Abstract: This research examined the effect of Community Involvement on the Sustainability of Development Projects in Rwanda because, it has been observed that often when project start, communities members are actively participating. However when the project phases out /ends, there is hardly any continuity of the project activities. This may be attributed to the fact that usually community members are not sufficiently empowered and fully engaged in every single activity of the project. The researcher intended to achieve this by use of three specific objectives namely; to establish the effect of Community participation in Planning on sustainability of Essential Nutrition and Health Package Project; to examine the effect of Community participation in Project Control on sustainability of Essential Nutrition and Health Package Project, and to assess the effect Community participation in Project Implementation on sustainability of Essential Nutrition and Health Package Project. The research was beneficial to the researcher, Essential Nutrition and Health Package Project and JKUAT. The researcher used descriptive design of study based on qualitative and quantitative approach in order to get better analysis of the study. The population size was 185 and sample of 115 respondents was taken. Both primary and secondary sources with their relevant tools, like questionnaire and documentary analysis was used in order to come up with required data. Data was processed by use of SPSS and analyzed by use of percentages, mean and standard deviation. The relationship between the variables was established by use of Pearson correlations module. In the findings it was established that Community Involvement in development projects inform of Community Project planning, Community Project control and Community Project implementation contributes highly to on sustainability Essential Nutrition and Health Package Project in form of physical financial sustainability and project operational sustainability. Table 4.16 gave the relationship between Community Involvement and Sustainability of Development Projects in Rwanda whereby the respondents N is 115 and the significant level is 0.01, the results indicate that independent variable has positive high correlation to dependent variable equal to .781** and the p-value is .000 which is less than 0.01. When p-value is less than significant level, therefore researchers conclude that variables are correlated and null hypothesis is rejected and remains with alternative hypothesis. This means that there is a significant relationship between Community Involvement on the Sustainability of Development Projects in Rwanda. We can therefore conclude Community Involvement greatly contribute to positive Sustainability of Development Projects in Rwanda.
Keywords: Essential Nutrition and Health Package Project, Community Involvement, Community participation.
Title: EFFECT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT ON SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN RWANDA: CASE STUDY OF ESSENTIAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH PACKAGE (ENHP) IN KABUGA, GASABO DISTRICT, RWANDA
Author: MUTAMULIZA MARIE JUSTINE
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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