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Oct

First Earth-to-Plate Produce Supplied to Wilderness Hwange Camps

25th October 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Zambezi is exceptionally excited to announce that the first delivery of CITW’s and Wilderness’ Earth-to-Plate food initiative took place at the beginning of this week. This initiative aims to procure seasonal vegetables – grown in and harvested straight from – our CITW partner schools’ gardens for staff meals in several...

Oct

10 Cows Donated to SACOLA Villagers

3rd October 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

Charlotte Adams is a Sabyinyo guest who visited a SACOLA (Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) community near Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park some years ago. Her experience was so affecting she immediately pledged her support for SACOLA, and has subsequently donated a total of 38 cows to carefully selected villagers over the years. On 26 September 2022,...

Sep

Mealie Meal Distribution to CITW Zambezi Partner Schools

15th September 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

The last week for CITW Zambezi was huge, having organised over 25 tonnes of mealie meal to be delivered to fifteen of our partner schools. This delivery will ensure that over 5 400 students and teachers receive a minimum of one meal every day when they come to school, whether it is porridge in the...

Sep

Sabyinyo Guest Donates Cow to Village Family

12th September 2022Josephine BesticRwanda

Lucy Robbins was a recent Sabyinyo guest who was particularly moved by her visit with a family in a neighbouring SACOLA (Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) village in the Volcanoes National Park area of Rwanda. So much so that on Friday 9 September she arranged for Nyiranziza Lenia and Mbitezimana Emmanuel, and their six children, to...

Sep

Ziga Women-Empowerment Project Awards Ceremony

8th September 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

CITW Zambezi, in collaboration with Obert Vundla, was recently able to visit the ladies who trained at Ziga under the Blue Collar Travellers’ sponsorship of the Tsholotsho Agri-Course for Girls. While there, CITW held an awards ceremony honouring the ladies’ efforts, endurance and hard work – which is reflected in the beautiful gardens they have...

Aug

CITW Zambezi Community Update August 2022

19th August 2022Sue GoatleyZimbabwe

It’s been a busy time for our Victoria Falls-based CITW Zambezi team. Sue Goatley, Programme Co-ordinator and Community Development Officer for the region, gives us an overview of their current Zimbabwean projects. INCOME-GENERATING GROUPS Baskets In a bid to establish a project in rural areas that would make a difference, CITW decided to utilise soft...

Aug

School-Grown Sustenance in Zimbabwe

5th August 2022Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

The need for students to have a meal while at school is more important than ever, due to the increasing number of children throughout Zimbabwe coming to school on empty stomachs. Because of this, CITW Zambezi is enormously proud of the Chidobe Primary School Eco-Club, which has been able to set up and establish a...

Jul

Foundations for Farming Training in Zambia

28th July 2022Josephine BesticZimbabwe

Following the success of the first Foundations for Farming workshop in Zimbabwe, CITW Zambezi rolled out the programme to five of our Zambian partner schools and their surrounding communities. The week was packed with successful workshops in each of the school gardens, with some 327 people attending the farming training. These people included teachers, Eco-Mentors,...

Jun

CITW Botswana Completes Beetsha Poultry Project

17th June 2022Josephine BesticBotswana

In the first week of February 2022, the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Botswana team facilitated the launch of the Beetsha Poultry Project at the village primary school. On 20 May, the team went back to the school to deliver and install cages for the laying hens. “We can now report with great joy that...

Jun

Foundations for Farming – Tsholotsho Training

3rd June 2022Josephine BesticZimbabwe

May was marked with a hive of activities in the school gardens at eight of our CITW Zambezi Tsholotsho partner schools, namely, Ngamo, Ziga, Mtshayeli, Mlevu, Kapane and Jakalasi primary schools. Ngamo and Kapane secondaries also had the opportunity to participate in exciting training organised by the Foundations for Farming team. The training took place...

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