...

Sep

International Literacy Day – 8 September 2020

7th September 2020Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, Malawi, Namibia, News, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

“The more that you read, the more things you’ll know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go” – Dr Seuss Reading corner at St Mary’s School, Zimbabwe Each year on September 8th we observe the UNESCO-initiated International Literacy Day, to raise awareness around the issues of adult and child literacy. Literacy workshop...

Aug

Wilderness Safaris Heritage Day 2020

31st August 2020Josephine BesticBotswana, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

As one of the 4Cs of our business philosophy, we celebrate our Culture every day in our organisation. However, the last Friday of August marks our extra special annual celebration of Wilderness Safaris Heritage Day. While we were apart this year due to COVID-19, our regions went all out to showcase our beautiful cultures and...

Aug

#ThrowbackThursday: Meet our Campers

20th August 2020Josephine BesticBotswana

Botswana Programme Co-ordinator, Mo Lebekwe, reconnects with a 2019 camper. Name: Oaratwa Tlotlo “T-Gurl” Chilume Age: 12 years old Gender: Female Grade: Standard 6 at Tubu Primary School Home village: Mathangwane Country: Botswana, Northwest Region When and why did you join the Eco-Club in your school? I joined the club in 2016 when I was...

Aug

A meeting of chance: Impact that goes way far…

17th August 2020Josephine BesticBotswana

During Wilderness Safaris Botswana’s food hamper deliveries in Gudigwa, our colleague and former CITW Botswana Programme Co-ordinator, Lesh Moiteela, was surprised and delighted to run into one of the pupils who received a bicycle donated by The Mike’s Bikes Foundation in 2018. CITW Botswana and The Mike’s Bikes Foundation’s partnership dates way back to 2015....

Aug

Conservation Heroes: Our Botswana Community Support

5th August 2020Josephine BesticBotswana

‘We saw evidence of malnutrition in some of the children, and people whose food was running out. They didn’t know food was coming’. Kim Nixon, Wilderness Safaris Botswana MD, describes ‘an increasing scale of hardship’ witnessed in his team’s ongoing outreach to villages surrounding the Okavango Delta, and Bushman families within the Central Kalahari Game...

Jul

Sanitiser Refill Donation

28th July 2020Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, News

CITW Eco-Mentors at Gobojango Primary School in the Bobirwa Cluster yesterday received a welcome donation of sanitiser refill from Craig Lord and Annie Peatling of Jwala-Dopotta Game Reserve in the area. We cannot thank Craig and Annie enough for their personal donation, and ongoing support of our Eco-Mentors in the area at this time! See...

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