Numwa School Boarding Project
We are supporting children at Numwa Secondary School who have to travel more than 15km to get to school.
Earth Hour 2019 #Connect2Earth: Saturday 30th March
As part of Earth Hour 2019, we asked some of our dedicated staff to explain why nature matters to them, and why they decided to make caring for the environment part of their life.
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A new women’s maternity ward opens
After much hard work, a new maternity ward and women’s shelter has opened at one of our nearby rural clinics.
There was previously nowhere for new mothers to stay once they had delivered their babies, so they would often go to the clinic (depending on transport being available), give birth and walk or get a lift home once they had ‘rested’ for a short while.
Imire received generous funding, allowing a maternity shelter at the clinic to be built, along with a new 3-bedroom house at the clinic for the on-call nurses to stay in. This means there is now a 24 hour service to the community – something which is vital to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates.
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Proud to partner with Padding Africa
One of the most recognised needs at Numwa School, and through the Southern African region in general, is the lack of sanitary wear for girls. Through donations brought by The Zimbabwe Gecko Society, and a partnership with Padding Africa, the sewing group at Numwa School are making reusable sanitary pads, and are now running a self-sustainable project. The Group is made up of rural women, together with teachers from Numwa School, who gather twice a week to meet the needs of the children at the school.
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Imire Community Permaculture Project
Our volunteers have been hard at work helping Chizungu Primary School with their new Permaculture Garden. Judy Travers has long been an avid and firm believer in permaculture and her passion and belief sparked an interest and a passion in Imire volunteer Christina Engelbrektsson.
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The Man Behind It All – Reilly Travers
Reilly Travers who runs the conservancy. A man who is 100% devoted and completely passionate about the work he does here at Imire, he is living a genuine legacy. Reilly is in the process of fulfilling his dream and following his grandfather’s footsteps and his goal is to ultimately release black rhino back into the Zambezi Valley where he spent a lot of time as a young boy.
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Imire August 2018 Updates
As always, community projects are constantly on the go. This month, the volunteers played a huge part in assisting with the development of the vegetable garden at Chizungu school, and educating the community members on permaculture. This is such a valuable project empowering women and children with long term sustainability skills.
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Numwa School Computer Donation
Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservation would like to express our gratitude to Steve Potter from Apple Crumble Macintosh Service and Support who so kindly donated an Apple Computer to our local Numwa School. This extremely generous donation was facilitated by one of our ex-volunteers, Rose Dunne. A very special women who volunteered at Imire last year and who has placed her care and concern for our Imire community at the forefront of her mind, we cannot thank Rose enough for her ongoing kindness and generosity.
This donation has changed the lives of many individuals at the local school, and it is thoughtful people like this who make such a positive massive impact in the lives of our community members.
Would you like to volunteer or be a part of this cause? If so, please contact us on [email protected] for further information.
Or please feel free to support the cause.
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Search for African travel bloggers!
Calling all Travel Bloggers! Are you passionate about Africa? Do you want to help drive #Community and #Wildlife Conservation programmes? Do you love to travel and gain an array of once in a lifetime experiences for minimal cost?
Look no further! Imire: Rhino & Wildlife Conservation is looking for passionate and creative people to come and share one or some of our many unique experiences in exchange for an inspirational and creative showcase of the diverse and endless opportunities we have to offer here.
Choose to focus on our Our Hands-on Rhino & Wildlife Conservation Programme, our Equine Programme, our Community Programmes or a guest experience at Imire Lodge.
Please contact Zuz on [email protected] to apply.
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Imire Community Vocational Centre
Our community have been generously assisted by Susan Janetti of the Zimbabwe Gecko Society, and her wonderful Canadian Team of volunteers, in the building of a brand-new, fully functioning Vocational Centre.
The centre is packed to the hilt with incredible machinery, supplies and resources and offers local men and women a multitude of carpentry and craft skill development opportunities.
Women from the community get together on a regular basis and hand craft clothing and various other items for the surrounding community. This is a self-sustainable project, which enables female empowerment opportunities and accessible support for the community.
We are so grateful for Susans hard work and efforts put into this fantastic project and we cannot wait to share more with you about the produce that will come out of this exciting centre!
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