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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9th March 2023
Wilderness Rwanda Supports Community Housing Project at Volcanoes National Park
Wilderness Sabyinyo, in partnership with the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association (SACOLA), celebrated the official handover of 26 brand new homes to community members living around Volcanoes National Park on 24 February 2023. “While the initiative was led by SACOLA, we are proud to have provided the revenue for the construction of the homes and new...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
21st November 2022
CITW Rwanda Scholarships, Eco-Clubs and YES Clubs Update
Rwanda’s new school year started in October 2022, heralding a very exciting time for the six schools that Wilderness Rwanda’s non-profit, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), partners within the company’s three areas of operation. In addition to the current 110 scholarships, 30 new CITW scholarships have been awarded! This means a total of 140 students...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
8th November 2022
57 Goats Donated to Akayange Families
Fifty-seven Akayange families have each received a goat – and will give their first baby goats to the next 57 families… and the next… and the next… Thursday the 4th of November was an exciting day for the Akayange community. Andrea Bolte, one of our most loyal Children in the Wilderness (CITW) donors in Rwanda...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
24th October 2022
140 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CITW RWANDA SCHOOL YEAR 2022-2023
Rwanda’s new school year started in October 2022, heralding a very exciting time for the six schools that Wilderness Rwanda’s non-profit, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), partners with in the company’s three areas of operation. In addition to the current 110 scholarships, 30 new CITW scholarships have been awarded! This means a total of 140...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
3rd October 2022
10 Cows Donated to SACOLA Villagers
Charlotte Adams is a Sabyinyo guest who visited a SACOLA (Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) community near Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park some years ago. Her experience was so affecting she immediately pledged her support for SACOLA, and has subsequently donated a total of 38 cows to carefully selected villagers over the years. On 26 September 2022,...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
12th September 2022
Sabyinyo Guest Donates Cow to Village Family
Lucy Robbins was a recent Sabyinyo guest who was particularly moved by her visit with a family in a neighbouring SACOLA (Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) village in the Volcanoes National Park area of Rwanda. So much so that on Friday 9 September she arranged for Nyiranziza Lenia and Mbitezimana Emmanuel, and their six children, to...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
17th August 2022
CITW and Wilderness Rwanda Community & School Update – August 2022
Thanks to generous donations from guests of Wilderness Bisate and Wilderness Magashi, the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) and Wilderness Rwanda teams were able to complete four projects this month, directly benefiting the villages and schools in the Bisate and Gishwati areas. As usual in Rwanda, the projects were selected and managed by the Community...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
2nd August 2022
CITW Rwanda Facilitates Conservation Camps for 80 Primary School Children
Eighty young learners from four schools in Rwanda’s Kinigi area were hosted on two tremendously successful Conservation Camps last week. From Monday 25 through Saturday 30 July 2022, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda, in partnership with Conservation Heritage-Turambe, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and Muhisimbi Youth in Conservation, ran the workshops. © Conservation...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
22nd July 2022
CITW Rwanda – Conservation Camp 2022
We are thrilled to advise that from Monday 25 July through Saturday 30 July. Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda will be running a conservation camp for a total of 80 P6 students. The children are all members of the Environmental Clubs at four schools in the Kinigi area: Bisate, Kabara, Rushubi and Kabwende primary...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
20th July 2022
Wilderness Rwanda Celebrates the Official Inauguration of the Kinigi Sector Office
The Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association (SACOLA) is a community-based non-profit located in Kinigi, in Rwanda’s famous Musanze District, near Volcanoes National Park. SACOLA was formed in 2004 by communities living in this area in northern Rwanda. The association is primarily geared to the conservation and support of the Park and surrounding population, initiating development activities...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
11th July 2022
CITW Rwanda Scholarship Update
The Rwandan school year closes in July, with the new year’s first term scheduled to start in September. For the 110 secondary school students in Rwanda who are sponsored with a Children in the Wilderness scholarship covering their school fees, uniforms and lesson materials for the duration of their six years of schooling, this means...
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
4th July 2022
Mutuelle for Kinigi Sector
In Rwanda ‘Mutuelle’ refers to Mutuelle de Santé, a community-based health insurance. It is a medical scheme especially developed to cover medical costs for poor families and vulnerable groups. A premium is paid once a year in June to ensure medical health care for people who are not covered via an employer or private scheme....
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Ingrid BaasRwanda
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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