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Eye-Tests for Children at Botswana’s Bobirwa CITW Schools

7th July 2021Bobirwa, Botswana, News

During the last week of June 2021, humanitarian Anton Poplett and his team of volunteers travelled some 4 500 km from Cape Town to Botswana’s Bobirwa Sub-district in the south-east of the country. Their mission: to conduct eye tests on approximately 2 300 children aged 9-14, and some adults, at CITW partner schools, and to dispense eyeglasses...

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Gishwati CITW Update – June 2021

6th July 2021News, Rwanda

Gisunzu Primary School in Rwanda has seen some huge improvements since they partnered with CITW and Wilderness Safaris. The newest project, just completed, focused on improving the school grounds. The vision was to transform what previously looked more like a construction site and barren land into a volleyball court, with proper drainage to avoid floods...

Jun

Tsholotsho Solar Light Distribution

30th June 2021News, Zimbabwe

Thanks to The Bourke Family Foundation, we have been able to distribute over 850 solar lights on a recent trip to Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe. As this was the first proper distribution we have been able to do since March 2020, we distributed lights to Grade 6 and Grade 7 students at 12 of the schools we...

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4x4OutFar | Bobirwa Eye Tests June 2021

30th June 2021Bobirwa, Botswana, News

Humanitarian Anton Poplett is on a week-long mission, conducting eye tests for the children of Botswana’s Bobirwa area. The results have been amazing and in two days his team has screened around 1 000 children aged 9 to 14! https://tulitrust.org/https://ladykhamatrust.org/https://4x4outfar.com/Heartfelt thanks to our generous donors for sponsoring this project, including Anton and his team, as...

Jun

Clean, fresh water on tap at Akayange!

28th June 2021News, Rwanda

June was a very special month for the Akayange community, as well as for Akayange Primary School, both situated just outside of Akagera National Park where Wilderness Safaris Magashi is located. Thanks to generous donations from guests of both Magashi and Wilderness Safaris Bisate Lodge at Volcanoes National Park, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) has...

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Borehole Maintenance and Repairs – Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe

15th June 2021News, Zimbabwe

With many grateful thanks to Suzanne Wright, we have been able to carry out maintenance and repairs on the boreholes whose installation we have facilitated in Tsholotsho, south of Hwange National Park, over the last few years. Maintenance and repairs are critical to ensuring that all the equipment associated with the solar boreholes is looked...

Jun

Solar Lighting Kits for CITW Zambezi Schools in Zimbabwe

8th June 2021News, Zimbabwe

Thanks to The Bourke Family Foundation and their generosity over the last two years, there are now seven schools in Zimbabwe that have solar lighting kits installed in a classroom, providing ceiling lights for after-hours work. While several of the schools are located on the national electricity grid and have access to electricity, schools have...

Jun

News from CITW at Bisate – May 2021

4th June 2021News, Rwanda

With generous donations from Wilderness Safaris Bisate guests, we have been able to support Bisate Primary School with a water purification tank. The purification tank treats the rainwater that is harvested at the school, and creates suitable drinking water for all the students and teachers! Under constructionInstalled! In May the Tuzamurane Tree Nursery Project, located...

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Judith’s Reading Room Award: Ziga Primary School

1st June 2021News, Zimbabwe

Very much delayed, but with much gratitude and excitement, we have finally been able to induct Ziga Primary School’s library as the 100th Judith’s Reading Room library! Due to school closures in Zimbabwe from March 2020 – March 2021 as a result of COVID-19, this much-anticipated unveiling had to wait until we were able to...

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