Assessing the Role of Non Governmental Organizations in Addressing Unemployment in Tanzania: An Experience from Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam.

Sunu, Gamaliel Henry (2025) Assessing the Role of Non Governmental Organizations in Addressing Unemployment in Tanzania: An Experience from Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Unemployment is a global phenomenon that requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders, including Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The overall objective of the study was to assess the roles of the selected NGOs in addressing unemployment in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam. Specifically, the kinds of interventions provided by NGOs, impacts of interventions, and challenges encountered in their work. The study used a mixed method structured descriptive research design, based on both quantitative and qualitative data. A sample was obtained through both probability and non-probability techniques, whose combined total included 216 respondents and five program officers from the selected NGOs. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS, while qualitative data used thematic analysis. Study findings indicated that NGOs significantly contribute to employment promotion interventions, including entrepreneurship support (82.3%) and vocational training (53.6%). All of which improved beneficiaries' knowledge and skills (79.8%); collected employment outcomes increased from (35.5% to 88.7%); and incomes had slight increases (52.7%). Major challenges included unreliable funding and changing government policy. While NGOs support government efforts to address unemployment, organizations have collective limited reach. The study recommended securing reliable funding sources to support employment interventions, while increasing the participation of NGOs to address unemployment. Key Words: Unemployment, NGOs, Vocational Training, Entrepreneurship Support, Skills Development, Kinondoni Municipality.

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