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Jul

Where are they now? Eliot Felix employed as an English teacher in Malawi.

21st July 2023Josephine BesticMalawi

Eliot Felix is a CITW Malawi YES Club member who has just achieved his dream of being employed by the country’s Ministry of Education. Eliot joined CITW in 2009, where his desire to become a secondary school teacher was kindled. In June this year, his YES Club members celebrated with Eliot for being employed by...

Jul

Akayange Primary School sees out the school year in style

17th July 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Friday the 7th of July was a special day at Akayange Primary School, situated just outside of Akagera National Park where Wilderness Magashi is situated. The school director and the parents’ committee organised an event to celebrate the end of the school year, and to give the P6 students (the final year of primary school...

Jul

Tree Identification Lesson at Gudigwa Primary School, Okavango Panhandle

12th July 2023Josephine BesticBotswana

Gudigwa Primary School’s Environmental Eco-Club Co-ordinators, together with the Eco-Club members and a community member, embarked on a tree identification lesson in school on the 06th of July 2023. The main purpose of the lesson was to introduce the Eco-Club members to the tree species in their school grounds, to know and understand, and learn...

Jul

An Enlightening Journey to Ngamo Village

5th July 2023Josephine BesticZimbabwe

US-based Tasimba LLC is a long-time and much-appreciated supporter of CITW Zambezi. Founder Hugh Coppen, with Heather Weaver, recently brought a group of guests to Hwange, where they had truly transformative wilderness and community encounters. Hugh picks up the story… In the heart of the untamed wilderness, magic happens. Another Tasimba Safari Experience with a...

Jul

Rwandan scholarship students end their school year with a big THANK YOU!

3rd July 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

July marks the end of the Rwandan school year, and all 140 CITW students who are being sponsored for six years of schooling wrote letters to thank their donors for their support. A big pile of letters reached our office this week! What a joy to read through the letters and realise how much this...

Jun

CITW Zambezi Celebrates World Environment Day 2023

5th June 2023Courtney PritchardZambia, Zimbabwe

World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5 June. It is the United Nation’s most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Above all, World Environment Day is the ‘people’s day’ for doing something to take care of the Earth. That ‘something’ can be focused locally, nationally,...

May

CITW Zambezi Eco-Clubs Experience Educational Interaction “Through the Eyes of an Elephant”

29th May 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

The CITW Zambezi team is particularly excited for the term ahead for all 12 of our Victoria Falls-based Eco-Clubs – all thanks to our most recent collaboration with Elephant Crew (eleCREW). eleCREW was formed in 2017 as a non-profit charitable trust. Their elephants were all formerly owned by tourism operators, who used them solely for...

May

‘Rhinos’ and ‘Giraffes’ activity at Akayange Primary School

29th May 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

In May the CITW ‘Rhinos’ and ‘Giraffes’ Eco-Club members at Akayange Primary School all attended their weekly environmental lessons. Akayange Primary School is situated just outside Akagera National Park, and most of our guests pass by on their way to or from the Park entrance. Driving past, you quickly notice how well-maintained the school gardens...

May

Ishmael Tshuma – From Scholarship Student to CITW Eco-Mentor

24th May 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

This week the CITW Zambezi team would like to shine a spotlight on one of our very own Eco-Mentors, Ishmael Tshuma, who has had a long-standing and honourable relationship with Children in the Wilderness. Ishmael is a young man who currently lives in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe. His journey with us at CITW started all the way...

May

Stationery for Chidobe, St Mary’s & Lukosi Teachers

24th May 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

CITW Zambezi acutely appreciates the crucial role that teachers play for children throughout Zimbabwe. With this in mind, and thanks to the Grand Circle Foundation, the CITW team is thrilled to have been able to assist 60 teachers from St Mary’s Primary, Chidobe Primary and Lukosi Secondary schools with a large hamper of stationery each...

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