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Aug

Wilderness Impact at Work on CITW Rwanda Conservation Camps

19th August 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Eighty children from eight primary schools in Rwanda’s Kinigi and Nyange sectors of the Musanze District, were hosted on two successful four-day Conservation Camps in August 2024. From Monday 5 through Thursday 8 August, and from Monday 12 to Thursday 15 August, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Rwanda, in partnership with Conservation Heritage-Turambe, the Dian...

Jun

CITW Rwanda – Gishwati Environmental Club & Scholarship Update

18th June 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Wilderness Rwanda’s impact initiatives are hard at work in the area around Gishwati-Mukura National Park, where, in addition to a burgeoning reforestation project, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is partnered with Gisunzu Primary School and Kinihira Secondary School. The last term of the school year is in full swing at both schools, and our CITW...

Jun

CITW Rwanda Scholarship Update

3rd June 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

The last term of the Rwandan school year is in full swing, and during May our Children in the Wilderness Rwanda (CITW) representatives Aline Umutoni and Jean Damascene Nkuriragenda visited many of our CITW Scholarship Programme students who attend boarding schools all over the country. The scholarship sponsorships cover the full tuition and other expenses...

Jun

CITW Eco- and YES Club news from Akayange Village

3rd June 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

In May our Children in the Wilderness Rwanda (CITW) representatives Aline Umutoni and Jean Damascene Nkuriragenda visited Akayange Primary and Rwabiharamba Secondary schools outside Akagera National Park to spend time with the students and the teachers. The last term of the school year is in full swing with our Environmental Clubs meeting every Wednesday afternoon....

Apr

Wilderness Rwanda’s CITW scholarship students start Term 3

25th April 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

On Monday the 15th of April, Term 3 of the 2023-24 school year started at all the public schools in Rwanda. Wilderness Rwanda’s Children in the Wilderness (CITW) scholarship programme currently sponsors a total of 177 students for six years of schooling – at Bisate Secondary School near Wilderness Bisate, Rwabiharamba Secondary School in the...

Apr

CITW Zambezi annual camp at Wilderness Toka Leya

8th April 2024Josephine BesticZambia

CITW Zambezi’s annual Eco-Club camp was held at Wilderness Toka Leya in mid-March. Twenty-eight students and four children from seven partner primary schools around Livingstone spent four days of fun and learning at this magical camp on the banks of the Zambezi River. Themed around biodiversity, in addition to understanding the hospitality industry, through educational...

Mar

CITW Rwanda students receive their 2024 Eco- and YES Club t-shirts

27th March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

In line with our Wilderness Impact strategy, this month, Aline Umutoni and Jean Damascene Nkuriragenda visited the seven schools that we partner with on Educate projects. We are very proud of the proactive CITW clubs in the schools, and wanted to celebrate this with the students by supporting them with Club T-shirts. The schools now...

Mar

CITW Malawi Celebrates Graduates’ Successes

27th March 2024Josephine BesticMalawi

Wilson Chiyembekezo – Bachelor’s Degree in Physics, University of Malawi; pictured with Symon Chibaka, CITW Malawi Programme Co-ordinator Wilson comes from a small family in Traditional Authority (TA) Liwonde on the eastern side of Liwonde National Park. Wilson’s parents and grandparents lived in the area which is currently Liwonde National Park for many years, and...

Mar

Donation of school supplies makes hundreds of Bisate children happy

25th March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Very kind and thoughtful Swiss guests travelled to Wilderness Bisate with almost 60kg of extra luggage! Their additional luggage was filled with school materials like pencils, backpacks, notebooks, and more, as listed on the Pack for a Purpose packing list. Our CITW Rwanda colleagues Aline and Damascene distributed the supplies to our partner schools in...

Mar

Bisate Primary School shows appreciation for Wilderness Rwanda & CITW

1st March 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

The Headmistress of Bisate Primary School, Dancille Mukakamari, together with the school’s teachers and the parents’ committee, organised a special event on the 28th of February. They invited all the parents of the learners to the school and explained to them that the school has been partnered with Wilderness and Children in the Wilderness since...

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