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May

A Reminder of the Strength in Togetherness…

14th May 2020Josephine BesticNamibia, News, South Africa

“While exploring my garden in Johannesburg, South Africa, I discovered this exquisite little creature, the caterpillar of a death’s-head hawkmoth”, writes Programme Trainer, Kirsty van der Want. Immediately I felt an excitement starting to brew up inside me, as my last encounter with a hawkmoth caterpillar (although a separate species) was during a CITW Eco-Mentor...

May

COVID-19 – A Grade 7’s Insight into Being at Home in Zimbabwe

13th May 2020Josephine BesticZimbabwe

One of our Eco-Club members from the Zambezi Region, Nicky, recently wrote this delightful piece about life during COVID-19, giving us quite the insight into life at home. We were sent home early, scurrying like rats at the sight of a cat. We missed our second term exams, and I was not happy because I...

Apr

Supporting Botswana Community Partners During COVID-19 Lockdown

30th April 2020Josephine BesticBotswana, News

Further to their core commitment to driving community empowerment in Botswana, Wilderness Safaris and Wilderness Air have donated essential supplies worth P33 000 to its long-term Vumbura Concession partners, the Okavango Community Trust (OCT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. Wilderness Safaris also donated food hampers and hand sanitisers worth P27 000 to 80...

Apr

Food hampers donated to Botswana’s Sankoyo community

28th April 2020Josephine BesticBotswana

Wilderness Safaris Botswana has donated food hampers and hand sanitisers worth P27 000 to the Sankoyo community, based in the Santawani Concession in the south-eastern Okavango Delta. Like many communities, the Sankoyo have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to village elder Kgosi Gokgathang Moalosi reaching out for help. With assistance from...

Apr

Through a Pandemic – A Poem by Brenda Finaughty

22nd April 2020Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Brenda Finaughty is our CITW Zambezi Environmental Education Coordinator. She is a wonderful asset to the team, and yesterday shared her inspiring poem, which applies to every single one of us…

Apr

Spreading seeds not COVID-19

21st April 2020Josephine BesticZimbabwe

CITW Zambezi’s drive to ensure food security in the remote, rural areas south of Hwange National Park… With the impending food crisis as a result of COVID-19, CITW Zambezi has been working hard to ensure that schools receive additional assistance. As many people around the country live hand to mouth and earn a small income,...

Apr

Bisate Villages Receive Support during COVID-19 Lockdown

20th April 2020Josephine BesticRwanda

The coronavirus (COVID-19) has put some 50 million jobs in the global travel and tourism sector at risk, and in Rwanda we are acutely aware of the enormous impact this is having on businesses, personal lives and local communities. With no tourists travelling in the country, community members are feeling the impact through a decline...

Apr

New Solar Pump for Lupani Primary School Borehole

2nd April 2020Josephine BesticZambia

Lupani Primary School, located 70 kilometres from Livingstone in Zambia, has just completed their borehole works. Thanks to funding from CITW Zambezi, the hand pump at the school borehole has been replaced with a solar pump. A 5 000 litre water tank, as well as a 2 500 litre water tank that the school had...

Mar

Overseas Adventure Travel and Stellar Wordworks

26th March 2020Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) guests undertake school visits to three CITW-partnered schools in Zimbabwe: two just outside Victoria Falls and one in Hwange. Guest interaction with students is invaluable, as it provides an opportunity for children to speak and expand on their English skills. However, as Grand Circle Foundation and OAT strongly believe that the...

Mar

Textbook Distribution at St Mary’s Primary School

23rd March 2020Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Last week, students and teachers at St Mary’s Primary School, located 120 km from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, received a consignment of curriculum textbooks thanks to Grand Circle Foundation (GCF). More than 500 textbooks were delivered and depending on the grade, included English, Mathematics, Science, and Agriculture books for all levels from ECD – Grade...

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