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GMTFCA
20
Sep

Children in the Wilderness Celebrates Success of 14th Nedbank Tour de Tuli

20th September 2018, , , ,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW), organiser and beneficiary of the annual Nedbank Tour de Tuli multi-stage mountain bike event, is proud to celebrate the success of its 14th Tour. This is its 11th year of riding through the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area, where 275 riders, aged between 25 and 75, cycled across more than 250 km...
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05
Sep

Nedbank Tour de Tuli 2018 – A few highlights

5th September 2018, , , ,
The Nedbank Tour de Tuli 2018 took place at the beginning of August, and what a truly magnificent year it was! Here are a few highlights from Tour this year – enjoy! And be sure to follow @Nedbanktourdetuli on Facebook for more updates and stunning pictures (this is just a quick highlights reel :)). Photographs...
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27
Aug

Children in the Wilderness Hosts Successful Mid-Year Tri-Nations Camp at Mapungubwe

27th August 2018, , , ,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW) hosted its first mid-year Tri-Nations Camp at Little Muck Camp in Mapungubwe National Park in July 2018. A total of 24 schoolchildren from rural communities in Tuli (Botswana), Simson (South Africa) and Maramani (Zimbabwe) came together to make new friendships while learning about the importance of conserving the wilderness and...
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27
Aug

Children in the Wilderness Launches Eco-Clubs at Three New Schools in Botswana

27th August 2018, ,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW) recently launched its innovative Eco-Club programme in three new villages in Bobirwa sub-district, Botswana, at Gobojango, Mabolwe and Semolale Primary Schools. The first two-day Eco-Mentor training sessions were held at Semolale Community Hall. “We trained an enthusiastic group of local teachers and community members who volunteered to help with teaching...
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27
Jul

Tri-Nations at Mapungubwe National Park

27th July 2018, , , ,
Read Bokang Shopane’s  (CITW Programme Coordinator for South Africa and the GMTFCA) report on the first of our now bi-annual Tri-Nations Camps, which took place at Little Muck Camp in Mapungubwe National Park. With the Nedbank Tour de Tuli five days away, this is a lovely little reminder of the impact we make in the...
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10
Jul

Eco-Mentor Training in Bobirwa, Botswana

10th July 2018, ,
Thanks to the extraordinary funds raised by the annual Nedbank Tour de Tuli mountain bike event, which takes place in the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA), Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is able to run our life-changing programme in villages in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe surrounding the GMTFCA. In Botswana, we host Eco-Clubs...
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28
Jun

Nedbank Tour de Tuli Launches New 2018 Route

28th June 2018,
Last night, the Nedbank Tour de Tuli officially launched the 2018 route of arguably the most popular, certainly the wildest, mountain-biking event in Africa. It was universally agreed that our Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Regional Coordinator Bongani Bongs Baloyi‘s speech was the highlight of the evening! He spoke about how CITW has impacted the life of Thabo...
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21
Jun

Eco-Mentor Training, Maramani, Zimbabwe

21st June 2018,
As a result of the Nedbank Tour de Tuli mountain bike event taking place in the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier National Park (GMTFCA), we operate our programme in villages in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe surrounding the GMTFCA.  Our Children in the Wilderness Regional Programme Coordinator, Bongani Baloyi, reports on the Eco-Mentor training he conducted last...
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06
Jun

Eco-Mentor Training in Maramani – A quick update, GMTFCA

6th June 2018,
Bongani Baloyi, CITW Regional Programme Coordinator, has been in Maramani in Zimbabwe this week, conducting Eco-Mentor Training. Bongs promises to fill you in on the ins and outs of his time in Zim once he’s back, but here is a quick little update on what he’s been up to 🙂 As a result of the...
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31
May

CITW Bobirwa Eco-Clubs reuse waste and clean up their school,Botswana

31st May 2018, ,
One of our Eco-Clubs in Bobirwa Botswana, is focusing on reducing, reusing and recycling materials, in order to combat the problem of waste around their school. The Eco-Club Teacher has reported that the school seems to have less waste as the Club members are encouraging other learners not to litter. They have reused milk cartons...
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