Fundraising Archives | Children In The Wilderness

Aug

From lessons under trees to lessons about trees – CITW Tanzania & Travel Elevates help transform 2 schools

18th August 2025Doctor TipayTanzania

Wilderness has been officially running its Children in the Wilderness (CITW) programme in the Tanzanian communities around Serengeti and Lake Manyara national parks since early 2024. Despite being situated next to one of the most famous national parks in the world, these communities are some of the poorest, with little in the way of infrastructure...

Jun

CITW Namibia donates new school uniforms to Eco-Club members

4th June 2025Josephine BesticNamibia

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Namibia recently donated much-needed school uniforms and stationery supplies to learners who are members of our Eco-Clubs at partner schools across the Kunene Region. The learners are from TH.F. !Gaeb Primary School in the Doro !Nawas Conservancy, Jakob Basson Combined School in the Torra Conservancy, Elias Amxab Combined School in...

Jun

Wilderness RMB Ride for Rhinos 2023

23rd June 2023Josephine BesticNamibia

Now in its ninth year, the 2023 Ride for Rhinos was a resounding success. Johan Fourie, Wilderness Namibia Land and Natural Resources Manager reports. Wilderness and RMB this year were the co-title sponsors of the event, while Venture Media, as the organisers, and Cymot, as the cycling support, ran two back-to-back tours (24 – 28...

May

Zambezi Cycle Challenge 2023

9th May 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

Registration is open for the #ZambeziCycleChallenge! Its primary objective is to raise funds to preserve the environment surrounding this natural wonder, and we couldn’t be more proud to be a beneficiary. Cyclists are in for a top-class, uniquely challenging and adventure-filled ride through beautifully scenic, natural reserves. This is one for participants who are conservationists as...

Jul

CITW Botswana – Let Love Lead Fundraising Initiative

11th July 2022Josephine BesticBotswana

In November last year, the Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Botswana team and Tlamelo Bothma, Okavango Wilderness Safaris’ (OWS) Office Manager, came up with ideas to encourage OWS staff to give back to CITW. The team decided to rent spaces to staff in the Maun office complex for BWP50 per person, to sell any household...

Jun

Route Unveiled for Much-Anticipated 2022 Nedbank Tour De Tuli Mountain Bike Adventure

8th June 2022Josephine BesticBobirwa, Botswana, GMTFCA, South Africa, Zimbabwe

June 2022 – Organisers have proudly unveiled the awe-inspiring route for the exclusive 2022 Nedbank Tour de Tuli, the internationally acclaimed mountain bike tour, and one-of-a-kind wilderness adventure that traverses three countries, namely South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Kicking off on 19 July, the Tour serves as the primary fundraiser for Children in the Wilderness (CITW),...

Apr

Adrian Saffy – Freedom Circuit Rider & CITW Supporter Extraordinaire

26th April 2021Josephine BesticSouth Africa

Mountain biker extraordinaire and CITW stalwart, Adrian Saffy, started his Freedom Circuit ride on 27 April 2021. Read the backstory and daily updates below. I am not one for doing things solo. I love the fact that I have another breath next to me. On this ride I anticipate being alone out there for several...

Feb

Twabuka Primary School’s New Pre-School Classroom Block

24th February 2021Josephine BesticZambia

We are proud to announce that a new pre-school double-classroom block at Twabuka Primary School in Zambia is now complete. This came just in time for the new school year which started at the beginning of the month. With grateful thanks to Olivia Kearns, who, for her 16th birthday, asked all her guests to donate...

Sep

Giving it horns – Georgina’s SkyRun2020 Training Gains Pace

9th September 2020Josephine BesticSouth Africa

Last weekend CITW Ambassador and SkyRun2020 participant, Georgina Crisp took the opportunity to get in a solid 30 km training run at Rooiberg in Limpopo Province’s Waterberg bushveld. She was accompanied by a crew from the Nedbank Tour de Tuli as well as a convoy of Land Rover Owners’ Club members who volunteer for the...

Aug

Meet Georgina Crisp – Running the K-Way SkyRun 2020 as a CITW Ambassador

25th August 2020Josephine BesticSouth Africa

As the daughter of uber-CITW supporter and former CITW board member, Miles Crisp, it’s perhaps no surprise that Georgina is herself a long-time supporter of our programme. A poster girl for all things adventurous, Georgina has committed to running this year’s K-Way SkyRun as a CITW Ambassador; the run is an epic self-supported race set...

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