Effect Of Community Participation On Project Sustainability: A Case Of Kirehe Community-Based Watershed Management Project (KWAMP)

Abstract

Sustainability is the motive of any development project layout, when not attained all the energy used seems like wasted. The outcomes of a project depend really on the commitment of the participants of the project. The overall objective of this research was to identify the relationship between beneficiary participation and project sustainability in the Community-based Watershed Management in Kirehe. This study aimed at searching about the project targeted community participation in the planning, implementation of the KWAMP looking and aiming at finding if this project was or will be sustainable. The significance of this study is based on generating knowledge regarding the participation commitment of the targeted community based on the findings that will assist to determine the best relationship between the donor communities and the beneficiaries, which can ensure sustainability of the projects. This research was conducted in Kirehe district with the community benefiting from Cyunuzi and Sagatare watershed irrigation scheme. The researcher used the Cochran formula to determine 96 beneficiaries from the community as sample size and was selected randomly from KWAMP beneficiaries to respond to the questionnaire and use the purposive method for the project implementers to provide data through guided interview. On the basis of SPSS with descriptive statistic model displaying mean and standard deviation, the researcher processed and analyzed primary data collected through a questionnaire.