Chivi Rural District Council

Chivi RDC is located in Chivi District in Masvingo province in the drought-prone region of the country, north of Mwenezi and west of Masvingo.

Introduction

Chivi Rural District Council is located in Masvingo province in the drought-prone region of the country, north of Mwenezi and west of Masvingo. Much of the District is occupied by subsistence farmers because of low average rainfall. The Government of Zimbabwe has established several small-scale irrigation schemes for the populace to supplement their meagre harvests.

It has got 32 wards, 40,313 households with an average household size of 4.3 The council is a spoke council in the hub and spoke programme for gender mainstreaming in local government, mentored by Bikita RDC.

Fact file

Province:

Masvingo

Population:

172,979 (93,423 Females; 79,556 Males).

Joined COE programme:

2015

Hub & Spoke programme:

Spoke Council

# Councillors:

42 (11 female; 31 male).

Sunrise Campaign:

Key Achievements

Installed some solar powered piped water schemes for the communities.