Rwanda: How Akagera Park's Rwf1.2bn Community Fund Will Be Spent

Rwanda: How Akagera Park's Rwf1.2bn Community Fund Will Be Spent

Districts surrounding Akagera National Park received dummy cheques on Saturday worth Rwf1.2 billion under the national Tourism Revenue Sharing programme, which channels part of park earnings back to the communities that live alongside and support conservation.

How Akagera Park’s Rwf1.2bn community fund will be spent

Districts surrounding Akagera National Park received dummy cheques on Saturday worth Rwf1.2 billion under the national Tourism Revenue Sharing programme, which channels part of park earnings back to the communities that live alongside and support conservation. Akagera is Rwanda’s flagship Savannah and wetland conservation area. It covers about 1,122 square kilometres in the Eastern Province and borders Nyagatare, Gatsibo, and Kayonza districts. …