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

NEWS

17th September 2019
Mabolwe Eco-Club Cleans Up Their Community
Mabolwe Primary School Eco-Club cleaned up their community – well done! You are shining examples to your community.
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, News
17th September 2019
Birds of a feather
Our Eco-Club in Gobojango, Bobirwa (Botswana) conducted our Eco-Club lesson ‘Birds of a Feather’. They made use of bird books which were donated to their school, and even built their own birdbath! Well done Gobojango!
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, News
17th September 2019
Arbour Day Celebrations at Mathathane Primary School, Bobirwa
Our Eco-Club in Mathathane Primary School in Bobirwa celebrated Arbour Day earlier this month. A few of our children wrote this poem about trees: Our poem Poem of a tree I tree I am shining like a diamond in the skyI provide many things for you but you still destroy meI am the one who...
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, News
17th September 2019
Mathathane Eco-Club Vegetable Garden Produce
Have a look at Mothlabaneng Primary School’s Eco-Club vegetable garden produce! Beautiful, healthy vegetables, and such happy, smiley faces!
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, News
10th September 2019
Abu soothes the soul
Meet Priyanka Handa Ram. You may have seen Priyanka building Tippy Taps last week on CITW social media with Fern Brasem, our CITW Programme Coordinator in Gaborone, Botswana. Priyanka does some amazing work herself in communities through a programme called Learn to Play/Ithute Go Tshameka. She recently visited Abu Camp with Wilderness Safaris and wrote...
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Lisa WitherdenBotswana, News
9th September 2019
From London to the Limpopo
Written by Nick Galpine Photographs provided by Blessing Danha What do you do when personal tragedy strikes and everything you thought was certain in life, suddenly seems much less so? How do you rebuild and learn to make the most of every moment? If you’re Blessing Danha, an infrastructure consultant from Camden, you get yourself back...
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, News, South Africa, Zimbabwe
3rd September 2019
CITW Bobirwa Eco-Clubs – A Lesson on Producers and Consumers
How sweet are these trophic levels – meet our Children in the Wilderness Producers and Consumers! A lesson on trophic levels (essentially food chains and webs) at Semolale Primary School saw our learners take on roles from the ecosystem.
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA
3rd September 2019
CITW Bobirwa Eco-Clubs Celebrate World Elephant Day
Our wonderful Eco-Mentors in the Bobirwa Region, Botswana, were sure to celebrate World Elephant Day in their Eco-Clubs this August. Here are a few snaps of the children in action:
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, News
27th August 2019
Tortoises, Turtles and Terrapins
Our Eco-Club at Gobojango Primary School in Bobirwa Botswana, had a lesson on tortoises, turtles and terrapins (and tongue twisters!). Our wonderful Eco-Mentor took the initiative and had the students make their own creatures out of clay 🙂
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Lisa WitherdenBotswana, News
27th August 2019
Uniform Donation in Loving Memory of the Late Geoffrey Aupiti
Written by Gaba Modirapula – CITW Botswana Programme Assistant Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Botswana would like to thank Ms Vee Romero, a Wilderness Safaris guest, for the donation of school uniforms to 24 Eco-Club children. This donation was made in loving memory of the late Geoffrey Aupiti, a CITW Eco-Mentor who sadly passed away...
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Lisa WitherdenBotswana, News
21st August 2019
Children in the Wilderness Marks Another Successful Nedbank Tour de Tuli
As the organiser and beneficiary of the annual Nedbank Tour de Tuli, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is marking the successful completion of its 15th mountain bike fundraising event. The 2019 edition marked the 12th consecutive year that riders have had the opportunity to experience the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area. By way of ringing...
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Lisa WitherdenBotswana, GMTFCA, South Africa, Zimbabwe
16th August 2019
Children in the Wilderness Features in Echo Newspaper, Botswana
Children in the Wilderness featured in Botswana’s Echo Newspaper earlier this week, with an article written by Bokani King. Bokani popped into Lentswe-Le-Moriti during the Nedbank Tour de Tuli in July, when our cyclists were riding through and interacting with our children. Bokani interviewed Isabel Wolf-Gillespie, our CITW Eco-Club Coordinator in the Bobirwa Region, as...
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, News
16th August 2019
Semolale Primary School Identify Animal Tracks
Semolale Primary School in Bobirwa Region, Botswana, had a little bit of fun earlier this week. Our clever Eco-Mentors planted a few animal tracks around the school and had the children identify the animals who would have left them 🙂 All in an effort to help the children be aware of the animals they might...
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, News
16th August 2019
Draw What You Saw Colouring-In Books A Hit – Bobirwa, Botswana
We have constant, special reminders of Wilderness Safaris stalwart, and Children in the Wilderness chairman (and greatest supporter), Russel Friedman, who sadly passed away in February 2018. Russel was instrumental in the implementation of our programme, both the day-to-day ins and outs, and the big picture of how to achieve our goals. His passion, drive and...
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, News
12th August 2019
World Lion Day – Bobirwa
Our children in Lentswe-Le-Moriti Primary School celebrated World Lion Day last week in a very creative way. Using their ‘Draw What You Saw’ colouring-in books, they drew themselves lion masks which they cut out and paraded around the school ground. Well done, Lentswe!
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Lisa WitherdenBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, News