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06
Dec

Akayange Goat Project

6th December 2021,
Seventy-eight families receive 78 goats – and will give 78 baby goats to the next 78 families… and the next… and the next… At the end of November, Children in the Wilderness and Wilderness Safaris Rwanda facilitated the donation of a goat each to 78 families in the Akayange Community situated just outside Akagera National...
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01
Dec

CITW’S 20/20 VISION: 20 HIGHLIGHTS FROM 20 YEARS

1st December 2021, , , , , , , , , ,
Youth are our future – destined to be our planet’s custodians, a role now more critical than ever. Twenty years ago Wilderness Safaris made a commitment to rural African children by founding Children in the Wilderness (CITW), our non-profit partner organisation offering life skills training, leadership development, and environmental education to children from remote villages...
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29
Nov

232 Desks Donated to Bisate Primary School

29th November 2021
Thanks to a donation from Wilderness Safaris Bisate Lodge guests, Children in the Wilderness, in partnership with Wilderness Safaris Rwanda, arranged for the production and supply of 232 new desks for Bisate Primary School. Aline Umutoni, CITW Rwanda Community Co-ordinator, with the new desks Delivered to the school in November, the new additions to the classrooms...
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25
Nov

Remembering the Launch of CITW Zambia

25th November 2021,
Netherlands-born Wilderness Safaris Rwanda Operations Manager & CITW Programme Coordinator, Ingrid Baas, and her husband Rob (WS Rwanda MD), share a passion for travel. One of the first countries they travelled to in Africa was Zambia, and after quickly falling in love with the country, their bush hospitality careers started in South Luangwa, after which...
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25
Nov

Observations of a former Programme Manager

25th November 2021, , , , , , , ,
Dear CITW friends, dear Janet In 2012 and 2013 I was allowed to lead CITW for a short time. “You only protect what you love, and you only love what you know” was the credo of the late Russel Friedman, who encouraged all Wilderness Safaris staff and partners to participate in CITW camps. Rita in...
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25
Nov

A Short History of CITW Malawi – 2003 to 2021

25th November 2021, ,
2003 – 2006 Children in the Wilderness Malawi was established in 2003. It started with a camp programme, and hosted 10 children from the SOS Village in Lilongwe. A five-night/six-day camp was held at Mvuu Camp in Liwonde National Park, in the southern region of Malawi. It was full of fun, unstructured environmental education, mainly...
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25
Nov

Where Are They Now? Some of our Children’s Inspiring Achievements…

25th November 2021, , , , , ,
Bobirwa, Botswana Thabiso Tsheole, Lentswe Le Moriti Village | Mogomotsi ‘Goms’ Ramofi, Motlhabaneng Village Thabiso and Goms are good friends and their journeys are closely linked. Goms attended CITW camps in December 2011 and 2012, and Thabiso in December 2012. The young men reconnected with Bobirwa Programme Co-ordinator Tanya McKenzie in 2018 to volunteer their...
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22
Nov

Jabulani Community Literacy Programme

22nd November 2021,
It is with great pleasure and gratitude that we announce the Adult Community Literacy Programme at Jabulani Primary School, with reading materials thanks to Judith’s Reading Room.  Teenagers and adults from the community with all levels of reading ability are welcome to join this programme, and meetings take place in the evenings when the school...
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22
Nov

CITW Malawi – Changing the Lens on Conservation Project, Chintheche Zone Update

22nd November 2021,
At the end of October, and into early November, the 300 ‘Changing the Lens on Conservation’ participants from 15 primary schools across three CITW zones underwent special skills training for basic interview techniques, in line with their environmental story-writing project. After the children had acquired basic interview techniques, CITW organised interview sessions, where local environmental...
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