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May

How CITW has changed my life – Machete Mmereki, Alldays, South Africa

2nd May 2018Josephine BesticGMTFCA, News, South Africa

A bit of a different take on this story – a dad reports on how Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is positively impacting his family: “I am one of the community member and the father of one of CITW member. I learnt a lot from my child, since she joined the Eco-Club she always tells...

Apr

How CITW has changed my life – Tsakiso Tracey Mabasa, South Africa

30th April 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Tracey Mabasa is 19 years old, and is from Mabiligwe Village in Makuleke, in Limpopo South Africa. Tracey joined Children in the Wilderness Eco-Clubs at Primary School, was involved in her YES Club. She is currently completing her first year B.Pharmacy at the University of Limpopo. Here’s what Tracey had to say about how CITW...

Apr

Eco-Mentor Training – Simson Village, Limpopo South Africa

26th April 2018Josephine BesticGMTFCA, News, South Africa

Lisa Witherden ran Eco-Mentor Training in in Simson Village in Limpopo last week. Twenty-three eager community members and three teachers attended the two-day training session. The aim of the training was to inform the community about the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) programme, with the hope of getting them involved in various CITW projects and...

Apr

Flying High for Kids visits Modikwa Primary School, South Africa

24th April 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Andrew Parker from Flying High for Kids recently visited Modikwa Primary School in Simson Village, South Africa. After working his way through Africa over the last five months in his truck, which has got him safely around the world all the way from his home country of New Zealand, he arrived in Simson Village in...

Apr

Renovations to Makuleke Primary School with Different.org

13th April 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Different.org and Children in the Wilderness joined together to refurbish and repair a classroom in Makuleke Primary School. CITW has been involved in the Makuleke community for many years now, running Eco-Clubs and YES Clubs, and spending many happy hours on CITW camps with the children. We were approached by the school Principal who informed us...

Apr

Donations to Jamela Play Centre in Makuleke, South Africa

13th April 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Our Regional Programme Coordinator, Bongani Baloyi, recently visited Makuleke in Limpopo, South Africa. He was there to oversee the refurbishment of a classroom Makuleke Primary School, but made time to stop in at Jamela Play Centre to drop off a box of donations. Throughout the year, Children in the Wilderness collects donations from the generous...

Apr

Our SAWC students report back on their activities at the college

6th April 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Our SAWC students have been rather busy at the college. From first aid training, to mastering their marching drills, to learnings on conservation, it has been a full two months. Here are a few snippets from our students on what they’ve been up to: Nozipho Mthembu I learnt how the community benefits from conservation areas....

Mar

Johannesburg Eco-Club – All About Water

29th March 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

The Children in the Wilderness team in our Johannesburg office held another successful Eco-Club for the children of Wilderness Safaris staff. With World Water Day having been celebrated across the world on Thursday 22 March, and the water crisis in Cape Town, we thought a morning focused on water was extremely relevant. The children were...

Mar

Thabo: Superkid to Wildlife Protector

6th March 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Meet Thabo Maluleke Thabo joined CITW in 2011, and since we met him he has dreamed of being “a doctor of animals.” He first participated in CITW Eco-Clubs at Boxahuku Primary School and attended an annual CITW Camp at Pafuri in Kruger National Park (KNP). Boxahuku Primary School is one of four primary schools where...

Mar

Our students’ first week at SAWC

1st March 2018Josephine BesticNews, South Africa

Following on from our story last week of the three South African students who started at the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC), Zanele Mathonsi – Youth Access Programme Administrator at the SAWC, reports on the student’s first week: All 23 learners were officially welcomed and inducted on Monday the 19th of February 2018 by the Community...

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