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Botswana
16
Sep

1300 MORE FOOD HAMPERS DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITIES IN BOTSWANA

16th September 2021,
As part of its Conservation Heroes COVID-relief drive, Wilderness Safaris Botswana is distributing a further 1 300 food hampers to vulnerable families in over 10 communities during September 2021. Since the start of the campaign in April 2020, the company has distributed more than 224 tonnes of food to 12 different settlements and communities across...
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15
Sep

Otto Jensen: CITW Camper to Qualified Wilderness Camp Manager

15th September 2021,
Regular followers of our updates might remember our post about Otto Jensen, an inspiring young Trainee Camp Manager whose love for the wilderness was affirmed when he attended a CITW annual camp at Jacana in 2004. Today we are thrilled to share the news that he has graduated from his Lodge Management Training with flying...
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21
Jul

CITW Botswana & FNBB Foundation Partner for Sustainable Environmental Conservation Education

21st July 2021,
June 2021 – Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Botswana and the FNBB Foundation have joined hands at Parakarungu Primary School to sensitise more than 200 children to sustainable environmental conservation. Over this 3-year partnership, the FNBB Foundation has committed BWP767 473 towards the implementation of an environmental education, life skills and leadership development programme to...
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07
Jul

Eye-Tests for Children at Botswana’s Bobirwa CITW Schools

7th July 2021, ,
During the last week of June 2021, humanitarian Anton Poplett and his team of volunteers travelled some 4 500 km from Cape Town to Botswana’s Bobirwa Sub-district in the south-east of the country. Their mission: to conduct eye tests on approximately 2 300 children aged 9-14, and some adults, at CITW partner schools, and to dispense eyeglasses...
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30
Jun

4x4OutFar | Bobirwa Eye Tests June 2021

30th June 2021, ,
Humanitarian Anton Poplett is on a week-long mission, conducting eye tests for the children of Botswana’s Bobirwa area. The results have been amazing and in two days his team has screened around 1 000 children aged 9 to 14! https://tulitrust.org/https://ladykhamatrust.org/https://4x4outfar.com/Heartfelt thanks to our generous donors for sponsoring this project, including Anton and his team, as...
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21
Apr

Happy Campers!

21st April 2021,
Day 2 of our CITW Botswana’s Conservation Science Camp started with a morning biodiversity walk led by Rob Taylor of Wilderness Safaris Botswana’s Environmental team. The walk was intended to get everyone warmed up for the day ahead, and to nurture interest in nature for the participants. Using a net, participants were able to catch,...
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19
Apr

Conservation Science Camp for Rural Girls Launched in Botswana

19th April 2021,
Yesterday, 18 April 2021, marked the launch of the first of its kind Environmental Science and Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)-focused camp for girls in rural areas in Botswana’s North-West District. The camp, which is being held in Eretsha village, was launched by among others, the Eretsha Village Chief, Mr Mosenyege, Regional Environmental Education...
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12
Apr

Meet CITW Botswana’s Conservation Science Camp Mentors

12th April 2021,
Meet the Mentors who will be running the CITW Botswana Conservation Science Camp for rural girls in Eretsha village next week, from 18 -23 April, 2021. The camp, which is part of a one-year project funded by the US Embassy in Botswana, is intended to encourage and empower school-going girls in rural areas to develop...
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08
Apr

CITW Botswana – Conservation Science Camp for Rural Girls

8th April 2021,
CITW Botswana will be running a Conservation Science Camp for rural girls in Eretsha village from April 18 -23 2021. The camp, which is part of a one-year project funded by the US Embassy in Botswana, is intended to encourage and empower school-going girls in rural areas to develop their interest in environmental conservation, and...
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16
Mar

Otto Thabang Jensen – From CITW Camper to CKGR Camp Manager

16th March 2021
A graduate of the Children in the Wilderness eco-camp programme, Otto’s association with Wilderness Safaris began on the Jao Reserve, after being invited to attend a CITW annual camp at Jacana, where his mother was working as a Trainee Manager. But let’s start at the beginning… A “child of the Delta”, Otto was born in...
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