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Aug

CITW Zambezi Community Update August 2022

19th August 2022Sue GoatleyZimbabwe

It’s been a busy time for our Victoria Falls-based CITW Zambezi team. Sue Goatley, Programme Co-ordinator and Community Development Officer for the region, gives us an overview of their current Zimbabwean projects. INCOME-GENERATING GROUPS Baskets In a bid to establish a project in rural areas that would make a difference, CITW decided to utilise soft...

Aug

CITW and Wilderness Rwanda Community & School Update – August 2022

17th August 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

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...

Aug

Winter Warmth for De Riet Children

10th August 2022Agnes KeriiNamibia

Wilderness Damaraland Camp has been a model for community-based conservation initiatives since 1996 – an award-winning partnership between Wilderness Namibia and the neighbouring Torra Conservancy. Here, guests can visit De Riet village, and meet the residents – our partners – many of whom are staff members and other service providers for the camp. A few...

Jul

More Moments of the Joy at the Nedbank Tour de Tuli Riders’ Lentswe-le-Moriti Village Stopover

29th July 2022Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Here are some beautiful images, and a note of thanks to CITW Bobirwa’s Tanya McKenzie (also a multiple-repeat rider in the Nedbank Tour de Tuli), from Mr Monakwane, Headmaster of Lentswe-le-Moriti Primary School, after the cyclists handed over backpacks filled with supplies for the children. Two riders from Group 9, Jeremy Powell and Pete Dowling,...

Jul

Foundations for Farming Training in Zambia

28th July 2022Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Following the success of the first Foundations for Farming workshop in Zimbabwe, CITW Zambezi rolled out the programme to five of our Zambian partner schools and their surrounding communities. The week was packed with successful workshops in each of the school gardens, with some 327 people attending the farming training. These people included teachers, Eco-Mentors,...

Jul

Wilderness Rwanda Celebrates the Official Inauguration of the Kinigi Sector Office

20th July 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

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...

Jul

CITW Botswana – Let Love Lead Fundraising Initiative

11th July 2022Josephine BesticBotswana

In November last year, the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Botswana team and Tlamelo Bothma, Okavango Wilderness Safaris’ (OWS) Office Manager, came up with ideas to encourage OWS staff to give back to CITW. The team decided to rent spaces to staff in the Maun office complex for BWP50 per person, to sell any household...

Jul

Mutuelle for Kinigi Sector

4th July 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

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....

Jun

CITW Zambezi’s Snare Wire Jewellery Project

7th June 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

Poaching is one of the most significant challenges faced in most of Zimbabwe’s wildlife areas, and due to this, copious amounts of snare wire are collected on anti-poaching patrols daily. Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Zambezi saw a fantastic opportunity for aiding anti-poaching efforts, and enabling and empowering some of the local men and women...

Jun

Foundations for Farming – Tsholotsho Training

3rd June 2022Josephine BesticZimbabwe

May was marked with a hive of activities in the school gardens at eight of our CITW Zambezi Tsholotsho partner schools, namely, Ngamo, Ziga, Mtshayeli, Mlevu, Kapane and Jakalasi primary schools. Ngamo and Kapane secondaries also had the opportunity to participate in exciting training organised by the Foundations for Farming team. The training took place...

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