Zimbabwe

Children in the Wilderness

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) programmes in Zimbabwe and Zambia operate under one umbrella, known as CITW Zambezi Region, with programmes often running simultaneously or combined workshops being held.

CITW Zimbabwe has joined forces with Conservation Travel Africa. Volunteers can now join local teachers and get involved in a well-established literacy, environmental and life skills education programme in Zimbabwe.

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

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13th April 2021
Porridge Delivery for Zimbabwe Students
To Jabulani, Lesedi, St Mary’s, and Dinde we go, With two tonnes of Mighty Meal porridge in tow. Feeding almost 2 000 children for the next few weeks, Some of the pressure on parents is released. Designed to help students last through the day, A bowl of Mighty Meal each morning will keep hunger at...
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Sarah AdamsNews, Zimbabwe
7th April 2021
Lesedi Primary School Classroom Block
The new classroom block at Lesedi Primary School, near Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, is now complete thanks to the Grand Circle Foundation (GCF). The final materials for the completion of the building were delivered towards the end of 2020. Due to school holidays in December and then a further lockdown in January this year, work...
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Sarah AdamsNews, Zimbabwe
29th March 2021
Water for Lupinyu Village, Zimbabwe
With grateful thanks to Grand Circle Foundation (GCF), a solar borehole has just been completed in Lupinyu Village. Located approximately 20 kilometres from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, this additional water source for the community directly benefits over 320 people, by providing a source of water closer to where they live, and alleviating pressure on the...
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Sarah AdamsNews, Zimbabwe
25th March 2021
March – The Month of Giving Back to our Planet
March is an important time for our planet. Not only do we mark World Wildlife Day on 3 March, and Global Recycling Day on 18 March, we observe World Water Day on 22 March as well as Earth Hour on 27 March. This year’s World Wildlife Day focused on Forests and Livelihoods; Sustaining People and...
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Josephine BesticMalawi, News, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
23rd March 2021
World Water Day – Water for Zambezi Region
In recognition of World Water Day on 22 March 2021, we reflect on the value of water, the benefits that boreholes bring, and all that our incredible donors have contributed to water needs in rural Zambia and Zimbabwe. Water is life. We need it for numerous daily tasks, and for many, we can turn a...
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Josephine BesticZimbabwe
18th March 2021
RIP Wilderness Safaris Legend Ron Goatley – Sorely Missed, Never Forgotten
We are profoundly sad to share the news of a great loss to our Wilderness Safaris family. Ron Goatley, our Zimbabwe Managing Director, passed away on Sunday after a long, very brave battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with his wife, Sue – who you will know for her own tireless work with Children in...
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Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe
16th March 2021
Jabulani Goat Project
There’s a new kid on the block! Or rather, a new buck of a superior specimen who has just arrived, and forms the centre of a new goat project in Jabulani Village. After several challenges due to COVID-19 and the lockdown, the community group was finally established, and a two-year-old buck, since named Jack, was...
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Josephine BesticZimbabwe
9th March 2021
The Tshabolisa Community Development Project, Zimbabwe
Exciting things are happening in the Plumtree region, located to the south-east of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. Thanks to generous funding from Edward Allen Bell, ‘The Tshabolisa Project’ is coming along in leaps and bounds. This area has been extremely marginalised over the years, and human-wildlife conflict and overgrazing have had devastating effects on the...
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Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe
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
13th January 2021
2020 Zambezi Food Programme Roundup
Thanks to many generous donors during 2020, Children in the Wilderness Zambezi has been able to distribute 2 706 food packs to those most in need. This equates to 108 tonnes of food, and has impacted approximately 13 530 people over the year, providing them with much-needed food relief at a time when so many...
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Josephine BesticZimbabwe
18th December 2020
Jabulani Village Hygiene Kit Distribution
Sixty-eight Days for Girls hygiene kits were distributed to the Jabulani community, just outside of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This was the second distribution from recent donations from the Stanwood Camano Island Chapter Group in the USA, and Brooke Shaw in Australia. For this distribution, we chose to give the kits to women of the Jabulani...
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Josephine BesticZimbabwe
17th December 2020
Lesedi Primary School Volunteers’ Food for Work
Six motivated volunteers at Lesedi Primary School, near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, have each received a food pack as part of the Food for Work programme. The six volunteers have been working hard since the reopening of schools, and help to ensure that daily tasks are carried out without disruption to the school day. Tasks include...
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Josephine BesticZimbabwe
10th November 2020
St Mary’s Papermaking Group Makes a Start
We are happy to announce that the St Mary’s papermaking project has officially begun, thanks to funding from Grand Circle Foundation (GCF). The group of eight women began their training at the beginning of November, and have taken to it with much motivation and excitement. Due to COVID-19, this project was delayed as travel was...
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Sarah AdamsZimbabwe
16th October 2020
St Mary’s Primary School Hygiene Kit Distribution, Zimbabwe
Seventy-one Days for Girls hygiene kits were distributed at St Mary’s Primary School in Hwange, Zimbabwe yesterday. Thanks to a generous donation from the Stanwood Camano Island Chapter group, the kits were purchased a few weeks ago from the local Days for Girls Enterprise in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. As these are reusable menstruation products, they...
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Sarah AdamsZimbabwe
8th October 2020
Zambezi COVID-Relief Food Programme – A Heartfelt Thank You
We in the Zambezi Region would like to thank our generous donors and sponsors – our amazing Conservation Heroes – who are making such a difference by providing the crucial funding needed to help meet basic food needs. Over the last few months, we have been able to distribute over 1 100 food packs, the...
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Sarah AdamsZimbabwe

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