Potentials of Improved Opportunities and Obstacles to Development for Sustainable Community Projects in Mbinga District.

Shitindi, Jane Yisambi (2023) Potentials of Improved Opportunities and Obstacles to Development for Sustainable Community Projects in Mbinga District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study examined the potentials of improved opportunities and obstacles to development for sustainable community projects in Mbinga District Council. The study specifically focused on identifying the improved O & OD approaches applied to community projects; examining the sustainability role of the applied O & OD approaches; and determining the strategies that should be taken to improve the sustainability of community projects. The study employed a cross-sectional study design and collected data from 100 respondents who were randomly selected. Questionnaire, observation and focus group discussion were employed in this study. Data collected through questionnaire was analyzed through multiple analysis and descriptive statistics using SPSS. The study found that, community empowerment through community and ward facilitators are among of the O & OD approaches applied for community projects as well as capacity building through project implementation. It has also observed that financial and material contributions are among of the roles played by community for sustainability of their projects as well as participation in projects monitoring and evaluation. Moreover, the results revealed strategies such as trusting each other, transparency, community involvement in the whole process of project development and community sensitization to improve the sustainability of community projects. The study concludes that, O & OD exists at Mbinga District and uses approaches like community empowerment through ward and community facilitators, and project implementation by the community for community projects. The study recommends that more efforts should be put to ensure that community develop and implement more projects for their prosperity. Keywords: Community, Project, The Top-Down Approach, Community Participation.

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