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Aug

Rosemary Pencil Foundation update from Malawi

16th August 2023Josephine BesticMalawi

Gillian Rose, President of the Rosemary Pencil Foundation based in the USA, recently visited CITW Malawi YES Club learners who are sponsored by her NPO. They embraced Gillian with smiles of hope, and those in their final year promised Gillian they would do their best for top school results so that they can make it...

Aug

CITW Malawi Programme Co-ordinator Symon Chibaka Honoured as NGS Explorer

1st August 2023Josephine BesticMalawi

Symon Chibaka is the Malawi Country Co-ordinator for the CITW programme in Africa. The National Geographic Society (NGS) funded a CITW project known as ‘Changing the Lens on Conservation in Malawi’ between 2021 and 2023. At the end of the successful project, the National Geographic Society recognised Symon as one of its Explorers. Symon Chibaka...

Jul

Where are they now? Prisca Matola realises her CITW dream…

31st July 2023Josephine BesticMalawi

Prisca Matola is a CITW Malawi YES Club member. Eleven years she joined CITW at the age of 12, and on her first camp she expressed her wish to become a Park Manager. After completing primary and secondary school, she attended the Southern African Wildlife College through the CITW bridging programme. After completing the course,...

Jul

Where are they now? Our Cover Star Reaches for the Stars

25th July 2023Josephine BesticSouth Africa

In 2011 a shy Grade 7 Makuleke boy named Destiny Wisani Hlungwani attended a Children in the Wilderness (CITW) Eco-Camp in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Along with the other children on camp, he wrote down his dream profession and placed it in the ‘dream catcher’ at the end of camp. The word he wrote...

Jul

Where are they now? Eliot Felix employed as an English teacher in Malawi.

21st July 2023Josephine BesticMalawi

Eliot Felix is a CITW Malawi YES Club member who has just achieved his dream of being employed by the country’s Ministry of Education. Eliot joined CITW in 2009, where his desire to become a secondary school teacher was kindled. In June this year, his YES Club members celebrated with Eliot for being employed by...

Jul

Akayange Primary School sees out the school year in style

17th July 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

Friday the 7th of July was a special day at Akayange Primary School, situated just outside of Akagera National Park where Wilderness Magashi is situated. The school director and the parents’ committee organised an event to celebrate the end of the school year, and to give the P6 students (the final year of primary school...

Jul

Rwandan scholarship students end their school year with a big THANK YOU!

3rd July 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

July marks the end of the Rwandan school year, and all 140 CITW students who are being sponsored for six years of schooling wrote letters to thank their donors for their support. A big pile of letters reached our office this week! What a joy to read through the letters and realise how much this...

May

Ishmael Tshuma – From Scholarship Student to CITW Eco-Mentor

24th May 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

This week the CITW Zambezi team would like to shine a spotlight on one of our very own Eco-Mentors, Ishmael Tshuma, who has had a long-standing and honourable relationship with Children in the Wilderness. Ishmael is a young man who currently lives in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe. His journey with us at CITW started all the way...

May

Stationery for Chidobe, St Mary’s & Lukosi Teachers

24th May 2023Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

CITW Zambezi acutely appreciates the crucial role that teachers play for children throughout Zimbabwe. With this in mind, and thanks to the Grand Circle Foundation, the CITW team is thrilled to have been able to assist 60 teachers from St Mary’s Primary, Chidobe Primary and Lukosi Secondary schools with a large hamper of stationery each...

May

CITW Rwanda’s Bisate pioneers going strong

5th May 2023Josephine BesticRwanda

In April the third and final term of the Rwandan school year started. We are happy to report that all 140 students who are part of our CITW scholarship programme are doing very well and are producing great school results. Before the start of the school year, Aline caught up with our most senior students...

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