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Apr

Porridge Delivery for Zimbabwe Students

13th April 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

To Jabulani, Lesedi, St Mary’s, and Dinde we go, With two tonnes of Mighty Meal porridge in tow. Feeding almost 2 000 children for the next few weeks, Some of the pressure on parents is released. Designed to help students last through the day, A bowl of Mighty Meal each morning will keep hunger at...

Apr

Lesedi Primary School Classroom Block

7th April 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

The new classroom block at Lesedi Primary School, near Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, is now complete thanks to the Grand Circle Foundation (GCF). The final materials for the completion of the building were delivered towards the end of 2020. Due to school holidays in December and then a further lockdown in January this year, work...

Mar

Water for Lupinyu Village, Zimbabwe

29th March 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

With grateful thanks to Grand Circle Foundation (GCF), a solar borehole has just been completed in Lupinyu Village. Located approximately 20 kilometres from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, this additional water source for the community directly benefits over 320 people, by providing a source of water closer to where they live, and alleviating pressure on the...

Mar

March – The Month of Giving Back to our Planet

25th March 2021Josephine BesticMalawi, News, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

March is an important time for our planet. Not only do we mark World Wildlife Day on 3 March, and Global Recycling Day on 18 March, we observe World Water Day on 22 March as well as Earth Hour on 27 March. This year’s World Wildlife Day focused on Forests and Livelihoods; Sustaining People and...

Mar

World Water Day – Water for Zambezi Region

23rd March 2021Josephine BesticZimbabwe

In recognition of World Water Day on 22 March 2021, we reflect on the value of water, the benefits that boreholes bring, and all that our incredible donors have contributed to water needs in rural Zambia and Zimbabwe. Water is life. We need it for numerous daily tasks, and for many, we can turn a...

Mar

RIP Wilderness Safaris Legend Ron Goatley – Sorely Missed, Never Forgotten

18th March 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

We are profoundly sad to share the news of a great loss to our Wilderness Safaris family. Ron Goatley, our Zimbabwe Managing Director, passed away on Sunday after a long, very brave battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with his wife, Sue – who you will know for her own tireless work with Children in...

Mar

Jabulani Goat Project

16th March 2021Josephine BesticZimbabwe

There’s a new kid on the block! Or rather, a new buck of a superior specimen who has just arrived, and forms the centre of a new goat project in Jabulani Village. After several challenges due to COVID-19 and the lockdown, the community group was finally established, and a two-year-old buck, since named Jack, was...

Mar

The Tshabolisa Community Development Project, Zimbabwe

9th March 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Exciting things are happening in the Plumtree region, located to the south-east of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. Thanks to generous funding from Edward Allen Bell, ‘The Tshabolisa Project’ is coming along in leaps and bounds. This area has been extremely marginalised over the years, and human-wildlife conflict and overgrazing have had devastating effects on the...

Jan

2021 Nedbank Tour De Tuli Registrations Open – and Filling Fast

22nd January 2021Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, South Africa, Zimbabwe

We are thrilled to announce that registrations for the 2021 edition of the Nedbank Tour de Tuli are filling fast, since opening in late 2020. The Tour is a multi-day mountain bike ride, with riders experiencing unspoiled wilderness areas in the three African countries comprising the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA): South Africa, Zimbabwe...

Jan

2020 Zambezi Food Programme Roundup

13th January 2021Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Thanks to many generous donors during 2020, Children in the Wilderness Zambezi has been able to distribute 2 706 food packs to those most in need. This equates to 108 tonnes of food, and has impacted approximately 13 530 people over the year, providing them with much-needed food relief at a time when so many...

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