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 addition to the Shokomokwa borehole that was drilled in October 2022, Wilderness Botswana has installed a further six boreholes at five villages around its areas of operation in the north-west of the country. The borehole at Eretsha “Our borehole project is progressing very well, and the six new boreholes were successfully drilled and all...Read More

On the 3rd of March 2023, Gudigwa Primary School embarked on a litter cleaning campaign to which they invited Children in the Wilderness representatives, a social worker from the village, and the Chief of the Village, Kgosi Divere Ndando. The purpose of the activity was to raise awareness for both learners and the general public...Read More

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...Read More

The CITW Zambezi team is thrilled to announce our recent partnership with Mummy’s Angels Zimbabwe. Mummy’s Angels is a registered trust based in Victoria Falls, created to provide assistance for expectant and new mothers who have nothing to welcome their babies into the world with. Over the past few years, this organisation, made up of...Read More

CITW Namibia’s Agnes Tjirare reports on an innovative poultry project she has facilitated in the Marienfluss Conservancy, funded by P E Minerals (Pty) Ltd. The project has both broiler and laying chickens, and the community members plan to sell their produce to the nearby lodges and self-drive visitors, to generate revenue for their school feeding...Read More

February 2023 – In the ongoing battle to help protect Africa’s rapidly decreasing rhino population, Wilderness has pledged its support to Save the Rhino Trust’s (SRT) Community Rhino Ranger (CRR) Incentive Programme in Namibia’s Nyae Nyae Conservancy. With the funds directly supporting the community rangers, Wilderness hopes to not only assist the rangers in their...Read More

As the ploughing season gains momentum in most parts of the country, Wilderness Botswana and non-profit Children in the Wilderness (CITW) were in the Okavango Delta in early December donating seeds to farmers in the Okavango Community Trust (OCT) villages of Seronga, Gunotsoga, Eretsha, Beetsha and Gudigwa. This year, the safari operator, which has assisted...Read More

At the beginning of this week, the CITW Zambezi team was able to carry out a large reusable sanitary pack distribution to approximately 100 young girls from Grades 5 through 7 at Mizpah Primary School just outside of Victoria Falls. The packs were made by a local group of ladies who work under the banner...Read More

CITW Zambezi is thrilled to announce that the Jabulani Community Literacy Centre has officially opened. With the help of the surrounding community members, CITW was given the opportunity to renovate and refurbish an abandoned preschool in the heart of Jabulani village, and turn it into a literacy centre for the entire community. Zimbabwe used to...Read More