Each year, The Waterberg Trust (TWT) proudly supports a group of young learners from Meetsetshehla School to attend a life-changing residential programme at Lapalala Wilderness School (LWS). This long-standing partnership continues to open doors for 62 children annually, offering them a unique opportunity to connect with nature, build confidence, and expand their horizons. Lapalala Wilderness School, set within the extraordinary Waterberg biosphere, is a non-profit environmen

We are cycling again for The Waterberg Trust on Saturday 30th May 2026. TWT continues its great work helping the people of the Waterberg, enabling all children to attend school regularly and to learn about their environment, helping to improve their life opportunities and conserve their amazing ecosystem. This year, we will stay local to Cambridge and offer something for everybody. The planned route through attractive by-ways gives us a 75-mile, low incline, all tarmac, circu

School nurse Sister Grace, writes from the Waterberg in South Africa to say that over the Christmas period she managed to distribute food parcels to those in dire need including a Mozambican man whose home was burnt down to ashes. “His neighbours were supportive and received the food on his behalf while he went for medical attention.” An orphaned boy rescued from the streets was also given food, sent back to school and is now doing well along with his siblings. Sister Grace I

The Waterberg Trust is hoping to raise funds to sponsor outstanding students through further education in South Africa. We have just received news that Elton Chitanda has completed a degree in Computer Science at Eduvos University in Gauteng, South Africa. He writes to say: “I am pleased to share that I have officially completed my Computer Science degree. My final block consisted of two modules, including my final-year project, and I passed both. With these results, my three

Our aim is to send teenage school children from the Waterberg in South African on a course in wildlife conservation at Lapalala Wilderness School to broaden their horizons, present them with career opportunities and raise awareness about the vital importance of the Unesco Biosphere Reserve where they live. Would you be able to help? A donation made through the Big Give will be doubled until 9th December 2025. Even small donations are a great encouragement and will make a big

Would you be able to raise funds to buy wool for to the Vaalwater Knitting Club? The Waterberg Trust is launching a project to knit sky blue and grey beanies for children to wear to school. The Knitting Club of Vaalwater is a lovely community project, bringing people together. To date, knitting club members have been making much needed blankets, and clothes for children who need to keep warm over the South African winter as temperatures in the Waterberg can drop below freezin