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Feb

CITW Botswana Refurbishes Parakarungu PS Poultry Enclosure

25th February 2022Josephine BesticBotswana

As a Botswana NGO, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) plays an important role in raising awareness for environmental issues and promoting sustainable development. In 2021, CITW and the FNBB Foundation collaborated to work with Parakarungu Primary School to develop an environmental education, life- and leadership skills programme for the children and teachers. The CITW Botswana...

Feb

CITW Botswana – Beetsha Primary School Poultry Project Gets Underway

10th February 2022Josephine BesticBotswana

In 2018 the Haagvalken family were guests of Wilderness Vumbura Plains, where they had the opportunity to engage with the nearby community. Beetsha Primary was one of the schools they visited, and the family was inspired to support the school through our Children in the Wilderness programme. Accordingly, they made a donation for the construction...

Feb

Celebrate the Rains, Reap the Grains

1st February 2022Josephine BesticZimbabwe

The annual rains have arrived in full force in the usually drought-ridden area of Tsholotsho, in, Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland, bringing much-needed water for newly planted fields, and filling the natural waterholes and dams. With this area being notoriously difficult to farm, due to poor soil, extreme temperatures and an erratic rainfall pattern, it has provided relief...

Dec

Farm-to-Table Ploughing Project – Tsholotsho

15th December 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Wilderness Safaris Zimbabwe, in collaboration with CITW, has officially started a ‘farm to table’ programme in three villages near Hwange National Park’s southern boundary. This programme aims to provide the most vulnerable families with food security, as well as a means for Wilderness Safaris to eventually source vegetables for staff rations in camp. The headmen...

Dec

Community-relief food parcel update

9th December 2021Josephine BesticNamibia, News

It’s been a busy few months, but most rewarding! To date, we’ve distributed a total of 2 540 food parcels, impacting 10 160 community members. We’ve also added the Daweb Constituency, covering Maltahohe, to the usual five north-west partner conservancies. Otjinungua Mobile School was also included in the Marienfluss Conservancy distribution, as the school only...

Dec

Sesfontein community and school eco-garden produce ready for sale

9th December 2021Josephine BesticNamibia, News

A few months ago after bountiful harvests, CITW Namibia supplied more vegetable seeds and additional fruit trees to partner schools and community gardens around Sesfontein. We also decided to move the school gardens to a few selected community homes to ensure that the gardens are cared for during school and public holidays. The results have...

Nov

Chicken-Egg Farming Project Launched in Bisate Village

15th November 2021Josephine BesticNews, Rwanda

Thanks to a generous donation of USD2 400 from Bisate guests, CITW Rwanda has been able to support the Brave Youth Forever Group, which operates in Bisate village. The group comprises young volunteers who are active in the area. The funds will be used to support a chicken project, which includes 200 chickens, all materials...

Nov

Tsholotsho Schools, Hwange – November 2021 Distribution

9th November 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

The Zambezi CITW team was very busy last week, carrying out the final distribution for 2021 to schools in the Tsholotsho region outside the Wilderness Safaris’ areas in Hwange National Park. Seven tonnes of donations were taken down, and we travelled in a convoy of four vehicles. Donations were dropped off at two central schools...

Sep

Partnerships for People and Wildlife

29th September 2021Josephine BesticNews, Zimbabwe

Recognising the plight of Wilderness Safaris communities in Zimbabwe after the devastating loss of tourism income from COVID lockdowns, in 2020 Children in the Wilderness Zambezi quickly set up a regional Conservation Heroes relief programme to assist their neighbours with food and other essential supplies. Their most recent outreach was conducted in partnership with WildAid....

Aug

CITW Rwanda’s Latest Impact Initiative in the Kinigi Sector

13th August 2021Josephine BesticNews, Rwanda

Wilderness Safaris and its non-profit partner, Children in the Wilderness (CITW), have launched a new impact project in Rwanda, which will see each household in Bisate Lodge’s neighbouring Kinigi Sector – comprising some 23 000 residents – receive avocado saplings and large-scale agricultural support, to ensure that each family has fresh, nutritious avocados to supplement their...

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