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Tri-Nations at Mapungubwe National Park

27th July 2018Josephine BesticBotswana, GMTFCA, News, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Read Bokang Shopane’s (CITW Programme Coordinator for South Africa and the GMTFCA) report on the first of our now bi-annual Tri-Nations Camps, which took place at Little Muck Camp in Mapungubwe National Park. With the Nedbank Tour de Tuli five days away, this is a lovely little reminder of the impact we make in the...

Jul

SAWC Graduation 2018

23rd July 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Our three South African students, Tlangelani, Bukosi and Nozipho, graduated from the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) last week. Bongani Baloyi, our Regional Programme Coordinator, attended the graduation ceremony on Tuesday 17 July 2018 at the college, in Timbavati Game Reserve, and had this to say about the morning’s proceedings. “The ceremony started with the students...

Jul

Children in the Wilderness and Wilderness Safaris Johannesburg knit up a storm for Mandela Day

20th July 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

In honour of what would have been Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday yesterday, our Rivonia office staff committed to a goal of knitting 100 items to be donated to a local orphanage. Our knitters started a month ago, and in total, the crew knitted 117 items! There was also a collection of non-perishable items, and our...

Jul

Final monthly reports from our SAWC students

9th July 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Our Southern African Wildlife College students are currently completing their workplace assignments. They graduate next week and we couldn’t be prouder! Princeton Chauke “I have learnt how to trace poachers when I find fresh spores in the bush and I have learnt that poachers put their snares where the animals have created a path. My...

Jul

CITW Rocktail Annual Camp, South Africa

3rd July 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Another successful Annual Camp in Rocktail Bay, KwaZulu Natal, took place last week. This time, camp was held at Gugulesizwe, and hosted 25 children from Kwamqobela and Vululwazi Primary Schools. Read Bokang Shopane’s (CITW Programme Coordinator, South Africa) report below: Camp Day 1 – 22 June 2018 Camp started with vibrant energy, as Mentors sang welcome songs...

Jun

Calling all our South African My School cardholders

14th June 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Calling all our South African My School cardholder friends – please vote now to help Children in the Wilderness get a share of R1 Million! Every vote is worth R5, which MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet will donate on your behalf. PLUS you could be 1 of 5 LUCKY MySchool or linked Woolies cardholders to win R5 000. Voting closes on...

Jun

CITW Johannesburg Eco-Club Celebrates World Environment Day

7th June 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Read Wendy Ngcobo’s (Communications Copywriter at Wilderness Safaris) report on the Joburg Eco-Club which took place last weekend: Children in the Wilderness Johannesburg Eco-Club celebrated World Environment Day by hosting more than 20 children of Wilderness Safaris staff. The theme for the World Environment Day 2018 is “Beat Plastic Pollution” and the children participated with...

May

A Day of Fun and Learning: CITW Johannesburg Eco-Club

22nd May 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Wendy Ngcobo, Communications Copywriter at Wilderness Safaris, shares her impressions of a day spent with her children at the Children in the Wilderness Eco-Club hosted in Johannesburg. My children recently took part in a fun-filled and informative Eco-Club run by Children in the Wilderness (CITW) at the Wilderness Safaris office in Rivonia. The brother and...

May

Eco-Mentor Training, Rocktail South Africa

22nd May 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

With the aim of strengthening the Eco-Club programme, South African Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Programme Coordinator Bokang Shopane, along with Bongani Baloyi (CITW Regional Programme Coordinator), conducted Eco-Mentor training at Kwamqobela and Vululwazi Primary Schools, at Rocktail in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. The training took place from Tuesday 8th to Thursday 10th May 2018. A total...

May

An update on our SAWC Students

14th May 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Each month, we receive reports from our students at the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) on what they’ve been up to. It seems like April has been a busy one, as Zanele Mathonsi (SAWC Project Administrator) reports. “The Bridging Course learners completed the Environmental Education Module in April where they learnt about the environment as...

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