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CITW RWANDA – YEAR-END ‘CHEAKS’ TESTS

9th July 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

In Rwanda all our students in school Environmental or Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Eco-Clubs write a CHEAKS (Children’s Environmental Attitude and Knowledge Scale) test at the start and end of their school year. The test is fun for the children to do, and it gives us as the CITW team a good indication of...

Jul

CITW Kenya Field Trip for TAFA Students

4th July 2024Josephine BesticKenya

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) aims to instil a deep appreciation for the natural world for all who go through the programme. The newly established Kenya Eco-Clubs are now buzzing with activity! Guided by dedicated Eco-Mentors, the children have already begun embarking on learning adventures, exploring the wonders of their natural surroundings. Forty students from...

Jul

WILDERNESS ADDS CITW PROGRAMME TO 2 REGIONS IN EAST AFRICA

2nd July 2024Josephine BesticKenya, Tanzania

July 2024 – Wilderness’ non-profit community programme, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), has officially launched in Kenya and Tanzania. With more than two decades of successfully running the programme in Southern Africa, and Rwanda since 2018, the CITW programme is now also fully operational in these two countries. Sue Goatley with the new Kenyan...

Jun

CITW Rwanda – Gishwati Environmental Club & Scholarship Update

18th June 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Rwanda’s impact initiatives are hard at work in the area around Gishwati-Mukura National Park, where, in addition to a burgeoning reforestation project, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is partnered with Gisunzu Primary School and Kinihira Secondary School. The last term of the school year is in full swing at both schools, and our CITW...

Jun

Wilderness Impact in Action in Tanzania

14th June 2024Doctor TipayTanzania

Building on a thriving foundation of Community Liaison Doctor Tipay’s impact work in Tanzanian communities, Wilderness Tanzania recently officially kickstarted the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) programme here. Eco-Mentor Training Preliminary Eco-Mentor training of teachers and volunteers at partner schools was facilitated by Victoria Falls-based Sue Goatley, Wilderness Zambezi’s veteran Impact Manager. After two days...

Jun

Tshwaragano Primary School Vegetable Garden

14th June 2024Kelly BaitshokiBotswana

The Eco-Club at Children in the Wilderness Botswana’s urban partner school, Tshwaragano Primary School in Gaborone, recently embarked on a vegetable garden project. Focusing on the Educate and Empower pillars of Wilderness’ impact strategy, the objective of the garden is to help learners to understand the process of growing crops from planting to harvest,...

Jun

Empowering Young Conservationists: CITW Launches in Kenya

13th June 2024Josephine BesticKenya

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Kenya, a programme designed to inspire the next generation of conservationists. Through informative and engaging Eco-Clubs and immersive Eco-Camps, CITW provides conservation education to school children, fostering a deep and lifelong appreciation for the natural world. The process of establishing CITW Kenya...

Jun

Celebrating World Environment Day at Shashe Primary School, Maun

7th June 2024Kelly BaitshokiBotswana

The Eco-Club at Shashe Primary School, Wilderness Botswana’s Children in the Wilderness (CITW) partner school in Maun, celebrated the World Environmental Day by discussing the topic of trees. The world’s ecosystems are under threat, with unsustainable patterns of manufacturing and consumption reducing nature and causing biodiversity loss over the years, due to pollution and waste,...

Jun

Celebrating World Environment Day 2024 at Michelle McLean Primary School, Windhoek

5th June 2024Josephine BesticNamibia

World Environment Day is celebrated on the 5th of June annually. It’s our opportunity to create awareness for protecting the environment from issues such as climate change and pollution, and to teach future generations to conserve the world around them. Our first urban Eco-Club is based in Windhoek, Namibia, at Michelle McLean Primary School. The...

Jun

CITW Botswana Facilitates Shashe Primary School Vegetable Garden

4th June 2024Josephine BesticBotswana

In May 2024, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Botswana and Shashe Primary School in Maun embarked on a transformative new vegetable garden project. The team started immediately after the school’s opening on 14 May, by putting up a fence around the school garden to keep unwanted visitors (mainly goats and chickens) out of the plants....

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