The Contribution of Community Developmental Organizations in Poverty Reduction in Uganda, A Case Study of Build Africa in Kumi County, Kumi District.

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1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the study

1.2 Statement of the problem 3

1.3 Research Objectives 3

1.3.1 General objective of the study 3

1.3.2 Specific objectives of the study 3

1.4 Research questions 3

1.5 Scope of the study 4

1.5.1 Geographical Scope 4

1.5.2 Content Scope 4

1.5.3 Time Scope 4

1.6 Significance of the study 4

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2.0 Introduction

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2.1 Community Development Organizations and Poverty reduction 5

2.2 The impact of Build Africa on Education 6

2.3 The impact of Build Africa on Agriculture 8

2.4 The impact of Build Africa on savings and loans 9

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2.5 The challenges of CDOs on poverty reduction 13

2.6 Possible solutions to overcome challenges of CDOs in poverty reduction 15

2.7 Conclusion 21

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3.0 Introduction 22

3.1 Research design 22

3.2 Area of the study 22

3.3 The study/Target population 23

3.4 Sample procedures! techniques 23

3.5 Sampling Size 23

3.6 Data sources 24

3.6.1 Primary data 24

3.6.2 Secondary data 25

3.7 Data collection methods 25

3.7.1 Questionnaires 25

3.7.2 Observation 25

3.7.3 Pretesting (Validity) 25

3.7.4 Pretesting (Reliability) 26

3.8 Procedure for data collection 26

3.9 Data analysis 26

3.10 Limitations of the study 27

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DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS 28

4.0 Introduction 28

4.1 Bio-data of the participants 28

4.1.1 Age of the participants 28

4.1.2 Gender of the Respondents 29

4.1.3 Marital status of the Respondents 30

4.1.4 Education Level of the respondents 31

4.2 Effect of Build Africa on Education 32

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4.3 Effect of Build Africa on Agriculture .34

4.4 Effect of Build Africa on savings 36

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SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .~.~..m, 39

5.0 Introduction 39

5.1 Summary of discussion 39

5.2 Conclusions 40

5.2.1 To find out the impact of Build Africa on Education in Kumi County 40

5.2.3 To find out the impact of Build Africa on Agriculture in Kumi County 41

5.2.3 To investigate the impact of Build Africa on Savings in Kumi County 41

5.3 Recommendations 42

5.3.1 To find out the impact of Build Africa on Education in Kumi County 42

5.3.3 To find out the impact of Build Africa on Agriculture in Kumi County 43

5.3.3 To investigate the impact of Build Africa on Savings in Kumi County 43

5.4 Areas of further studies 43

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APPENDIX I:QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE RESPONDENTS 47

APPENDIX II: INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR KEY INFORMANTS 51

APPENDIX III: MAP OF KUMI DISTRICT 52