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Oct

Wilderness Safaris Zimbabwe Wins Environmental Stewardship and Social Impact Award

29th October 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Recognising the plight of Wilderness Safaris communities in Zimbabwe after the devastating loss of tourism income from COVID lockdowns, in 2020 Children in the Wilderness and Wilderness Safaris Zambezi quickly set up a regional Conservation Heroes relief programme to assist their neighbours with food and other essential supplies. Their latest outreach was conducted in September...

Oct

CITW Malawi – Unite to Light Students’ Solar Light Project 2021

5th October 2021Josephine BesticMalawi

Unite to Light (UTL), a California non-profit corporation, in collaboration with Children in the Wilderness Malawi (CITW), has embarked on a project to source (UTL) and distribute (CITW) solar lights to needy students in some rural areas of Malawi which are off the national power grid. A learner from Mgodi Primary with the school’s consignment...

Oct

Community News from Namibia – September 2021

1st October 2021Josephine BesticNamibia

“There have been some wonderful developments in terms of our community involvement, and it’s such a pleasure to update you on some of the projects we’ve been busy with”, reports Agnes Tjirare CITW, Culture and Stakeholder Officer, with Clement Lawrence, Namibia Sales & Marketing Manager. Marienfluss Clinic Medical Supplies The project is quickly nearing completion,...

Sep

Bobirwa Children Receive Eyeglasses

29th September 2021Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana

Thanks to generous sponsorship, in late June 2021, humanitarian Anton Poplett and his team of volunteers were able to conduct eye tests on 2 300 children and some adults at CITW partner schools in Botswana’s Bobirwa Sub-district. Anton also brought 550 pairs of eyeglasses on his trip, most of which were dispensed to those who...

Aug

CITW Rwanda’s Latest Impact Initiative in the Kinigi Sector

13th August 2021Josephine BesticNews, Rwanda

Wilderness Safaris and its non-profit partner, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), have launched a new impact project in Rwanda, which will see each household in Bisate Lodge’s neighbouring Kinigi Sector – comprising some 23 000 residents – receive avocado saplings and large-scale agricultural support, to ensure that each family has fresh, nutritious avocados to supplement their...

Aug

CITW Zambezi – Choosing Impactful Food Suppliers

5th August 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Thanks to the many generous donors who have contributed funds towards our food programme over the last 12 months, we have been able to distribute 4 578 food packs, totalling approximately 183 tonnes of food. We have used several suppliers over this time, one of which has been Zapalala. Zapalala was started by Lloyd and...

Jul

Eye-Tests for Children at Botswana’s Bobirwa CITW Schools

7th July 2021Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, News

During the last week of June 2021, humanitarian Anton Poplett and his team of volunteers travelled some 4 500 km from Cape Town to Botswana’s Bobirwa Sub-district in the south-east of the country. Their mission: to conduct eye tests on approximately 2 300 children aged 9-14, and some adults, at CITW partner schools, and to dispense eyeglasses...

Jul

Gishwati CITW Update – June 2021

6th July 2021Josephine BesticNews, Rwanda

Gisunzu Primary School in Rwanda has seen some huge improvements since they partnered with CITW and Wilderness Safaris. The newest project, just completed, focused on improving the school grounds. The vision was to transform what previously looked more like a construction site and barren land into a volleyball court, with proper drainage to avoid floods...

Jun

4x4OutFar | Bobirwa Eye Tests June 2021

30th June 2021Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, News

Humanitarian Anton Poplett is on a week-long mission, conducting eye tests for the children of Botswana’s Bobirwa area. The results have been amazing and in two days his team has screened around 1 000 children aged 9 to 14! https://tulitrust.org/https://ladykhamatrust.org/https://4x4outfar.com/Heartfelt thanks to our generous donors for sponsoring this project, including Anton and his team, as...

Jun

Clean, fresh water on tap at Akayange!

28th June 2021Josephine BesticNews, Rwanda

June was a very special month for the Akayange community, as well as for Akayange Primary School, both situated just outside of Akagera National Park where Wilderness Safaris Magashi is located. Thanks to generous donations from guests of both Magashi and Wilderness Safaris Bisate Lodge at Volcanoes National Park, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) has...

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