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Aug

2018 CITW Careers Day – YES Programme, Zambezi Region

24th August 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zambia, Zimbabwe

As the Youth Environmental Stewardship (YES) Programme focuses on secondary school students with commitment, leadership potential and a particular interest in conservation, it is essential to expose these students to a variety of occupations in order to equip them to make sensible career choices. The annual YES Programme Career Day activities in Zimbabwe and Zambia...

Aug

Solar Power for Ngamo Primary School

23rd August 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

There has been much excitement in the Ngamo community recently with Ngamo Primary School receiving solar panels, wiring, lights and plugs to provide power to each of their classrooms. This was made possible thanks to generous donations from Wilderness Safaris guests. This project at Ngamo Primary makes it the first Children in the Wilderness (CITW)...

Aug

CITW Zimbabwe Launches Glass Recycling Project

17th August 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Zimbabwe, in partnership with Wilderness Safaris, has launched a glass recycling project that has seen a significant reduction of waste material in the region, while simultaneously creating income for local community members. The glass recycling group comprises 15 men from the Ngamo and Ziga villages, who substitute river sand with finely...

Jul

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...

Jun

Travel with Purpose with Wilderness Safaris – Hwange Against All Odds

20th June 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Wilderness Safaris continues to celebrate 35 years of life-changing journeys with the launch of its next Travel with Purpose itinerary, Hwange Against All Odds. Taking place 13 – 18 September 2018, six guests will get the unique opportunity to travel to Wilderness’ private concessions in Hwange National Park to take part in the behind-the-scenes conservation...

Jun

Celebrate 35 years of travelling with purpose with Wilderness Safaris and Children in the Wilderness

4th June 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

For the last 35 years – even when we started out in 1983 with just one old Land Rover – there has always been one overriding purpose to Wilderness Safaris’ ecotourism activities: to conserve and restore Africa’s wilderness and wildlife. This is something enshrined in our internal charter and vision statement and which undoubtedly beats...

Jun

Computers and training for Children in the Wilderness’ Schools – Zambezi

4th June 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ngamo Primary School in Hwange, Zimbabwe, were the lucky recipients of ten One Laptop per Child (OLPC) computers. These ‘One Laptop per Child’ were very generously donated by Wilderness Safaris guest and loyal CITW supporter, Candyce Stapen and Henny’s Kids, (www.hennyskids.org). This organisation was set up in 2014 in memory of Candyce’s mother, Henny (Henrietta),...

May

Kapane Secondary School Development, Zimbabwe

25th May 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

In an encouraging new development for students at Kapane Secondary School, a dormitory for girls has just been completed at the school. The dormitory will sleep up to sixteen girls and was sponsored by The Grand Circle Foundation and Children in the Wilderness (CITW). Kapane Secondary School was established in 1984, and has an enrollment...

May

Kapane Clinic gets a refurbishment, Zimbabwe

24th May 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

A beautiful little story, with photographs and words by Joe Hanly – Camp Manager at Linkwasha Camp in Hwange, Zimbabwe: A visit to Kapane Clinic by the directors of Wilderness Safaris and Olympus led to some much-needed renovations. Years of disrepair had turned the site into a health risk, especially for the staff who live...

May

YES Programme Eco-Mentor Training, Zambezi

23rd May 2018Josephine BesticNews, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The first of many Youth Environmental Stewardship (YES) Programme Eco-Mentor trainings took place in our Zambezi Region last week. Last year, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) launched the innovative first edition of the YES Resource Book, to help drive the progamme’s goal of taking keen CITW Eco-Club members to the next level; preparing them as leaders and...

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