Abstract: The study focused on two solar powered boreholes that meant to serve residents of Lorugum Location, its institutions and surrounding locality. The study was anchored on Outcome and Systems Theory. The study adopted descriptive survey research design that was convenient based on the its nature. The target population was 188, that is 179 local households, Ministry of water officer’s hydrologist, engineer, Hydrologist, Water Users Association Member, NGO representative, WASH officer, County Government of Turkana representative and a representative from the Catholic Dioceses of Lodwar. The sample size of this study was determined by applying Yammane formula, which was 128. According to this formula 119 households were sampled using stratified sampling while the rest were purposively sampled. The research instruments used for data collection is questionnaires, and Interviews guide for local households and others respectively. A pilot study was conducted in the same area, but on other respondents and it tested the validity and reliability of research instruments. Qualitative data was collected by holding face-to-face interviews with Data was collected respondents’ others than local households while quantitative data was collected by administering questionnaires. SPSS version 22 software was used to analyse data while thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. From the findings, 71.5% of respondents indicated that training had less influence on the sustainability of donor funded water projects. Further, 84.9% of the respondents stated that it takes over two years for the technology adopted to influence sustainability of DFWP. Based on the findings, it was recommended that community sensitization and education should be conducted to change the attitude of locals, the level of education, knowledge and skills relevant to DFWP should be improved. The community should fully own and participate in project activities.
Keywords: Training, Technology Adoption, donor, Projects, Sustainability.
Title: Influence of Training and Technology Adoption on Sustainability of Donor Funded Water Projects in Kenya; A Case of Turkwel Ward, Turkana County
Author: Abraham Kisumbat Kisang, Patrick Cheben Simiyu
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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