Wilderness lends P2m helping hand to Eretsha Primary

Local tourism giant, Wilderness Safaris has funded and delivered a P2 million project that includes two newly built classrooms, a storeroom, and a secure perimeter fence for the local primary school. The assistance offers relief in a region where education has struggled under the weight of under-investment and human, wildlife conflict.

For years, Eretsha Primary School operated with just four classrooms, serving nearly 300 students. The result was overcrowded learning spaces, outdoor lessons, and rotating classes that disrupted continuity and undermined learning outcomes. Teachers were stretched, resources were thin, and students often sat shoulder to shoulder, or on the floor, trying to absorb knowledge in an environment that gave them little structure — or hope.