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Rwanda
05
Feb

CITW Rwanda – Growing in leaps and bounds

5th February 2019,
In line with Wilderness Safaris’ 4Cs sustainability ethos (Commerce, Conservation, Community and Culture), Children in the Wilderness (CITW) was launched in the community surrounding Bisate Lodge. Here we aim to provide a specialised focus on environmental education for the children of Bisate who will one day become the decision makers and conservation leaders of the community. Both...
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11
Dec

Children in the Wilderness – 2019 in Pictures

11th December 2018, , , , , , , , ,
In each of our seven Regions where we operate – Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – our after school Eco-Club programme continues to tick over nicely. The Eco-Clubs focus on environmental education and life skills lessons. Our YES Resource Book was officially launched in the Zambezi Region, reaching high school and early school leavers, also with a...
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20
Nov

Celebrating our children this Universal Children’s Day

20th November 2018, , , , , , , ,
Its Universal Children’s Day today, and we want to celebrate the future custodians of Africa – our Children in the Wilderness children! Of course, none of what we do would be possible without our wonderful sponsors, donors, and our main fundraising event, the Nedbank Tour de Tuli. Thank you all for helping us make a difference...
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29
Oct

Light for Little Learners – Bisate Lodge, Rwanda

29th October 2018,
In April this year, Kitty and Jose Cortes visited Bisate Lodge. During their stay they had a chance to visit the Bisate community and they were so touched by the friendliness and warm hospitality of the people, that Kitty decided to start a fundraising campaign via GivenGain when she had returned home. Kitty wanted to...
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Photo Credit Hadley Pierce (management at Bisate)
24
Oct

CITW Rwanda – Creating a CITW Eco-Club forest with Bisate Lodge

24th October 2018,
Children in the Wilderness Rwanda organized a tree planting event for Bisate Primary School Eco-Club children on the 8th of October at Bisate Lodge. In total, 62 CITW Eco-Club students and their Eco-Club Mentors visited the indigenous tree nursery at Bisate to raise awareness and learn about the importance of reforestation. All of them picked...
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17
Oct

CITW Expands Eco-Club Programme across Africa

17th October 2018, , , , , , , ,
Since launching its innovative Eco-Club programme in 2001, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) has focused on reaching more children, more often, and now proudly runs 67 Eco-Clubs across seven African countries. In addition to hosting 3 300 children at Eco-Clubs throughout the year, CITW has hosted nearly 7 000 children and 402 teachers at 207...
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08
Oct

CITW Drives Sustainable Conservation through Leadership Development

8th October 2018, , , , , , , ,
Since launching in Botswana in 2001, Wilderness Safaris’ non-profit partner, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), has impacted the lives of over 10 000 children in seven African countries through a range of environmental and life skills educational programmes, with many alumni later joining the ecotourism industry in adult life. Working in partnership with many of...
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11
Jul

An update on our Rwanda Eco-Clubs

11th July 2018,
Since the beginning of May, Bisate Primary School has been actively facilitating two Eco-Club groups, each consisting of 35 learners from P4 to P6. You can read all about Children in the Wilderness in Rwanda here. On Friday afternoon from 15h00 to 17h00, the Eco-Club gathers. One week it is the turn of the Lions...
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30
Apr

Rwanda’s first Eco-Club Lesson

30th April 2018,
Bisate Primary School has embraced the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Eco-Club lessons with great enthusiasm. Earlier last week, the team of Bisate CITW staff members met with the Eco-Club teachers at the school to discuss the lesson plan for their first Eco-Club. The teachers and the Bisate Team decided that the first lessons should...
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25
Apr

Children in the Wilderness Rwanda is launched

25th April 2018,
The latest Children in the Wilderness Newsletter was sent out this morning. You can read it here: “Development is about more than money, or machines, or good policies – it’s about real people and the lives they lead,” as the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, says. This couldn’t be more in line with how we...
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