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Eco-Club
08
Nov

Shelving donation for rural schools in Zimbabwe

8th November 2018,
Shelving acquired through funding from The Beit Trust is finally making its way to the intended recipients – eighteen isolated rural schools in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Linked with a literacy project facilitated in the schools, the shelves are needed to house more than 100 000 books donated through the ‘Zambezi Schoolbook Project’. This project aspires to...
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08
Nov

Solar lights and the importance of the environment as seen by an Eco-Club Member, Zimbabwe

8th November 2018,
Eco-Club lessons are making a lasting impression on Eco-Club members and a scholarship programme student. Monwabisi Dlamini, a Grade 7 student at Ngamo Primary School, wrote a strong letter stating why he wants to protect the environment. See his letter below 🙂 Monwabisi talks about the importance of the environment for survival. He states that...
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08
Nov

Bicycle handover of Mike’s Bikes to our winners in Tubu and Habu Primary Schools, Botswana

8th November 2018,
You’ll remember our report about the generous donation of 30 bicycles and cycling equipment to CITW Botswana from the Mike’s Bike Shop last month. Well, we are happy to announce that the beneficiaries have started receiving their gifts this week when Lesh Moiteela (CITW Botswana Programme Manager, Cultural Ambassador and Community Relationship Manager) and Sam...
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05
Nov

Computers for our learners in Malawi

5th November 2018,
Children in the Wilderness (CITW) has been operating in Malawi since 2003. Our Eco-Club Programme, focusing on environmental education and life skills, currently runs in 17 schools across Malawi. The CITW Youth Environmental Stewardship (YES) Programme has many active groups across the Region, with high school and young adults running various give-back campaigns in their...
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02
Nov

Bongani visits Maramani, Zimbabwe

2nd November 2018, ,
Bongani Baloyi, our Children in the Wilderness Regional Programme Coordinator, visited the community of Maramani in Zimbabwe in October. Bongani visited the schools we work with in the Region – Nottingham Primary School, both Shashi Primary and Secondary Schools, Limpopo Primary School and Jalukange Primary School. Bongani, together with Gamuchirai Ndlovu (CITW Eco-Club Coordinator for Maramani),...
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31
Oct

Master Banda – Master of the trees

31st October 2018,
Read Janet Wilkinson’s report from her recent trip to Malawi, where she met Master Banda – the Master of the trees I met up with Mr Master Banda at the Root and Fruit Nursery in the grounds of Central African Wilderness Safaris Chinteche Inn.  Master was schooled in Kwa-Zulu Natal South Africa and later worked...
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29
Oct

Light for Little Learners – Bisate Lodge, Rwanda

29th October 2018,
In April this year, Kitty and Jose Cortes visited Bisate Lodge. During their stay they had a chance to visit the Bisate community and they were so touched by the friendliness and warm hospitality of the people, that Kitty decided to start a fundraising campaign via GivenGain when she had returned home. Kitty wanted to...
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Photo Credit Hadley Pierce (management at Bisate)
24
Oct

CITW Rwanda – Creating a CITW Eco-Club forest with Bisate Lodge

24th October 2018,
Children in the Wilderness Rwanda organized a tree planting event for Bisate Primary School Eco-Club children on the 8th of October at Bisate Lodge. In total, 62 CITW Eco-Club students and their Eco-Club Mentors visited the indigenous tree nursery at Bisate to raise awareness and learn about the importance of reforestation. All of them picked...
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22
Oct

YES Clubs in Malawi

22nd October 2018,
In Malawi, reports Symon Chibaka, CITW’s Eco-Clubs introduce junior school children to specifically focused environmental education and life skills programmes. When these Eco-Club members graduate to Secondary School, they join the YES Programme where they practice their knowledge acquired on practical activities and projects such as… • Reforestation • General civic education/awareness campaigns  • Helping to...
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18
Oct

CITW Botswana – An Eco-Club starts in a town school in Gaborone

18th October 2018,
Tshwaragano Primary School in Gaborone, Botswana, is the newest addition to the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) family. CITW Botswana will be running our Eco-Club programme in the school, with this fabulous bunch of teachers. Since the end of the school year is fast approaching, Fern Brasem (Wilderness Safaris Business Unit Manager, Gaborone) and Lisa...
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