Village

Good/Services

Chitita

1) Local employment for casual workers in SWA; 2) Biltong and food rations for Village Heads and immediate frontline communities; 3) Thatching grasses and firewood; 4) Clean water for domestic use from Kove and Sengwa River; 5) Good social relations and respect, and cooperate social responsibility like funding sporting events.

Muchoni

1) Meat rations from animals killed during human wildlife conflicts; 2) Harvesting of thatching grass along Lutope River, firewood and construction poles for domestic fence, kraals and huts; 3) Whistle blower Incentives from reporting illegal hunting; 4) Casual worker employment for seasonal fireguards and boundary maintenance; 5) Good relations between park staff and communities.

Siamwanja

1) Clean water for domestic use from Ketsanga spring; 2) Parks offering assistance in controlling problem wild animal outside SWA; 3) Donation of School Equipments and free access to the Sengwa Wildlife Research Institute (SWRI) library by pupils; 4) Donation of Branded T-shirts and parks calendars to local schools; 5) Supporting local projects such as dam construction, road maintenance and allowing controlled access to firewood and thatching grasses.

Gava

1) Education and awareness and capacity building on HWC managements; 2) Meat, thatching grass, traditional grinding stones and firewood for local women, road maintenance from SWA to Mhota and free primary schools educational trips and research activities.