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50,000 Indigenous Trees Planted to Date at Wilderness Sabyinyo with SACOLA

18th November 2025Rwanda

At Wilderness Sabyinyo, our commitment to protecting the environment goes hand-in-hand with supporting the surrounding communities. This October, in partnership with SACOLA (the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association, owners of the Wilderness-operated lodge), we planted nearly 17,000 indigenous trees and shrubs across the Sabyinyo property – bringing the total number of trees planted to 50,000, a...

Nov

CITW Rwanda awards 210 scholarships for the 2025-6 academic year

11th November 2025Rwanda

Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) are super proud to announce the addition of 39 new learners to the CITW Rwanda scholarship programme, bringing the total up to 210. Of the 200 scholarship students in the 2024-25 year, 29 recently graduated, leaving 171 current recipients. Along with these existing scholarship students, the 39...

Nov

CITW Zambezi Facilitates New Classrooms for Lupinyu

6th November 2025Zimbabwe

A Community School Restored. Thanks to the generous support of So Others May Learn (SOML), Children in the Wilderness has completed the construction of two double classroom blocks for the Lupinyu community, located just outside Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. For years, CITW partnered with Jabulani School in Lupinyu, building classrooms, supporting teachers, and providing scholarships. But...

Nov

CITW Namibia mattress donation

6th November 2025Namibia

Wilderness Serra Cafema Camp Manager Matheus Shanyenge handed over 11 mattresses to Otjinungua Primary School as part of a donation organised by Children in the Wilderness. We had received reports that some learners’ mattresses were old, and so used funds from the Danson Foundation scholarship for this.

Oct

CITW Zambezi – VUSA Comic Book Distribution Update

29th October 2025Zambia, Zimbabwe

CITW Zambezi is excited to share a meaningful milestone in our conservation education journey, with the distribution of the first batch of “VUSA: The Lion Guardian”, along with three other titles from the series, to our Eco-Clubs in Zimbabwe’s Tsholotsho and Lupane districts. Each of the 9 Eco-Club schools in Tsholotsho and 8 in Lupane...

Oct

Kenya Impact Update: EDUCATE

24th October 2025Kenya

By Alisa Karstad, Impact Manager for Governors’ Camp Collection September was a month of significant impact, laying further groundwork for a sustainable future for both people and planet. We believe that education is the cornerstone of a thriving community. This month, our efforts to empower the next generation saw a great deal of progress: Supporting...

Oct

CITW Supports Early Childhood Education in Zimbabwe

21st October 2025Zimbabwe

The CITW Zimbabwe team is proud to announce the completion of two Early Childhood Development (ECD) classrooms at Ngamo Primary School and St. Mary’s Primary School in Zimbabwe due to a generous donation through Grand Circle Foundation. These classrooms mark a significant step forward in providing a nurturing and supportive environment for young learners in...

Oct

CITW Kenya September 2025 Update

13th October 2025Kenya

World Clean-up Day Through our Eco-Club lessons, members have been learning how to care for their environment by practicing the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. In celebration of World Clean-up Day, the students put these lessons into action by cleaning their school compound and setting a positive example for their peers. They also placed...

Oct

CITW Zambezi’s 2025 Annual Camps

7th October 2025Zambia, Zimbabwe

This year, Children in the Wilderness Zambezi hosted three camps – at Wilderness Davison’s in Hwange, Wilderness Ruckomechi in Mana Pools, and Wilderness Toka Leya in Livingstone. Across the three camps, we welcomed 84 Eco Club students and 12 teachers from rural schools in Zimbabwe and Zambia – 28 students and four teachers at each...

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