On Wednesday, 8 November 2023, CITW Namibia ventured into an exciting new partnership with Michelle McLean Primary School, for its first ever urban Eco-Club in Namibia. The aim is not only to facilitate sustainable conservation through leadership development and education of children in Windhoek, but also to grow the programme and ensure that each Wilderness...Read More

Pack for a Purpose (PfaP) encourages travellers to make a difference by bringing essential supplies for the communities they are visiting. These meaningful contributions go a very long way in helping rural communities worldwide, including many in Namibia. Wilderness’ PfaP guests jump on board right away, extending their generosity and assisting Children in the Wilderness...Read More

22 September is a special annual day dedicated to raising awareness about the threats the rhinoceros population faces and how the world can come together and protect these endangered species. Rhinos are more than just their horns. In Namibia, the work of Wilderness’ Impact pillars – Education, Empowerment and Protection – is channelled through Children...Read More

We celebrate World Lion Day on 10 August every year in order to shed light on the declining lion populations of the world. This wild big cat is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. Namibia is home to a small, unique desert-adapted lion population...Read More

Rangers are the backbone of conservation in Namibia, as they are on the frontline of protecting and safeguarding our wildlife, and national parks and landscapes. 31 July 2023 is dedicated to rangers worldwide. Namibian rangers contribute to the country’s conservation successes, which include among others, the remarkable recovery of wildlife numbers across the country, in...Read More

Driven by Wilderness Namibia Impact Manager, Agnes Tjirare, the Community Engagement team implemented funded community gardens following the pandemic’s food insecurity and loss of jobs in the ultra-remote north-west of the country. Communities have now been producing their own food sustainably for the past three years, from these amazing (thriving!) vegetable gardens, from Sesfontein all...Read More

A pair of shoes is one of the most basic, but important human needs – protecting our feet against the adversities of the environment. All around the world, a pair of shoes is required as a part of a school uniform, but due to poverty millions of children go barefoot. After seeing children attend school...Read More

Now in its ninth year, the 2023 Ride for Rhinos was a resounding success. Johan Fourie, Wilderness Namibia Land and Natural Resources Manager reports. Wilderness and RMB this year were the co-title sponsors of the event, while Venture Media, as the organisers, and Cymot, as the cycling support, ran two back-to-back tours  (24 – 28...Read More

Wilderness Damaraland Camp has been a model for community-based conservation initiatives since 1996 – an award-winning partnership between Wilderness Namibia and the neighbouring Torra Conservancy. Here, guests can visit De Riet village, and meet the residents – our partners – many of whom are staff members and other service providers for the camp. De Riet...Read More

Children in the Wilderness’ ongoing mission to support Wilderness Serra Cafema’s neighbours in the remote Marienfluss Conservancy in north-western Namibia was given a welcome boost recently. Community members of Ondao village received a generous donation of blankets from a guest staying at Serra Cafema. Winter is a beautiful season in Namibia, but a hardship for...Read More

CITW Namibia is immensely proud of one of our very own scholarship students, 23-year-old Melissa Ndapunikwa Nghisheefa, who was born in Windhoek and raised in the northern part of Namibia, 30 km outside of Oshakati, in a village called Omungwelume. Melissa joined the programme in 2013 as a Grade 7 learner at Okaukuejo Combined School,...Read More

A wonderfully generous German company has donated medical equipment worth EUR120,000 to CITW Namibia, for the Marienfluss Clinic, as well as a number of other clinics around the country. From the medical equipment, CITW was able to provide Rio Shalom Hoëb, a 3-year-old boy from Bergsig in the Torra Conservancy, with a wheelchair. The Torra...Read More

In late 2022, Wilderness guests Beth and Terry Marbach journeyed to Namibia, bringing with them a whopping 70 pounds (some 32 kg) of back-to-school supplies. Namibia Impact Manager Agnes Tjirare handed over the wonderful donation to the teachers at Jacob Basson Combined School in Bergsig in the second week of February. What a difference these...Read More

Wilderness, along with Venture Media and our main sponsors RMB, hosted the 2022 Ride for Rhinos in the Damaraland area from 22-26 June 2022. Now in its eighth year, it proved to be a wonderful success. In epic style, we went back to basics after the luxury of staying in lodges for the last two...Read More

Our high school scholarship students at Elias Amxab Combined School were excited to receive their annual supplies last week! This year’s supplies include additional bedding and toiletries, thanks to a small surplus available from the Covid-19 community relief fund. The children are looking forward to the academic year, and are ready to work hard and...Read More