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Jul

CITW Rwanda Field Trip to Gishwati-Mukura National Park

7th July 2025Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW), in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Forest of Hope Association (FHA), organised a visit to Gishwati-Mukura National Park on the 14th of June 2025 for the CITW scholarship students who are in grade S3 at Kinihira Secondary School in the Gishwati community. The children...

May

CITW Rwanda Supports Construction of New Volleyball Court for Akayange Primary School

12th May 2025Josephine BesticRwanda

Thanks to generous guest donations, Wilderness and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda are proud to have supported Akayange Primary School with the construction of a volleyball court. Wilderness and CITW’s partnership with the school was forged in 2019, after the opening of Wilderness Magashi in Akagera National Park. Akayange is the closest school to...

Apr

Wilderness Rwanda and CITW Facilitate Volleyball Court at Kinihira Secondary School

25th April 2025Josephine BesticRwanda

Children in the Wilderness Rwanda (CITW) is excited to share with you the news of a brand-new volleyball court installation at Kinihira Secondary School, located in the Gishwati community just outside Gishwati-Mukura National Park. Thanks to generous donations from guests at our Wilderness camps in Rwanda, CITW has been able to support the school with...

Apr

CITW Rwanda provides new school uniforms for Ejo Heza Nursery School

23rd April 2025Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda are proud to have supported the tots who attend Ejo Heza Nursery School in Nyarusizi village with school uniforms valued at USD 487.00. The little school is the closest to Wilderness Bisate Reserve and Wilderness Bisate, in the country’s Volcanoes National Park area. The school is very...

Oct

Wilderness Bisate and the Tuzamurane Co-operative – Empowering Bisate Communities

28th October 2024Ingrid BaasRwanda

The Tuzamurane Co-operative was established in 2016 when Wilderness approached the collective Bisate villagers to purchase parcels of their agricultural land to develop Wilderness Bisate, which opened for guests in June 2017. The award-winning lodge has since expanded, with the exciting additions of Bisate Kwanda Day Lounge in 2021 and the recently opened Wilderness Bisate...

Oct

Separate bathroom for girls at Rwabiharamba Secondary School

23rd October 2024Ingrid BaasRwanda

Rwabiharamba School is situated in Akayange Village just outside of Rwanda’s Akagera National Park, where Wilderness Magashi is located. Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) partnered with this school via the Magashi Community Committee in 2020, and every week the school facilitates the CITW Youth Environmental Stewardship (YES) Club for the students, of...

Oct

Selecting new Eco-Club members for CITW Rwanda

7th October 2024Ingrid BaasRwanda

The start of the school year in Rwanda means that our Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Eco-Clubs started as well. For this school year, we have a total of eight Eco-Clubs hosting 30 learners each at four primary schools: Gisunzu Primary School close to Gishwati, Bisate Primary School in Bisate village, Rushubi Primary School situated...

Sep

Wilderness Rwanda & CITW facilitate 200 scholarships for 2024-25 school year

13th September 2024Ingrid BaasRwanda

The awarding of a milestone 200 six-year Children in the Wilderness (CITW) scholarships has made the start of Rwanda’s new secondary school year extra festive! As flag-bearer for the Educate and Empower pillars of Wilderness Rwanda’s impact strategy, CITW, is proud to announce that further to the 177 scholarship children from last year, an additional...

Sep

Wilderness & CITW Rwanda – Impact at work in Gishwati

9th September 2024Ingrid BaasRwanda

In the first week of August 2024, Aline, our Children in the Wilderness (CITW) & Community Manager for Wilderness Rwanda, and her assistant Damascene, met with all the Eco-Mentors who are active at the two schools we partner with in the Gishwati area: Gisunzu Primary School and Kinihira Secondary School. The Eco-Mentors are responsible for...

Aug

Wilderness Impact at Work on CITW Rwanda Conservation Camps

19th August 2024Ingrid BaasRwanda

Eighty children from eight primary schools in Rwanda’s Kinigi and Nyange sectors of the Musanze District, were hosted on two successful four-day Conservation Camps in August 2024. From Monday 5 through Thursday 8 August, and from Monday 12 to Thursday 15 August, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda, in partnership with Conservation Heritage-Turambe, the Dian...

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