Impact of Baha’i Social Action in Community building process: A case of Kinondoni Municipality.

Ng’aboli, Elias (2023) Impact of Baha’i Social Action in Community building process: A case of Kinondoni Municipality. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This dissertation studied the Impact of Baha‟i Social Action in Community building process: A case of Kinondoni Municipality. Specifically, the study identified the socio-economic impact of Baha‟i social action, it also identified the challenges associated with implementation of Baha‟i social action, and the study examined the measures for improving the contribution of Baha‟i social action in community building. A total of 32 respondents were drawn from different community groups, which included the women art group, youth and children group. Quantitative data were collected through prepared questionnaires and Qualitative data from Interviews.Questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussion have been used as data collection tools and methods; data analysis was done through (SPSS). Findings of this study showed that socio-economic impact of Baha‟i social action in community building are advancement and wellbeing of women and children, social services,promotion of universal human rights, education, health care, agriculture, institutional capacity, credit, market and business, challenges include donor-dependence syndrome, low capacity for economic management, ineffective implementation syndrome. Recommended measures include improvement of economic capabilities,improvement of human capabilities and improvement of administrative capabilities. Keywords: Baha‟i Social Action, Community building, Process

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