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CITW Botswana Annual Camp at Baobab 1

12th December 2023Josephine BesticBotswana

Every year Okavango Wilderness Safaris closes a camp in Botswana for a few days to host a Children in the Wilderness (CITW) year-end camp. These camps comprise a three-day conservation experience aimed at educating, inspiring and creating leaders who will hopefully be inspired to become the future custodians of Botswana’s pristine wild areas. This year’s...

Dec

Children in the Wilderness at Akayange Primary and Rwabiharamba Secondary schools

11th December 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

At Wilderness Magashi’s partner schools Akayange Primary and Rwabiharamba Secondary, the weekly environmental classes are met with great enthusiasm by the students. At Akayange Primary School, 60 learners partake in the weekly CITW Eco-Club, while at Rwabiharamba Secondary School, 65 students attend the weekly CITW Yes Club. In November, our Aline and Damascene ensured that...

Dec

Children in the Wilderness scholarships in action

11th December 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

CITW’s scholarship programme currently sponsors a total of 177 students for six years of schooling – at Bisate Secondary School near Wilderness Bisate, Rwabiharamba Secondary School in the area just outside Akagera National Park, where Wilderness Magashi is located, and Kinihira Secondary School, close to Gishwati Forest. However, since the programme has been running the...

Dec

Dreams come true for two CITW Malawi students

5th December 2023Josephine BesticMalawi

Children in the Wilderness Malawi’s Symon Chibaka is counting down to the end of a remarkable year, and celebrating some of his members’, and former students’, key achievements. First up are Davie Nkosi and Andrew Viano, both members of CITW’s Executive National Committee, and both of whom have achieved great success in their chosen careers....

Nov

Shining Stars of CITW: Honouring Eco-Club Champions and Literacy Trailblazers

28th November 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

As we approach the end of the year, CITW Zambezi felt that it was important to take a moment to celebrate the incredible dedication, hard work, and commitment shown by our Eco-Club members and Literacy Centre students. Their passion for environmental conservation and education as a whole has been truly inspiring. To honour their efforts,...

Nov

CITW Zambezi Eco-Club Quiz – Livingstone

22nd November 2023Courtney PritchardZambia

We are thrilled to share with you the exciting news of yet another successful Eco-Club quiz hosted by the CITW Zambezi team – this time in Livingstone earlier this month. The event brought together seven of our Zambian Eco-Club schools from in and around Livingstone for a morning filled with fun, competition, and a deep...

Nov

Wilderness Celebrates Members Club Support of CITW Botswana

21st November 2023Josephine BesticBotswana

Okavango Wilderness Safaris gathered stakeholders from its exclusive Botswana Members Club programme at The Patio Restaurant in Gaborone, to express its heartfelt gratitude for the Members’ ongoing support, and the positive impact they enable. The Wilderness Members Club, inaugurated in 2012 and launched in Botswana in 2017, invites Southern African residents to join the Wilderness...

Nov

Sabyinyo Community & School Eco-Club News

20th November 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

SACOLA support for the community On 13 October 2023, SACOLA (the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) supported 10 different women’s co-operatives from Nyange and Kinigi sectors in the Volcanoes National Park area, with a total of RWF10 million, or roughly USD10,000. These funds will enable them to start small businesses that will assist them in being...

Nov

CITW Rwanda at Gishwati Forest

16th November 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

The start of the school year at the end of September means that all CITW Eco-Clubs in the Gishwati area were in full swing in October. At Gisunzu Primary School, 64 learners attend weekly environmental lessons. Since 26 students from the Eco-Club continued on to the secondary school this year, we could select 26 new...

Nov

CITW Namibia’s first urban Eco-Club launched

13th November 2023Agnes KeriiNamibia

On Wednesday, 8 November 2023, CITW Namibia ventured into an exciting new partnership with Michelle McLean Primary School, for its first ever urban Eco-Club in Namibia. The aim is not only to facilitate sustainable conservation through leadership development and education of children in Windhoek, but also to grow the programme and ensure that each Wilderness...

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