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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...

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

New Lukosi Secondary School Science Lab

4th March 2024Courtney PritchardZimbabwe

We are thrilled to announce that Children in the Wilderness (CITW), in partnership with the Grand Circle Foundation (GCF), has been able to successfully renovate and refurbish the Lukosi Secondary School Science Laboratory, bringing a new wave of opportunity and learning to the students at the school. Situated near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, the school recently...

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...

Feb

CITW Malawi launches Nangondo Reforestation Centre

22nd February 2024Josephine BesticMalawi

Since 2016, the communities on the eastern side of Liwonde National Park have been asking CITW to consider establishing a tree nursery for their residents in order to plant the seedlings in their gardens, at their homes and in all other community centres, as a way of restoring the degraded soil and community forests. Above:...

Feb

CITW Rwanda meets with Scholarship parents and students

19th February 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

Aline and Jean Damascene, our hard-working CITW team in Rwanda, visited our three partner secondary schools to meet with the CITW Scholarship students and their parents. Rwabiharamba Secondary School, Akagera area In Rwanda we support 177 CITW Scholarship students for the duration of their six years of secondary schooling; the scholarships include school fees, uniforms...

Jan

Gishwati Community & CITW Update, January 2024

29th January 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

In January the Gishwati Community Committee came together for a meeting that is held three times a year. During the meeting, projects that are underway were discussed, as well as future projects to implement next at the schools and in the community. The members, who represent the greater Gishwati area, thanked Wilderness for their support...

Jan

New sports fields for Bisate Primary School

10th January 2024Josephine BesticRwanda

With the support of generous Bisate and Sabyinyo guests, Wilderness and Children in the Wilderness (CITW) in Rwanda have been able to assist Bisate Primary School and the surrounding community with brand-new sports courts. Suitable for basketball and volleyball, of course they can be used for other sports and activities too. Amounting to a total...

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