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Jul

Books for Africa Distribution in Beitbridge

13th July 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

Last month CITW was pleased to distribute over 100 boxes of books to 5 schools in the Beitbridge area of Zimbabwe. The books included a range of categories and age levels, from leisure books to subject books such as English, Maths, Science, and Social Studies. The schools in the area were extremely grateful for the...

Jul

CITW Literacy Centres in Zimbabwe

13th July 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

CITW Zambezi is happy to announce that we have officially begun the process of setting up our very first Literacy Centres – at Jabulani Primary School and the Jafuta Foundation Centre, both located just a short drive from Victoria Falls. We believe that aiding a child in learning to read is by far one of...

Jun

Route Unveiled for Much-Anticipated 2022 Nedbank Tour De Tuli Mountain Bike Adventure

8th June 2022Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, South Africa, Zimbabwe

June 2022 – Organisers have proudly unveiled the awe-inspiring route for the exclusive 2022 Nedbank Tour de Tuli, the internationally acclaimed mountain bike tour, and one-of-a-kind wilderness adventure that traverses three countries, namely South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Kicking off on 19 July, the Tour serves as the primary fundraiser for Children in the Wilderness (CITW),...

Jun

CITW Zambezi’s Snare Wire Jewellery Project

7th June 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

Poaching is one of the most significant challenges faced in most of Zimbabwe’s wildlife areas, and due to this, copious amounts of snare wire are collected on anti-poaching patrols daily. Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Zambezi saw a fantastic opportunity for aiding anti-poaching efforts, and enabling and empowering some of the local men and women...

Jun

Foundations for Farming – Tsholotsho Training

3rd June 2022Josephine BesticZimbabwe

May was marked with a hive of activities in the school gardens at eight of our CITW Zambezi Tsholotsho partner schools, namely, Ngamo, Ziga, Mtshayeli, Mlevu, Kapane and Jakalasi primary schools. Ngamo and Kapane secondaries also had the opportunity to participate in exciting training organised by the Foundations for Farming team. The training took place...

May

Developing the Spirit of Enterprise Among Zambezi YES Club Members

24th May 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

Last month CITW Zambezi hosted two camps as part of our Youth Environmental Stewardship programme that we run for students in secondary schools around Zimbabwe. Our YES programmes focus on environmental education and life-skills development. With this, the main focus of these two camps was to empower these young women by developing their entrepreneurial skills....

May

Pristine Victoria Falls – Every ‘Litter’ Bit Helps!

17th May 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

Last week, the Children in the Wilderness Zambezi team joined forces with Pristine Victoria Falls to organise a fun and informative afternoon workshop for 50 teachers and students from local schools. Pristine Victoria Falls is an organisation that is able to see that the issue of litter in our beautiful little town and surrounding areas...

Apr

Wilderness Zambezi Supports Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in Jabulani Community

20th April 2022Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Following a visit last year to the Zambezi Elephant Welfare & Conservation Trust by the elders of Jabulani village, Shuvanayi Taruvinga, Wilderness Safaris Community Liaison for Zambezi, recently facilitated a follow-up workshop on human-elephant conflict (HEC) mitigation in the community. The training was well received, and will go a long way to improving the relationship...

Apr

When guests explore, our students learn more!

14th April 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

The negative impact of COVID 19 on students throughout Zimbabwe cannot be underestimated, with the majority losing two full years of learning, and many children’s reading and writing abilities in our area at an all-time low. Due to this, literacy is at the forefront of most of the CITW Zambezi team’s projects this year –...

Apr

CITW Zambezi Teacher Literacy Workshop

8th April 2022Courtney PritchardZambia, Zimbabwe

The importance of children’s early literacy development cannot be overstated, with a child’s success in school and later in life, to a great extent, dependent on their ability to read and write. Early literacy intervention has been at the forefront of the Children in the Wilderness Zambezi teams’ minds this year, mainly due to the...

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