Children in the Wilderness hosts 48 kids
01. Dec, 2008
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Windhoek – Children in the Wilderness Namibia will be hosting 48 children in December 2008 at Kulala Wilderness Camp. From the 1st until the 19th December, Wilderness Safaris will close the doors of Kulala Wilderness Camp to paying guests and welcome their young visitors from all over Namibia for two educational 6-day camps. These will be the 26th and 27th camps to be held in Namibia since the programme was introduced in 2002.
Kulala Wilderness Camp is a ten-unit camp situated in the heart of Namibia’s Namib Desert on the 21 000-hectare private Kulala Reserve near Sossusvlei. The mountainous ecosystem of this area gives a wonderful opportunity for the children to learn about the diverse wildlife, the geology and plant life of the desert.
The first of these camps will be a follow-up for children who have participated previously in Children in the Wilderness camps. This, the fourth follow-up camp for Children in the Wilderness Namibia, has been designed to build on their previous experiences. The children, aged between 14 and 17, will also learn about jobs and careers aimed at helping them to think about their future and the steps they need to take to reach their goals. The children will come from Windhoek, Aranos, Gibeon and Maltahohe.
The second Children in the Wilderness camp will be hosting children between the ages of 10 and 14 from the P.E.A.C.E. centre in Windhoek and Nabasib Primary School near Bullsport, Maltahohe. This camp has kindly been sponsored by Deloitte Namibia, a company that is happy to be able to give these children the chance to benefit from the camp experience and learn about conservation work and the environment.
Children in the Wilderness is very excited to host the children from the P.E.A.C.E. centre in Windhoek. These children are part of BROXOS, a Trauma Therapy Centre established to help children who have been victims of violence, physical or sexual abuse. BROXOS also assists children who have lost their parents to AIDS and have witnessed suffering over a prolonged period. BROXOS works by supporting this special group of children in an afternoon care group. Additionally their families and caregivers are supported by social workers over the period that the children stay at BROXOS. A group of 12 children who are part of the BROXOS group will be travelling to Kulala Wilderness Camp for the second Children in the Wilderness camp.
Children in the Wilderness Namibia hopes to change 48 young lives for the better, inspiring its participants with a new sense of hope and belief for their future and for that of their natural environment.
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