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Oct

10 Cows Donated to SACOLA Villagers

3rd October 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

Charlotte Adams is a Sabyinyo guest who visited a SACOLA (Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) community near Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park some years ago. Her experience was so affecting she immediately pledged her support for SACOLA, and has subsequently donated a total of 38 cows to carefully selected villagers over the years. On 26 September 2022,...

Sep

Sabyinyo Guest Donates Cow to Village Family

12th September 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

Lucy Robbins was a recent Sabyinyo guest who was particularly moved by her visit with a family in a neighbouring SACOLA (Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) village in the Volcanoes National Park area of Rwanda. So much so that on Friday 9 September she arranged for Nyiranziza Lenia and Mbitezimana Emmanuel, and their six children, to...

Aug

CITW and Wilderness Rwanda Community & School Update – August 2022

17th August 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

Thanks to generous donations from guests of Wilderness Bisate and Wilderness Magashi, the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) and Wilderness Rwanda teams were able to complete four projects this month, directly benefiting the villages and schools in the Bisate and Gishwati areas. As usual in Rwanda, the projects were selected and managed by the Community...

Aug

CITW Rwanda Facilitates Conservation Camps for 80 Primary School Children

2nd August 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

Eighty young learners from four schools in Rwanda’s Kinigi area were hosted on two tremendously successful Conservation Camps last week. From Monday 25 through Saturday 30 July 2022, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda, in partnership with Conservation Heritage-Turambe, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and Muhisimbi Youth in Conservation, ran the workshops. © Conservation...

Jul

CITW Rwanda – Conservation Camp 2022

22nd July 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

We are thrilled to advise that from Monday 25 July through Saturday 30 July. Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda will be running a conservation camp for a total of 80 P6 students. The children are all members of the Environmental Clubs at four schools in the Kinigi area: Bisate, Kabara, Rushubi and Kabwende primary...

Jul

Wilderness Rwanda Celebrates the Official Inauguration of the Kinigi Sector Office

20th July 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

The Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association (SACOLA) is a community-based non-profit located in Kinigi, in Rwanda’s famous Musanze District, near Volcanoes National Park. SACOLA was formed in 2004 by communities living in this area in northern Rwanda. The association is primarily geared to the conservation and support of the Park and surrounding population, initiating development activities...

Jul

CITW Rwanda Scholarship Update

11th July 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

The Rwandan school year closes in July, with the new year’s first term scheduled to start in September. For the 110 secondary school students in Rwanda who are sponsored with a Children in the Wilderness scholarship covering their school fees, uniforms and lesson materials for the duration of their six years of schooling, this means...

Jul

Mutuelle for Kinigi Sector

4th July 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

In Rwanda ‘Mutuelle’ refers to Mutuelle de Santé, a community-based health insurance. It is a medical scheme especially developed to cover medical costs for poor families and vulnerable groups. A premium is paid once a year in June to ensure medical health care for people who are not covered via an employer or private scheme....

May

First-ever Consignment of Mother Bears for Rwanda!

16th May 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

We would like to thank Mother Bear Project founder Amy Berman, and all the knitters and crocheters, for sending a much-appreciated shipment of their amazing and cute bears to Rwanda. We are very proud that these are the first Mother Bears to reach Rwanda, after some 184 000 bears have been sent to Africa over the...

Apr

CITW Rwanda Eco-Mentor Training in Kigali

20th April 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

To celebrate, motivate and empower the amazing Eco-Mentors at Children in the Wilderness’ (CITW) six partner schools in Rwanda, a special get-together and workshop was organised for the programme’s 18 teachers and school leaders. On Friday 15 April, the teachers travelled from their respective areas (as long as six hours by bus) to Kigali. The...

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