Improving Income of Umoja ni Nguvu Youth Group through Production of Gypsum Decorations at Kibamba Ward, Ubungo Municipality.

Bongole, Yusta Michael (2023) Improving Income of Umoja ni Nguvu Youth Group through Production of Gypsum Decorations at Kibamba Ward, Ubungo Municipality. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The general goal of the project was to improve income of Umoja ni Nguvu Youth Group at Kibamba Ward in Ubungo Municipality. The project resulted from Community Needs Assessment (CNA) which was conducted to determine challenges facing the community and available resources to support required interventions. At least 26 youth participated in the CNA exercises. The researcher used four data collection methods, namely: questionnaires, focus group discussions, interviews, and observations. After analysis of data, the findings indicated that, the community members under study were facing the challenge of low income and inadequate source of income which was the major community need. By using FGD, participants proposed to form Umoja ni Nguvu Youth Group through which they suggested economic activity to improve income. Through pairwise ranking techniques, Umoja ni Nguvu Youth Group formulated the project of ‘Production of Gypsum Decorations’. The project was implemented in 4 months from July to October 2023. The outcome of the project was to train 10 group members about the production of gypsum decorations. The group was able to produce 120 units of decors per week and secured reliable market to sell all units in local market. At a full scale of operations the group was able to earn a weekly average income of TZS 1800,000. Results from participatory monitoring and evaluation indicated that the project was successful implemented, and Umoja ni Nguvu Youth Group at Kibamba Ward was able to improve their regular income at individual levels and raise standard of living at household levels. Keywords: Gypsum decorations, Youth, Income, Poverty

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