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Nov

Meet Jean Damascene NKURIRAGENDA – CITW & Community Assistant, Wilderness Rwanda

6th November 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Before joining Wilderness, Jean Damascene worked as a Social and Religious Studies teacher at various schools in Rwanda’s Northern Province for five years. Jean Damascene’s journey in environmental education began in 2018 when Bisate Primary School partnered with Wilderness Bisate for the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) programme. He became an Eco-Mentor, leading the Eco-Clubs...

Nov

CITW Zambezi – Lupane Eco-Club Camp 2023

1st November 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

The Children in the Wilderness Zambezi (CITW) team is thrilled to share with you the incredible success of our recent annual camp hosted at the Painted Dog Conservation Centre’s (PDC) Inganyana Children’s Bush Camp. This four-day adventure brought together 40 students and 4 Eco-Mentors from our 8 CITW Lupane Eco-Clubs, all eager to explore and...

Oct

World Rhino Day celebrated in Namibia

5th October 2023Josephine BesticNamibia

22 September is a special annual day dedicated to raising awareness about the threats the rhinoceros population faces and how the world can come together and protect these endangered species. Rhinos are more than just their horns. In Namibia, the work of Wilderness’ Impact pillars – Education, Empowerment and Protection – is channelled through Children...

Sep

Children in the Wilderness Malawi – 2023/24 Programme Launch

28th September 2023Josephine BesticMalawi

This September we celebrate the start of the 2023-24 Eco-Club year, along with the new school year. 150 new Eco-Club members have been registered in 15 primary schools, making a total of 675 Eco-Club members, as well as 230 YES (Youth Environmental Stewardship) Club members. Our celebratory story, which we would like to share with...

Sep

Wilderness Rwanda Facilitates Annual CITW Teacher Training

13th September 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Children in the Wilderness Rwanda (CITW) organised a two-day workshop for the teachers involved with the CITW Eco- and YES Clubs in our seven partner schools. In total, 21 teachers and three CITW colleagues participated in the training on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 September. The schools are Bisate Primary School, Bisate Secondary School and...

Aug

CITW Zambezi Eco-Club Quiz

23rd August 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

As the second term of 2023 came to a close, the eight CITW Zambezi Eco-Clubs located in the Lupane District of Zimbabwe gathered for a fun-filled and competitive inter-club quiz. Mtshibini Primary proudly hosted the quiz in their beautifully set-up hall where four Eco-Club members who had been selected by their Eco-Mentors gathered to represent...

Aug

CITW Botswana – Sankoyo Primary School Camel Encounter

23rd August 2023Josephine BesticBotswana

Through its programme and activities, Children in the Wilderness Botswana (CITW) aims to increase children’s awareness, bridge cultural divides, broaden horizons, build confidence, provide opportunities for new friendships and positive life choices, and open up career opportunities. On the 18th of August 2023, the CITW team, along with Wilderness Botswana Guide Manager & Trainer Cilas...

Aug

CITW Rwanda successfully co-hosts 2 Conservation Camps for 80 children

21st August 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Eighty young Children in the Wilderness (CITW) learners from six schools in Rwanda’s Kinigi area were hosted on two tremendously successful four-day Conservation Camps in August 2023. From Monday 7 through Thursday 10 August, CITW Rwanda, in partnership with Conservation Heritage-Turambe, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and Muhisimbi Youth in Conservation, ran the first...

Aug

CITW Namibia celebrates World Lion Day

15th August 2023Josephine BesticNamibia

We celebrate World Lion Day on 10 August every year in order to shed light on the declining lion populations of the world. This wild big cat is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. Namibia is home to a small, unique desert-adapted lion population...

Aug

Shashe Primary School Waste Management Project

11th August 2023Josephine BesticBotswana

Waste is one of the greatest concerns around the globe. With the rate of consumables rising, the Botswana Government has recognised the need to find ways to mitigate the rising issue of littering – both in towns and villages. In 2021 a levy on plastic was introduced as a way of discouraging buying of plastic...

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