NGOS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT A CASE STUDY OF ACTION AID, MASINDI DISTRICT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL

DEDICATION

DECLARATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF TABLES ix

LIST OF FIGURES x

LIST OF ACRONYMS

ABSTRACT xii

CHAPTER ONE 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.1.1 Historical perspective 1

1.1.2 Theoretical perspective 2

1.1.3 Conceptual Perspective 3

1.1.4 Contextual perspective 3

1.2 Problem of the Statement 4

1.3 Study Purpose 4

1.4 Research objectives 4

1.5 Research Questions 4

1.6 Scope of the study 5

1.6.1 Geographical scope 5

1.6.2 Content scope 5

1.6.3 Time scope 5

1.7 Significance of the Study .5

1.8 Definition of key terms 6

CHAPTER TWO 7

LITERATURE REVIEW 7

2.0 Introduction 7

2.1. Theoretical Review 7

2.2 Conceptual framework 7

2.3 Related review 9

2.3.2 Relationship between agriculture development and community development in Masindi District 10

2.3.3 Relationship between promotion of education and community development in Masindi District 13

2.4 Empirical studies 14

2.5 Research gap 22

CHAPTER ThREE 24

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 24

3.1. Introduction 24

3.2. Research Design 24

3.3 Study Population 24

3.4 Sample Size 24

3.5 Sampling Techniques and Procedure 25

3.5.1 Purposive Sampling 25

3.5.2 Raiadom Sampling 26

3.6. Data Sources 26

3.6.1 Primary data 26

3.6.2 Secondary data .26

3.7 Data Collection Instruments 26

3.7.1 Questionnaires 26

3.7.2 Interviews Guide 27

3.8 Validity and reliability of the instrument 27

3.8.1 Validity 27

3.8.2 Reliability 28

3.9 Data collection procedures 28

3.10 Data Presentation 28

3.11 Data analysis 29

3.11 Ethical Considerations 30

3.12 Limitations of the Study 30

CHAPTER FOUR 31

PRESENTATIONS, INTEPRETATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 31

4.0 Introduction 31

4.1 Demographic characteristics of respondents 31

4.1.1 Gender of Respondents 31

4.1.2 Age of the respondents 32

4.1.3 Marital Status of the Respondents 33

4.1.4 Education Levels of the Respondents 34

4.2 Findings on relationship between development of infrastructure facilities and community development in Masindi District 35

4.3 Findings on relationship between agriculture development and community development in Masindi District 41

4.4 Findings on relationship between promotion of education and community development in Masindi District 46

CHAPTER FIVE .52

DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 52

5.0 Introduction 52

5.1 Discussion of findings 52

5.1.1 Demographic characteristics of respondents 52

5.1.2 Relationship between development of infrastructure facilities and community development in Masindi District 53

5.1.3 Relationship between agriculture development and community development in Masindi District 54

5.1.4 Relationship between promotion of education and community development in Masindi District 55

5.2 Conclusions 56

5.3 Recommendations S7

5.4 Suggested areas for future study 57

REFERENCES 58

APPENDICES 61

APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE 61

APPENDIX II 64

INTERVIEW GUIDE 64

APPENDIX III 65

WORKPLAN 65

APPENDIX IV 66

STUDY BUDGET 66

ABSTRACT 

The study sought to examine NGOs and community development: a case study of Action Aid, Masindi District. The study objectives were; to establish the relationship between development of infrastructure facilities and community development in Masindi District, to examine the relationship between agriculture development and community development in Masindi District and to assess the relationship between promotion of education and community development in Masindi District. This study used cross-sectional research design to assess the respondents’ views towards NGOs and Community development in Masindi District particularly Action Aid Uganda. The total population of Masindi District is 9,235 inhabitants (UBOS, 2018). Masindi District has 7 sub counties, 22 parishes and 225 villages. However, the researcher targeted a population of 58 inhabitants. A sample size of 50 respondents was determined through purposive and random sampling methods. The researcher used varieties of sampling which included: Purposive and random sampling. Data was collected from primary and secondary sources using questionnaires and interviews. After collecting data, the researcher organized well-answered questionnaire, data was edited and sorted for the next stage. The data was presented in tabular form, pie charts and bar graphs with frequencies and percentages. The study findings revealed that the sample constituted of 50 respondents of which 66% were males and the 34% remaining were females. This implies that males are the majority. This implies that the most respondents were men due to the societal beliefs that the males are hardworking and hence capable of running NGOs more effectively than their female counterparts and hence contributing towards community development in the area. The study concludes that community-based organizations and cooperatives can acquire, subdivide and develop land, construct housing, provide infrastructure and operate and maintain infrastructure such as wells or public toilets and solid waste collection services. The study recommends that there is need to establish a policy framework that maximizes the incomes of the working rural dwellers through policies to promote rural self-employment and reliability. The study recommends that there is need to provide additional and maintenance of existing infrastructural facilities as earlier listed above, encourage the principle of continuity whereby successive governments adopt the viable rural development programmes initiated by their predecessors.