Congratulations to Travel for Impact Fund Board Member, Michelle Adelman, who has been recognized by CEO Magazine as both Botswana’s and continental Africa’s 2017 “Most Influential Woman in Business [...]
Peace Corps Volunteers from all across Botswana recently cycled from Maun to Shakawe on a 2-week tour to advocate for malaria education! Along their 400 km route, they worked [...]
The magnificent tree Garcinia livingstonei is a distinctive component of riverine woodlands in the Okavango delta. It is known in Setswana as Motsaudi and has the English common name [...]
A month ago, Tsau Primary and Toteng Primary had two walls, with slight crumbling paint, that the students ran past without a thought or a glance. Today groups of kids [...]
An Acacia by any other name? In 2011, at the International Botanical Congress in Australia, it was decided (based on new DNA evidence) to split the Acacia genus into [...]
On Thursday, May 24th, two travelers passed through Maun on their journey from Kenya to Cape Town. This journey, which started in March, will continue until the women reach [...]
Text and photographs by Mmusi Mmusi, Herbarium Assistant at PSUB Herbarium, Okavango Research Institutue The commonly called ‘rain tree’ or ‘Apple- leaf’ is known in Setswana as mopororo. Scientifically [...]
This month Travel for Impact (TFI) welcomes two interns all the way from Queen’s University in Canada. Raiden and Jessica are the third (3rd) generation of Queen’s Project on [...]
Starting the new year with a bang, DDS have once again selected a student to sponsor through their ‘Leaders for the Future’ scholarship program. In a partnership with the [...]
Maun is internationally renowned as the tourist capital of Botswana and the gateway to the awe-inspiring Okavango Delta. However, this rapidly growing village is also home to Poetavango, a [...]
