Botswana

Children in the Wilderness

Children in the Wilderness has been operating in Botswana since the inception of our programme in 2001. CITW Botswana runs eight Eco-Clubs in the north of the country around the Okavango Delta and Maun.

Thanks to the extraordinary funds raised by the annual Nedbank Tour de Tuli mountain bike event, which takes place in the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA), CITW is able to run our life-changing programme in villages in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe surrounding the GMTFCA. As such, we also have six Eco-Clubs in the Bobirwa sub-district which with we work.

Our newest addition to the CITW Botswana Family, is a ‘city school’ in Gaborone.

Read all about what’s happening on our programme in Botswana below, or sign up to receive our monthly newsletter.

Botswana

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8th April 2021
CITW Botswana – Conservation Science Camp for Rural Girls
CITW Botswana will be running a Conservation Science Camp for rural girls in Eretsha village from April 18 -23 2021. The camp, which is part of a one-year project funded by the US Embassy in Botswana, is intended to encourage and empower school-going girls in rural areas to develop their interest in environmental conservation, and...
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Josephine BesticBotswana, News
16th March 2021
Otto Thabang Jensen – From CITW Camper to CKGR Camp Manager
A graduate of the Children in the Wilderness eco-camp programme, Otto’s association with Wilderness Safaris began on the Jao Reserve, after being invited to attend a CITW annual camp at Jacana, where his mother was working as a Trainee Manager. But let’s start at the beginning… A “child of the Delta”, Otto was born in...
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Josephine BesticBotswana
15th March 2021
Bobirwa Cluster Eco-Camp 2017
In 2017 photographer Angelica Mills and CITW Bobirwa had the great good fortune to meet each other! Our Bobirwa Cluster annual camp at Mashatu was her first time volunteering as an Eco-Mentor, and here she shares a few wonderful memories from this watershed experience. “Your destiny is to fulfil those things upon which you focus...
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Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana
10th March 2021
Mashatu Memories – Changing Lives One Annual CITW Camp at a Time
Photographer and annual camp Eco-Mentor volunteer Angelica Mills shares some standout moments from the Bobirwa Cluster’s 2018 annual camp… “See the world through the eyes of your inner child. The eyes that sparkle in awe and amazement as they see love, magic and mystery in the most ordinary things”. – Henna Sohali
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Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana
26th January 2021
Life on a CITW Annual Camp
Photographer and CITW Eco-Mentor volunteer, Angelica Mills, describes a few of the amazing moments experienced on the Bobirwa Cluster’s 2019 annual camp held at Mashatu Game Reserve. The children often arrive feeling shy and unsure of what lies ahead but after the first song, lots of hugs and high-fives, they start to bounce with excitement...
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Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana
22nd January 2021
2021 Nedbank Tour De Tuli Registrations Open – and Filling Fast
We are thrilled to announce that registrations for the 2021 edition of the Nedbank Tour de Tuli are filling fast, since opening in late 2020. The Tour is a multi-day mountain bike ride, with riders experiencing unspoiled wilderness areas in the three African countries comprising the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA): South Africa, Zimbabwe...
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Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, South Africa, Zimbabwe
28th December 2020
Christmas Joy in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) COVID-Relief food drive is the hardest drive of all our Botswana outreaches – not in terms of the volume of food parcels that need to be delivered, but the sheer expanse of kilometres that need to be covered, and the extremely rough terrain to get to these remote villages....
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Josephine BesticBotswana
14th December 2020
School Book Donation to Motlhabaneng Primary School
Earlier this month a fantastic gift of 395 school books from Manase Construction was offered to the Tuli Conservation Trust (TCT) for direct donation to Motlhabaneng Primary School. On Friday morning, 11 December, CITW Bobirwa Progamme Co-ordinator Tanya McKenzie and the TCT’s Eloise Holton delivered the books to the primary school. Some of the books...
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Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana
28th October 2020
Wilderness Safaris Botswana Provides Third Round of COVID-Relief Hampers To Nine Communities
October 2020 – As many rural communities in Botswana continue to struggle with the economic effects of COVID-19, Wilderness Safaris, together with its non-profit partner Children in the Wilderness (CITW), distributed a third round of food parcels to vulnerable families within the Okavango Community Trust (OCT), as well as Habu and Sankoyo villages, and communities...
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Josephine BesticBotswana
16th September 2020
Wilderness Safaris Provides Further Food Relief in Botswana
In a continued drive to aid rural communities in Botswana, Wilderness Safaris donated additional consignments of essential supplies to Tsodilo Hills and the Okavango Community Trust villages at the end of August 2020. Thanks to generous support from past guests, friends, trade partners and Wilderness Safaris staff and Chairman’s Foundation, 1 820 food hampers have...
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Josephine BesticBotswana
15th September 2020
WWF’s First-Ever Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders List
The WWF is calling African youth to share their conservation success stories in order to inspire and tell the world how African youth are shifting from business as usual and are taking action to protect African ecosystems and the people who depend on them. From their website: As part of a commitment to strive toward...
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Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, Malawi, Namibia, News, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
7th September 2020
International Literacy Day – 8 September 2020
“The more that you read, the more things you’ll know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go” – Dr Seuss Reading corner at St Mary’s School, Zimbabwe Each year on September 8th we observe the UNESCO-initiated International Literacy Day, to raise awareness around the issues of adult and child literacy. Literacy workshop...
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Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, Malawi, Namibia, News, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
31st August 2020
Wilderness Safaris Heritage Day 2020
As one of the 4Cs of our business philosophy, we celebrate our Culture every day in our organisation. However, the last Friday of August marks our extra special annual celebration of Wilderness Safaris Heritage Day. While we were apart this year due to COVID-19, our regions went all out to showcase our beautiful cultures and...
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Josephine BesticBotswana, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
20th August 2020
#ThrowbackThursday: Meet our Campers
Botswana Programme Co-ordinator, Mo Lebekwe, reconnects with a 2019 camper. Name: Oaratwa Tlotlo “T-Gurl” Chilume Age: 12 years old Gender: Female Grade: Standard 6 at Tubu Primary School Home village: Mathangwane Country: Botswana, Northwest Region When and why did you join the Eco-Club in your school? I joined the club in 2016 when I was...
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Josephine BesticBotswana
17th August 2020
A meeting of chance: Impact that goes way far…
During Wilderness Safaris Botswana’s food hamper deliveries in Gudigwa, our colleague and former CITW Botswana Programme Co-ordinator, Lesh Moiteela, was surprised and delighted to run into one of the pupils who received a bicycle donated by The Mike’s Bikes Foundation in 2018. CITW Botswana and The Mike’s Bikes Foundation’s partnership dates way back to 2015....
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Josephine BesticBotswana

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