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Sep

From London to the Limpopo

9th September 2019Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, News, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Written by Nick Galpine Photographs provided by Blessing Danha What do you do when personal tragedy strikes and everything you thought was certain in life, suddenly seems much less so? How do you rebuild and learn to make the most of every moment? If you’re Blessing Danha, an infrastructure consultant from Camden, you get yourself back...

Aug

Kapane Secondary Boys’ Hostel

23rd August 2019Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

The finishing touches are being completed on the new boys’ hostel at Kapane Secondary School in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe. This project was made possible through a generous donation by Jessica and Matthew Upchurch. It was a much-needed development to ensure that students boarding at the school have a safe place to stay during the term. Previously,...

Aug

Children in the Wilderness Marks Another Successful Nedbank Tour de Tuli

21st August 2019Josephine BesticBotswana, GMTFCA, South Africa, Zimbabwe

As the organiser and beneficiary of the annual Nedbank Tour de Tuli, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is marking the successful completion of its 15th mountain bike fundraising event. The 2019 edition marked the 12th consecutive year that riders have had the opportunity to experience the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area. By way of ringing...

Aug

Bourke Family Visit to Jabulani Primary School

6th August 2019Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Zambezi is fortunate to have an ongoing relationship with The Bourke Family Foundation. The foundation provides solar lights which are distributed to students and teachers to help them study or mark in the evenings. We focus on distributing lights to Grade 6 students who will be able to make use...

Jul

Open-Air Reading Room for Jabulani Primary School

31st July 2019Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Jabulani Primary School students now have a brand-new open-air reading room thanks to the generosity of Hunter Valley Grammar School in Australia. Every two years, volunteers from the school – a mixture of teachers and students – come to Zimbabwe and visit the school every day for a week, helping in various ways such as...

Jul

Jabulani Primary Teacher Ablutions

31st July 2019Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

As part of their WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) initiative, Grand Circle Foundation (GCF) has assisted in the establishment of two toilet blocks at Jabulani Primary School in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The WASH initiative aims to ensure that “all the schools and villages we support have access to an adequate supply of clean water and...

Jul

Jabulani Primary School Sports Kit Donation

31st July 2019Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

The Chien family from the United States recently visited Zimbabwe and as part of their visit to Jabulani Primary School, wanted to donate soccer and netball uniforms for the students. The Children in the Wilderness (CITW) team pre-arranged the acquisition of the soccer goal posts, nets, netball hoops, soccer balls, netballs, and ordered the kits...

Jul

Spending Time with Eco-Clubs

31st July 2019Josephine BesticNews, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Over halfway through Term 2, the Eco-Clubs in the Zambezi Region are well into their lessons. We spent an afternoon last week with the Eco-Club at Lupani Primary School in Kazungula, Zambia, where the lesson for the week was on litter. Sitting outside in the shade of a tree, students had brought benches from a...

Jul

Spending Time with CITW – Through the Eyes of a Volunteer

31st July 2019Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Zambezi recently hosted two enthusiastic volunteers from the UK who were on a three-week trip to Zimbabwe during their summer vacation. Keen to get involved and see what we do, they had a jam-packed schedule. Reflecting on their trip, they had the following to say: Our time with CITW far...

Jul

Nedbank Tour de Tuli 2019

31st July 2019Josephine BesticNews, Bobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Nick Galpine, our Nedbank Tour de Tuli Social Media Guru, rode this year’s Tour, and wrote this lovely little overview of his experience. “It’s hard to believe, as the dust settles, and the elephants of the Tuli Block rub their surprised eyes (well they would if they could), that the Nedbank Tour de Tuli is...

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