Improved Livelihood of Jalimaisha Youth Group Through Car Wash Project at Kibondo Ward in kibondo District.

Manzi, Roda Frank (2024) Improved Livelihood of Jalimaisha Youth Group Through Car Wash Project at Kibondo Ward in kibondo District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study aimed at ‘improved livelihood of Jalimaisha youth group’ through carwash project for unemployed youth in Kibondo ward for the purpose of increasing income for themselves.CNA participatory methods including focus group discussion, interviews, observation and documentary review were used to collect data related to the needs of the target community and the potential employment creation opportunities. Implementation was conducted following the assessment which indicated what initiatives to undertake to achieve the intended goals. The researcher identified three appropriate strategies namely, the establishment of carwash project, capacity building for carwash group members on micro-enterprise development and to empower project members on management and supervision skills. Findings revealed existence of several needs including lack of; capital,entrepreneurship skills, empowerment programs,market & market information, capacity for establishment of cooperative society and income poverty.Through pair-wise model,income poverty was identified as the most pressing needof the community. Hence, several interventions were proposed including establishment of vegetable gardens, salon and carwash project, whereby through pairwise ranking it was decided that establishment of car wash project would be the most feasible intervention to meet the identified need. In the course of project implementation 12 youth were trained and established an economic group named Jalimaisha youth group. Adequate progress of the key aspects including income, has been realized as the clients keep increasing on the product of the project initiated. Project monitoring and evaluation activities involved all key stakeholders including local government authorities and NGOs.

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