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Apr

Kinigi Executive Secretary Visits Sabyinyo Village Kitchen Gardens

26th April 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

One of Wilderness Rwanda’s most recent “Empower” initiatives, as part of its core Impact strategy, are the Wilderness Sabyinyo-supported village kitchen gardens established in the Kinigi Sector of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park area. The gardens are proving a great success, and recently hosted an important visitor. Through the kind donations of guests visiting Wilderness Sabyinyo,...

Apr

SACOLA Donates Passion Fruit Saplings to Students at Six Primary Schools

25th April 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

This month, SACOLA (the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association), in its ongoing commitment to fight malnutrition and promote sustainable practices in the area around Volcanoes National Park, undertook a significant initiative – to donate passion fruit plants to communities in the Kinigi and Nyange sectors. An impressive 8,000 passion fruit plants were donated to 3,750 students...

Mar

Tuzamurane Co-operative at Bisate further empowered through mushroom project

27th March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

The Tuzamurane Co-operative was established when the construction of Wilderness Bisate started. Since then, a strong bond has been forged through numerous mutually beneficial activities between Bisate and the Co-operative. The Tuzamurane Co-operative assists Bisate with the necessary manpower for its reforestation project, members supply fresh produce from their surrounding farms, and through guest donations,...

Dec

Wilderness Sabyinyo & SACOLA’s ongoing community support

11th December 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Sabyinyo supports the surrounding community with kitchen gardens Through the kind donations of guests visiting Sabyinyo, we have been able to support 26 needy households with vegetable or kitchen gardens. A kitchen garden, known as akarima k’igikoni, is one of Rwanda’s home-grown solutions to preventing malnutrition and stunting. In Rwanda, the term is quite...

Nov

CITW Namibia’s first urban Eco-Club launched

13th November 2023Agnes TjirareNamibia

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...

Aug

Community Vegetable Gardens in Namibia

4th August 2023Agnes TjirareNamibia

Driven by Wilderness Namibia Impact Manager, Agnes Tjirare, the Community Engagement team implemented funded community gardens following the pandemic’s food insecurity and loss of jobs in the ultra-remote north-west of the country. Communities have now been producing their own food sustainably for the past three years, from these amazing (thriving!) vegetable gardens, from Sesfontein all...

Jun

De Riet Kindergarten Donation for School Needs for 30 Learners

14th June 2023Josephine BesticNamibia

Wilderness Damaraland Camp has been a model for community-based conservation initiatives since 1996 – an award-winning partnership between Wilderness Namibia and the neighbouring Torra Conservancy. Here, guests can visit De Riet village, and meet the residents – our partners – many of whom are staff members and other service providers for the camp. De Riet...

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

Bisate’s Tuzamurane Co-operative is getting stronger!

29th May 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

With Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness’ assistance, in 2021 the Tuzamurane Co-operative started a large-scale agricultural and indigenous tree nursery at Bisate village. Two plots of land were purchased, and the water supply and all necessary equipment organised, with the storage and administration space added in 2022. After successful harvests in 2022, the...

May

CITW Rwanda & Community Update From Wilderness Magashi – April 2023

3rd May 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

In April the third and last term of this school year in Rwanda started – a great opportunity for Children in the Wilderness’ Aline and Ingrid to visit our partner schools and the surrounding villages. The Eco-Club at Akayange Primary School welcomed Aline and Ingrid for one of their Club sessions. As a surprise, all...

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