Our dear guests Glynis and Leo visited Wilderness Sabyinyo in August and greatly enjoyed visiting Sabyinyo village. They decided to help 18 families (a total of 85 people) with the community-based insurance Mutuelle. In Rwanda, ‘Mutuelle’ refers to Mutuelle de Santé, a community-based health insurance. It is a medical scheme especially developed to cover medical...Read More

This September we celebrate the start of the 2023-24 Eco-Club year, along with the new school year. 150 new Eco-Club members have been registered in 15 primary schools, making a total of 675 Eco-Club members, as well as 230 YES (Youth Environmental Stewardship) Club members. Our celebratory story, which we would like to share with...Read More

Children in the Wilderness Rwanda (CITW) organised a two-day workshop for the teachers involved with the CITW Eco- and YES Clubs in our seven partner schools. In total, 21 teachers and three CITW colleagues participated in the training on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 September. The schools are Bisate Primary School, Bisate Secondary School and...Read More

Today CITW Zambezi, along with the rest of the world celebrates International Literacy Day, a day that is recognised annually to remind individuals, communities and societies of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights. In addition to this, the day is celebrated in order to advance the literacy agenda for...Read More

A women and youth empowerment project initiated by Children in the Wilderness in collaboration with Jafuta Foundation. Just as the mopane tree brings optimism to the people and animals of Zimbabwe when the first trees burst into leaf after the long dry season, so too does our range of snare wire jewellery bring hope. The...Read More

As the second term of 2023 came to a close, the eight CITW Zambezi Eco-Clubs located in the Lupane District of Zimbabwe gathered for a fun-filled and competitive inter-club quiz. Mtshibini Primary proudly hosted the quiz in their beautifully set-up hall where four Eco-Club members who had been selected by their Eco-Mentors gathered to represent...Read More

Through its programme and activities, Children in the Wilderness Botswana (CITW) aims to increase children’s awareness, bridge cultural divides, broaden horizons, build confidence, provide opportunities for new friendships and positive life choices, and open up career opportunities. On the 18th of August 2023, the CITW team, along with Wilderness Botswana Guide Manager & Trainer Cilas...Read More

Eighty young Children in the Wilderness (CITW) learners from six schools in Rwanda’s Kinigi area were hosted on two tremendously successful four-day Conservation Camps in August 2023. From Monday 7 through Thursday 10 August, CITW Rwanda, in partnership with Conservation Heritage-Turambe, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and Muhisimbi Youth in Conservation, ran the first...Read More

Gillian Rose, President of the Rosemary Pencil Foundation based in the USA, recently visited CITW Malawi YES Club learners who are sponsored by her NPO. They embraced Gillian with smiles of hope, and those in their final year promised Gillian they would do their best for top school results so that they can make it...Read More