Scholarship Programme Archives | Children In The Wilderness

Nov

CITW Rwanda awards 210 scholarships for the 2025-6 academic year

11th November 2025Aline UmutoniRwanda

Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) are super proud to announce the addition of 39 new learners to the CITW Rwanda scholarship programme, bringing the total up to 210. Of the 200 scholarship students in the 2024-25 year, 29 recently graduated, leaving 171 current recipients. Along with these existing scholarship students, the 39...

Oct

Kenya Impact Update: EDUCATE

24th October 2025Josephine BesticKenya

By Alisa Karstad, Impact Manager for Governors’ Camp Collection September was a month of significant impact, laying further groundwork for a sustainable future for both people and planet. We believe that education is the cornerstone of a thriving community. This month, our efforts to empower the next generation saw a great deal of progress: Supporting...

Sep

How CITW Changed My Life – A Journey of Hope, Growth & Gratitude

19th September 2025Josephine BesticZimbabwe

By Muziwandile Moyo The Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Scholarship Programme is not only about financial aid, it’s about unlocking dreams, nurturing potential and rewriting destinies. It is a life-changing initiative that reaches into the hearts of underprivileged communities, empowering young people like me with a chance – not just to dream, but to achieve....

Aug

CITW Malawi – End of School Year Celebrations

8th August 2025Josephine BesticMalawi

As is the case in all Children in the Wilderness’ (CITW) regions, school-based activities follow the school calendar. Both primary and secondary schools start their academic year in September, and end in July, with the last school term running from April to July. We celebrated the closure of school-based activities during July as documented in...

Aug

CITW Rwanda Celebrates its First 29 High School Scholarship Graduates

5th August 2025Aline UmutoniRwanda

Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) and are extremely proud to celebrate the first 29 of our CITW scholarship members who finished high school in the 2024-25 academic school year! To mark the occasion, on July 28, 2025 we took them on an educational tour to Gishwati-Mukura National Park, as well as the...

Jul

CITW Rwanda Field Trip to Gishwati-Mukura National Park

7th July 2025Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW), in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Forest of Hope Association (FHA), organised a visit to Gishwati-Mukura National Park on the 14th of June 2025 for the CITW scholarship students who are in grade S3 at Kinihira Secondary School in the Gishwati community. The children...

May

CITW Malawi Youth Conference 2025

12th May 2025Josephine BesticMalawi

Children in the Wilderness Malawi (CITW) held its 2025 Youth Conference at Central African Wilderness Safaris’ Mvuu Camp in Liwonde National Park from January 7 to 9. The topics of the conference included: Climate change Permaculture and adaptive agricultural practices The roles of youth in mitigating negative climate change effects Health issues affecting youths’ lives...

Oct

Separate bathroom for girls at Rwabiharamba Secondary School

23rd October 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Rwabiharamba School is situated in Akayange Village just outside of Rwanda’s Akagera National Park, where Wilderness Magashi is located. Wilderness Rwanda and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) partnered with this school via the Magashi Community Committee in 2020, and every week the school facilitates the CITW Youth Environmental Stewardship (YES) Club for the students, of...

Oct

CITW Tanzania: May – September 2024 Highlights

2nd October 2024Josephine BesticTanzania

As the vibrant first few months of Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Tanzania’ operations have unfolded, the regional program’s Doctor Tipay has been a whirlwind of action and inspiration, driven by an unwavering commitment to uplifting lives and protecting Tanzania’s precious wildlife. During these transformative early months of implementing CITW in the country, he has...

Sep

Wilderness Rwanda & CITW facilitate 200 scholarships for 2024-25 school year

13th September 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

The awarding of a milestone 200 six-year Children in the Wilderness (CITW) scholarships has made the start of Rwanda’s new secondary school year extra festive! As flag-bearer for the Educate and Empower pillars of Wilderness Rwanda’s impact strategy, CITW, is proud to announce that further to the 177 scholarship children from last year, an additional...

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