Community Archives | Children In The Wilderness

Aug

CITW Zambezi Facilitates Vital Infrastructure Upgrades at St Mary’s Primary School

12th August 2026Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

Connecting St Mary’s to the world Learning at St Mary’s Primary School outside Victoria Falls has taken on a new dimension, thanks to the continued support of the Grand Circle Foundation (GCF). Their recent donation of USD1,800 has covered 15 months of Starlink Internet connectivity, keeping the school connected to the world. The Starlink equipment...

Aug

Gudigwa & Gunotsoga Primary Schools – Growing Healthy Young Minds

11th August 2026Kelly BaitshokiBotswana

CITW Botswana’s Kelly Baitshoki reports from two of our partner schools in the eastern Okavango Delta… The third term of the Botswana academic year commenced on 4August 2026, and Gudigwa and Gunotsoga primary school Eco-Clubs have proudly shared their impressive harvests and progress from their vegetable gardens. These rewarding gardens continue to demonstrate the value...

Aug

A Meal Makes all the Difference in Rural Zimbabwean Schools

10th August 2026Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

In rural Zimbabwe, a meal at school is never guaranteed. Food insecurity in the surrounding community means many parents simply cannot send their children to school with food on a daily basis, and hunger makes it that much harder for a child to concentrate, take part in class, or even stay in school at all....

Aug

Teaching the Teachers – North Carolina Educators visit CITW partner schools in Zambia

3rd August 2026Josephine BesticZambia

Sixty American teachers from North Carolina recently enjoyed a cultural exchange and learning opportunity at four Children in the Wilderness (CITW) partner schools in Livingstone, Zambia. Hosted by Assistant Impact Manager, Cynthia Ndiweni, the teachers arrived in two groups, with the first group made up of 28 teachers and the second group consisting of 32...

Jul

CITW Zambezi – Cooking up Change at Chidobe Primary School

30th July 2026Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

For as long as anyone at Chidobe Primary School can remember, the kitchen looked much the same as it did when it was first built back in 1990. Meals were cooked over open wood fires by a single volunteer community member, and how often those meals happened depended entirely on what food was in stock....

Jul

Growing a Greener Future: CITW Celebrates World Conservation Day in Rwanda

28th July 2026Aline UmutoniRwanda

What better way to celebrate World Conservation Day than by getting young people outdoors, connecting with nature, and planting the seeds of a greener future? Jean Damascene Nkuriragenda, Wilderness Rwanda Community & CITW Assistant organised an avocado tree planting activity, and despite schools being closed for the holidays, 85 Children in the Wilderness (CITW) students...

Jul

CITW Zambezi Celebrates World Conservation Day 2026

28th July 2026Courtney PritchardZambia, Zimbabwe

One lesson, six joyful stories as all 47 of our Eco-Clubs across Zimbabwe and Zambia celebrated the nature they love… Every year on 28 July, the world sets aside a day to think about nature and what it takes to keep it healthy. For our Eco-Clubs, that thinking never really stops, and this year all...

Jul

Sabyinyo SACOLA Community Impact Newsletter – July 2026

15th July 2026Josephine BesticRwanda

Written by Leonard Harerimana – SACOLA & Sabyinyo Communications Officer, Wilderness RwandaSACOLA Hands Over 12 Homes to Vulnerable FamiliesThe power of partnership was celebrated this July as SACOLA (Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association), a long-standing community partner of Wilderness Sabyinyo, officially handed over six each brand-new homes to vulnerable families in the Kinigi and Nyange sectors...

Jun

School uniform donation for the children of DeRiet Primary School

25th June 2026Veroo KauraNamibia

Children in the Wilderness Namibia (CITW), in collaboration with Medora Regan, a Wilderness guest, was delighted to recently hand over full school uniforms to the learners of DeRiet Primary School near Wilderness Damaraland Camp in the Kunene Region of Namibia. The aim of the donation was to support vulnerable learners by ensuring they have the...

Jun

Lupinyu Primary & Secondary Schools – From Lessons in the Shade to Inside Four Walls

17th June 2026Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

CITW Zambezi’s Cynthia Ndiweni proudly reports on one of the most meaningful projects we have been part of this year. Just outside Victoria Falls, opposite the airport, sits a community that had long gone without a local functioning school. For families here, the nearest option was 10 kilometres away, one way, a distance that kept...

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