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Dec

Children in the Wilderness scholarships in action

11th December 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

CITW’s scholarship programme currently sponsors a total of 177 students for six years of schooling – at Bisate Secondary School near Wilderness Bisate, Rwabiharamba Secondary School in the area just outside Akagera National Park, where Wilderness Magashi is located, and Kinihira Secondary School, close to Gishwati Forest. However, since the programme has been running the...

Dec

Wilderness Sabyinyo & SACOLA’s ongoing community support

11th December 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Sabyinyo supports the surrounding community with kitchen gardens Through the kind donations of guests visiting Sabyinyo, we have been able to support 26 needy households with vegetable or kitchen gardens. A kitchen garden, known as akarima k’igikoni, is one of Rwanda’s home-grown solutions to preventing malnutrition and stunting. In Rwanda, the term is quite...

Nov

Sabyinyo Community & School Eco-Club News

20th November 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

SACOLA support for the community On 13 October 2023, SACOLA (the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) supported 10 different women’s co-operatives from Nyange and Kinigi sectors in the Volcanoes National Park area, with a total of RWF10 million, or roughly USD10,000. These funds will enable them to start small businesses that will assist them in being...

Nov

CITW Rwanda at Gishwati Forest

16th November 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

The start of the school year at the end of September means that all CITW Eco-Clubs in the Gishwati area were in full swing in October. At Gisunzu Primary School, 64 learners attend weekly environmental lessons. Since 26 students from the Eco-Club continued on to the secondary school this year, we could select 26 new...

Nov

Meet Jean Damascene NKURIRAGENDA – CITW & Community Assistant, Wilderness Rwanda

6th November 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Before joining Wilderness, Jean Damascene worked as a Social and Religious Studies teacher at various schools in Rwanda’s Northern Province for five years. Jean Damascene’s journey in environmental education began in 2018 when Bisate Primary School partnered with Wilderness Bisate for the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) programme. He became an Eco-Mentor, leading the Eco-Clubs...

Oct

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

30th October 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

The Tuzamurane Co-operative was established in 2016 when Wilderness approached the Bisate villagers to purchase parcels of their agricultural land, with the objective of building its now ground-breaking eco-lodge. The co-operative currently consists of 241 households from Bisate village. Since its formation, the Tuzamurane Co-operative has been supplying goods to Bisate – from labour...

Oct

Wilderness Rwanda and SACOLA Strengthen Partnership Agreement

13th October 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Rwanda and the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association (SACOLA) have signed a new addendum to their contract to further strengthen their partnership, and to extend their mutual commitment to 2057. Wilderness Sabyinyo is Rwanda’s first community-owned lodge, operated by Wilderness Rwanda but owned by the SACOLA community trust, in partnership with the African Wildlife Foundation...

Oct

Wilderness Rwanda supports Akayange Primary School with solar panels and a rainwater harvesting system

5th October 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Just in time to start the new school year of 2023-24, Wilderness Rwanda was able to support Akayange Primary School with the installation of solar panels and a rainwater harvesting system. The installation, valued at USD2,500, was completed in the second half of September thanks to generous donations from our Magashi guests. The solar panels...

Oct

Wilderness Rwanda & CITW support 177 scholarships for 2023-24 school year

4th October 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Rwanda’s new school year started on the 25th of September 2023, heralding a very exciting time for the schools that Wilderness Rwanda’s non-profit, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), partners with in the company’s areas of operation. In addition to the current 140 scholarships, 37 new CITW scholarships have been awarded! This means a total of...

Oct

Wilderness Rwanda supports Gisunzu schools in the Gishwati area

3rd October 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Over the last several years, Wilderness Rwanda and CITW have supported the students of Gisunzu Primary School, as many of them are from historically marginalised families. The children who do not receive this vital assistance tend to fall behind in their classes, due to the lack of necessary school supplies. Now, with our support, there...

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