Role of Community Development Projects on Poverty Reduction Among Female-Headed Households in Rwanda: The Case of Huye District.

Hakizimana, Emmanuel (2021) Role of Community Development Projects on Poverty Reduction Among Female-Headed Households in Rwanda: The Case of Huye District. Doctoral thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study explored the role of community development projects on poverty reduction among female-headed households in Rwanda, it was conducted in Huye District-Southern Province. Respondents were selected via purposive, convenient, snowball and simple random sampling techniques. The study used qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative data was analysed via thematic and content analysis while quantitative data analysis used both univariate and bivariate techniques. Findings indicated that the community development projects slightly reduced poverty among FHHs hence they managed to respond to some life demands. Respondents confirmed that Girinka programme increased their agricultural harvest due to manure provision and Pearson r established a strong relationship between this variable and poverty reduction (r=.853). 95% of respondents asserted that FHHs started accessing saving and credits services from Intambwe Groups, VUP financial services and Umurenge SACCO. Respondents revealed again that the implementation of developmental projects is facing lack of transparency and delay of payments, which significantly affect FHHs’ participation and thus the poverty persists. The Government was suggested to introduce life skills tuition-free training to equip FHHs with basic competences for their self-employment, and monitor the functioning of the national gender and community development policies from the grass root level to help local leaders avoid corruption and instil transparency in projects beneficiaries’ selection; and ensure the inclusion of FHHs in community development projects. Finally, FHHs should attend the education centres and claim for their rights concerning the participation in community development projects. Keywords: Household, Social Work, Community development, Poverty Reduction.

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