OUR CONTRIBUTION

Tanzania is our home.   We were born here and we have lived here.  Our team are Tanzanians.  This is  a country we love and respect - and we want to promote sustainable and responsible tourism.  In doing so we protect our  unique natural heritage and share it with the world.

Wildersun has always been committed to supporting local communities in several ways with a strong emphasis on education.   For every client that goes on safari with us,  we contribute to a community development project.   By choosing to travel with Wildersun you help support a worthy cause.  

We believe that in a small way our contribution helps build a stronger community.  

Some of the ways in which we contribute:

In Feb 1994  we faced a tragic time when one of our driver guides passed away and his widow and 3 children were suddenly left to fend for themselves.   The company stepped in to assist and built a house for them to live in and educated his two younger children.   The company has now implemented a saving scheme which caters for such unfortunate circumstances.

EDUCATION

The company has sponsored the education of several individual children who have either lost a parent or both parents and would otherwise be unable to attend school.  

DEAF YOUTH

We piloted a program to get a group of 6 deaf youth involved in a woodshop project to enable them earn a living.  The same group were taken to Nairobi and fitted with hearing aids sponsored by the company.

TRAINING

Wildersun undertook to sponsor a Deaf youth for training to enable him teach deaf children.  The municipal council of Arusha initiated a project to build extra classrooms at a primary school for the deaf children of Arusha.  Currently the school has 50 deaf children attending with another 50 on waitlist.  While their school was being built the children studied in small rooms or on benches in the open.  Wildersun was one of the sponsors of this project.

   

 

SCHOOL SUPPLIES:

A donation of school materials from a Wildersun guest.

 Should you wish to visit a local school, this can be arranged.  You can see first hand the struggle of the teachers who strive to educate in very difficult circumstances.  Modest buildings, over crowded classrooms and lack of educational necessities are just some of the challenges that local schools face daily. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MWEKA COLLEGE:

Best Student Of The Year Award:

Mweka is the only college of African wildlife management in Tanzania.  Wildersun Safaris is the sponsor of the Best Student award presented annually at the Graduation Ceremony.

SOKOINE UNIVERSITY:

Best Student Of The Year Award

Wildersun sponsors the Best Student of the Year award to the student excelling in Wildlife Management Studies, presented annually at the University's Graduation Ceremony.

 

 

THE SCHOOL OF ST.JUDE.

Wildersun is so proud to be associated with Gemma Sisia and the School of St. Jude which has made a huge contribution in providing the poorest of the poor children in Tanzania with an exceptional education.  Over the last few years we have witnessed this school grow from a handful of students to over 1000 students in just 5 short years.  New classrooms and infrastructure are going up daily, so as to allow the students to progress on to Grade 7 and then into Form 1 in 2009, and eventually all the way to the end of secondary school.   The donations from ordinary people have allowed the dream of educating underprivileged children become a reality. The sponsorship of buses has allowed children, who would normally start walking at 4am, get a ride to school, and the sponsorship of teachers has allowed students to be taught by the best local Tanzanian teachers.  Their motto "Fighting poverty through education" is as inspirational as Gemma's vision and dedication.  We would be delighted to arrange for you to visit the school while in Arusha and experience it first hand, in the meantime we urge you to visit this website and be inspired by the incredible story of how one person is changing lives daily.   http://www.schoolofstjude.co.tz

If you would like to sponsor a child or make a donation please click here:  

 

 

THE KILIMANJARO MARATHON

                   

 

 

INCENTIVES  FOR  OUR  FANTASTIC  TEAM

Best Worker Award

Wildersun awards a "Best Worker" Award annually.  The recipient of the award gets a shield with their name on it, a certificate and a cash award.  They also benefit from a salary increment.

 

 

 

10 Year Service Award

We recognize employees that have been with the company for a long time.  After 10 years of service, they  get a cash award.  70% of our employees have been with the company for over 10 years.

 

 

 

Team  Trips

We organize day and overnight trips for our team to visit some of the areas that we promote.

In November 2000 Wildersun Celebrated it's 20th Anniversary with an all inclusive 5 day trip to the exotic Island of Zanzibar for it's entire team.

 

 

 

 

 

In December 2004, the company sponsored a safari to Ngorongoro Crater for its team and their entire family !  There was a lot of excitement in the air as our guides got a chance to show their children and spouses how they spend their time away from home.  To the children's delight we had Santa join us on the crater floor for lunch distribution of goodies!

 

 

 

In 2006 we held a team convention where all departments came together and in an effort to strengthen  bonds by taking part in various team building activities, discussions and presentations.  Each team member from the guides to guards, tour officers to accountants, mechanics and  managers to messengers, were acknowledged as an integral link in the chain that forms Wildersun and makes it the great company that it is.