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Aug

CITW Namibia celebrates World Elephant Day

13th August 2025Namibia

World Elephant Day is celebrated annually on the 12th of August to raise awareness about the protection and preservation of elephants. This year’s theme is Matriarchs & Memories of Elephants, as the memory of the matriarch is crucial for the herd’s survival. Elephants are known to be some of the planet’s most intelligent animals, and...

Aug

CITW Malawi – End of School Year Celebrations

8th August 2025Malawi

As is the case in all Children in the Wilderness’ (CITW) regions, school-based activities follow the school calendar. Both primary and secondary schools start their academic year in September, and end in July, with the last school term running from April to July. We celebrated the closure of school-based activities during July as documented in...

Aug

CITW Rwanda Celebrates its First 29 High School Scholarship Graduates

5th August 2025Rwanda

Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) and are extremely proud to celebrate the first 29 of our CITW scholarship members who finished high school in the 2024-25 academic school year! To mark the occasion, on July 28, 2025 we took them on an educational tour to Gishwati-Mukura National Park, as well as the...

Jul

CITW Namibia Hosts Exploration Trip to Empower Tomorrow’s Conservation Leaders

30th July 2025Namibia

July 2025 – As part of its mission to nurture the next generation of environmental stewards, Wilderness, through its Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Namibia programme, recently hosted a transformative Youth Environmental Stewardship (YES) Exploration from 16–20 June 2025. The initiative saw 30 learners from across Namibia swop their classrooms for a week of educational...

Jul

CITW Rwanda supports renovations at Gisunzu Primary School

23rd July 2025Rwanda

In the community around Rwanda’s Gishwati-Mukura National Park area in the country’s Western Province, Wilderness and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda have partnered with Gisunzu Primary School. After a recent request from the school leaders and Gishwati community committee, we were proud to support the school with its renovation of the special girls’ room,...

Jul

CITW Namibia Celebrates Career Day at Otjinungua Primary School

9th July 2025Namibia

Children in the Wilderness Namibia’s Eco-Club at Otjinungua Primary School, located in the far northern Marienfluss Conservancy (where Wilderness Serra Cafema is situated), recently hosted a career day. All the students dressed up as the professionals they aspire to become after completing school. The Otjinungua Primary School’s Eco-Club’s goal for Career Day was to help...

Jul

Stories of Change: Kitso Paris Mpinang

8th July 2025Botswana, News

The learners we nurture on our environmental education programme are more than just children. They live on the edge of some of Earth’s most untamed places, close enough to hear a lion’s roar and sense an elephant’s rumble. As the future custodians of the truly wild, they bear a massive responsibility. Through CITW programmes and...

Jul

CITW Rwanda Field Trip to Gishwati-Mukura National Park

7th July 2025Rwanda

Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW), in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Forest of Hope Association (FHA), organised a visit to Gishwati-Mukura National Park on the 14th of June 2025 for the CITW scholarship students who are in grade S3 at Kinihira Secondary School in the Gishwati community. The children...

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CITW Namibia Celebrates World Sun Day

11th June 2025Namibia

World Sun Day is celebrated annually on the 3rd of May, and the theme this year is “Our Power, Our Planet”. This day highlights the importance of the sun and promotes the use of solar energy to create a sustainable future. By embracing solar energy, we celebrate the power of the sun as a clean,...

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