ABSTRACT
An overwhelming body of literature claims that CSOs are an important engine of development.
Analysts argue that CSOs not only improve local people’s participation in development process
but also use appropriate al. proaches to development. The motivation for this study was therefore
to examine the roles / contribution made by CSOs in house hold poverty reduction in Uganda,
Kakumiro district Birembo sub country. The study objectives were; to examine the causes of
poverty especially among households in Birembo sub country, Kakumiro district, to assess the
contributions made by CSO’s in household poverty reduction, to analyze and assess the
challenges faced by CSO’s towards household poverty reduction in Birembo subcounty
Kakumiro district. The study applied a case study research design in examining the civil society
organizations and household poverty reduction in Birembo subcounty Kakumiro district. This is
because the research questions that were generated necessitated observing, explanatory,
descriptive and analytical aspects of the research. This study was carried out basing on 3 selected
CSOs in Kakumiro dist ~t, Uganda, namely, Kibaale civil society organization network
(KCSON), world voices Uganda (WVU) and Uganda rural development and training program
(URDT). The study population was 58participants, 20 selected CSO’s members, 15 CSO’s
beneficiaries, 10 Kakumiro district local government administrators and 13 local peasants. A
sample of 50 respondents was determined through purposive and random sampling methods. The
study findings revealed that 68%were males and 32%females hence males the majority. The
study concluded that, CSO’s engage in the promotion and protection of human rights, promote
political participation, and develop citizen’s skills to work with one another, among others. The
study recommends that there is a need to tackle poverty dynamically, strategically and
comprehensively since it is dimensional phenomena that needs multidimensional approach,
provision and improvemeit in education for all, need for CSO’s to encourage meaningful
participation of citizen, proper coordination between CSO’s and district, need to exposes or
intensity accountability among others
Research, S. (2022). Civil Society Organizations And Household Poverty Reduction In Birembo Sub County, Kakumiro District~ Uganda. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/civil-society-organizations-and-household-poverty-reduction-in-birembo-sub-county-kakumiro-district-uganda
Research, SSA "Civil Society Organizations And Household Poverty Reduction In Birembo Sub County, Kakumiro District~ Uganda" Afribary. Afribary, 23 Aug. 2022, https://afribary.com/works/civil-society-organizations-and-household-poverty-reduction-in-birembo-sub-county-kakumiro-district-uganda. Accessed 08 Sep. 2024.
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Research, SSA . "Civil Society Organizations And Household Poverty Reduction In Birembo Sub County, Kakumiro District~ Uganda" Afribary (2022). Accessed September 08, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/civil-society-organizations-and-household-poverty-reduction-in-birembo-sub-county-kakumiro-district-uganda