Community Participation and Sustainability of Livelihood Projects in Uganda: A Case Study of AAH U in Bweyale Town Council

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of community participation on sustainability of livelihood projects at AAH U in Bweyale Town Council. The objectives that guided the study were concerned with analyzing the relationship between community participating in planning, community participating in implementation and community participating in monitoring and sustainability of livelihood projects at AAH U in Bweyale Town Council. The study followed a cross sectional survey research design using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The sample size was 179 respondents and the sampling techniques employed were; simple random sampling and purposive sampling consequently, the data collection methods were questionnaire, interview, FGDs, documentary reviews and observation methods. The data was analyzed using pearson’s correlation co-efficient techniques. The findings revealed a positive relationship between community participating in planning and sustainability of livelihood projects(r= 0.695; p =0.000<0.01), a positive relationship between community participating in implementation and sustainability of livelihood projects (r= 0.747, p =0.000<0.05) and a positive relationship between community participating in monitoring and sustainability of livelihood projects(r= 0.674, p =0.000<0.05) at AAH U in Bweyale Town Council. Researcher concluded that community participating in planning, community participating in implementation and community participating in monitoring had positive relationship with sustainability of livelihood projects. Recommendations of the study were; that communities should be involved in the planning, implementation and monitoring process of livelihood projects at AAH U at all levels and time.