The local authority last week distributed $81 516 to the local communities under the programme.
In an interview with The Zimbabwean, the local authority’s chief executive officer, Albert Mbedzi, said this year’s hunting season was one of the best. Last year, Mbedzi said the council received $59 680 from the scheme. He said 50 percent of this year’s proceeds were retained by the council while the rest was distributed to the community.
Some of the communities that benefitted from the programme include, Tshikwalakwala, Tshipise, Masera, Shashe, Nottingham New Resettlement area, Pingwe and River Ranch in ward six.
Mbezi said the bulk of the money would go towards the rehabilitation of clinics, roads, schools and boreholes in the communities.
Campfire, a full exploitation of community tourism was first started in 1982 in Mahenye communal area in Chipinge and extended to Nyaminyami and Guruve districts in 1989 and other districts later.
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