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Jan

Gishwati Community & CITW Update, January 2024

29th January 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

In January the Gishwati Community Committee came together for a meeting that is held three times a year. During the meeting, projects that are underway were discussed, as well as future projects to implement next at the schools and in the community. The members, who represent the greater Gishwati area, thanked Wilderness for their support...

Jan

New sports fields for Bisate Primary School

10th January 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

With the support of generous Bisate and Sabyinyo guests, Wilderness and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) in Rwanda have been able to assist Bisate Primary School and the surrounding community with brand-new sports courts. Suitable for basketball and volleyball, of course they can be used for other sports and activities too. Amounting to a total...

Dec

210 Indigenous Trees Planted at Wilderness Bisate by Nyabitsinde Primary School

18th December 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Located near Wilderness Bisate is Nyabitsinde Primary School, whose environmental clubs have raised 210 indigenous saplings in their tree nursery. As the trees were ready to be planted, and inspired by the reforestation project at Bisate, a few weeks ago the school requested a tree planting activity on the Bisate property. On Friday 15 December...

Dec

Children in the Wilderness at Akayange Primary and Rwabiharamba Secondary schools

11th December 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

At Wilderness Magashi’s partner schools Akayange Primary and Rwabiharamba Secondary, the weekly environmental classes are met with great enthusiasm by the students. At Akayange Primary School, 60 learners partake in the weekly CITW Eco-Club, while at Rwabiharamba Secondary School, 65 students attend the weekly CITW Yes Club. In November, our Aline and Damascene ensured that...

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...

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