Rwanda

Children in the Wilderness

In line with Wilderness Safaris’ 4Cs sustainability ethos (Commerce, Conservation, Community and Culture), Children in the Wilderness (CITW) has been launched in three communities in Rwanda as Wilderness Safaris’ operations have expanded across the country. Rwanda is our newest addition to the CITW Family, and is growing in leaps and bounds.

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16th May 2022
First-ever Consignment of Mother Bears for Rwanda!
We would like to thank Mother Bear Project founder Amy Berman, and all the knitters and crocheters, for sending a much-appreciated shipment of their amazing and cute bears to Rwanda. We are very proud that these are the first Mother Bears to reach Rwanda, after some 184 000 bears have been sent to Africa over the...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
20th April 2022
CITW Rwanda Eco-Mentor Training in Kigali
To celebrate, motivate and empower the amazing Eco-Mentors at Children in the Wilderness’ (CITW) six partner schools in Rwanda, a special get-together and workshop was organised for the programme’s 18 teachers and school leaders. On Friday 15 April, the teachers travelled from their respective areas (as long as six hours by bus) to Kigali. The...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
28th March 2022
A New T-Shirt for Every CITW Member in Rwanda
How many little rays of sunshine do you see! In March 2022 the CITW Rwanda team distributed t-shirts to all 184 students at our partner school Eco-Clubs, i.e. Bisate, Gisunzu and Akayange primary schools. Bisate Primary SchoolGisunzu Primary SchoolAkayange Primary School In addition to these children, the 110 students who are supported with a CITW...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
31st January 2022
CITW Supports Feeding Programme at Bisate Primary School
Since the start of the school year in October 2021, Bisate Primary School has been providing meals to all of the 1 500 learners enrolled at the school. An initiative from the Rwandan government to motivate learners to attend school and not skip any school days, the feeding programme has proved to be a big...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
24th January 2022
Update from CITW at Gishwati Forest – January 2022
On this UNESCO International Day of Education, we couldn’t be more excited to share CITW Rwanda’s latest successes at Gisunzu Primary School, situated in the community neighbouring Gishwati-Mukura National Park in the north-west of the country. We are humbled by the generosity of Wilderness Safaris Bisate and Magashi guests, whose kind donations made these improvements...
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Ingrid BaasNews, Rwanda
21st December 2021
School Supplies for Rwanda Scholarship Recipients
CITW Rwanda is proud to have facilitated 110 scholarships for learners at Bisate Secondary School, Rwabirharamba Secondary School outside Akagera National Park and Kinihira Secondary School close to Gishwati Forest, effective from the beginning of the current school year. Aline with the children at Rwabirharamba Secondary School The funding was provided by Wilderness Safaris Bisate...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
7th December 2021
20 Years of Inspiring Positive Action
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Josephine Bestic20th Anniversary, Bobirwa, GMTFCA, Malawi, Namibia, News, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
6th December 2021
Akayange Goat Project
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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Ingrid BaasNews, Rwanda
1st December 2021
CITW’S 20/20 VISION: 20 HIGHLIGHTS FROM 20 YEARS
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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Josephine Bestic20th Anniversary, Bobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, Malawi, Namibia, News, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
29th November 2021
232 Desks Donated to Bisate Primary School
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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Ingrid BaasRwanda
25th November 2021
Observations of a former Programme Manager
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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Josephine Bestic20th Anniversary, Bobirwa, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
15th November 2021
Chicken-Egg Farming Project Launched in Bisate Village
Thanks to a generous donation of USD2 400 from Bisate guests, CITW Rwanda has been able to support the Brave Youth Forever Group, which operates in Bisate village. The group comprises young volunteers who are active in the area. The funds will be used to support a chicken project, which includes 200 chickens, all materials...
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Ingrid BaasNews, Rwanda
2nd November 2021
CITW Rwanda Starts the 2021-22 School Year on a High Note
The 11th of October 2021 was the start of the new school year in Rwanda, an exciting time for the six partner schools that Wilderness Safaris’ non-profit Children in the Wilderness (CITW) works with, in the company’s three areas of operation in Rwanda. At the start of this new school year, CITW awarded an additional...
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Ingrid BaasNews, Rwanda
13th August 2021
CITW Rwanda’s Latest Impact Initiative in the Kinigi Sector
Wilderness Safaris and its non-profit partner, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), have launched a new impact project in Rwanda, which will see each household in Bisate Lodge’s neighbouring Kinigi Sector – comprising some 23 000 residents – receive avocado saplings and large-scale agricultural support, to ensure that each family has fresh, nutritious avocados to supplement their...
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Ingrid BaasNews, Rwanda
8th July 2021
BISATE CITW & COMMUNITY UPDATE JUNE 2021
In June 2021 Wilderness Safaris and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda were able to complete specific projects, and implement a number of others. With donations from our amazing guests and the Chairman’s Foundation, we have been able to improve the lives of many people in the communities in the vicinity of Magashi Camp at...
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Ingrid BaasNews, Rwanda

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