Establishment of Liquid Soap Making Project to Improve Income of Jithamini Group in Gongolamboto Ward in Ilala Municipality, Dar es Salaam.

Kiluvia, Violet Onesmo (2021) Establishment of Liquid Soap Making Project to Improve Income of Jithamini Group in Gongolamboto Ward in Ilala Municipality, Dar es Salaam. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This project report is a result of the Participatory Needs Assessment which was conducted in Gongolamboto Ward, Ilala Municipality, to identify the needs of widows who are engaged in small and informal business. The study applied descriptive research design under which both qualitative and quantitative approach was employed. The researcher employed simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques to get respondents. Data were collected from a sample of 33 respondents using primary and secondary sources. The reviewed literatures have clearly shown that despite the government’s efforts to combat poverty and the avenue provided in various policy documents have not been able to pull many Tanzanians especially women out of income poverty. The assessment found that the community, as any other widows of the same status in Tanzania is experiencing income poverty to the extent of failing to afford basic needs for themselves and their dependents. The group members and other stakeholders including the researcher, contributed money which was used as a starting capital of the project. Sustainability of the project is assured because the community has shown commitment to own and work with other stakeholders in implementing the project. The recommendations put forward include close involvement of government extension officers especially community development and trade officers in in order to nurture the group in all production activities in order to maximize profit. It is also recommended that other groups with similar composition and characteristics should learn from Jithamini group in order to improve their income and reduce household poverty. Keywords: Absolute Poverty, Poverty, Relative Poverty, Income Poverty.

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