Poverty Alleviation by Avega Eastern Region in Rwanda

ABSTRACT Economic development is wide area which need to be undertaken and intervention of diverse of people and organization but this research focused on poverty alleviated by AVEGA and to saught it out , social factors and economic factors are analyzed compared to the level highlighted by the government of Rwanda and expected them to be achieved within different corner of Rwanda. The stakeholders involved in alleviating poverty are the beneficiaries of AVEGA, the financial institutions, AVEGA co-worker organizations, the government projects and others local NGOs. The main problem of the study was to find out whether the AVEGA’s funds and governance are instigating to its stakeholders’ development for alleviating their poverty. The study attempt to find out answers to the research question such as What’s Profile of AVEGA beneficiaries as first factor of change to alleviate poverty? , What the AVEGA’s poverty indicator which would be referred to for being alleviated? ,What is the contribution of AVEGA to poverty alleviation? What improvement initiated by AVEGA to alleviate poverty? The research was exploratory and descriptive in nature based on a case design. The research used both primary and secondary methods of collecting data, this was used as a benchmarks to assess the rate by which poverty is alleviated. Interviews and questionnaires methods were used to collect the primary data, the study sample was composed in 7 district of Eastern Province where AVEGA eastern region operate. Random sampling method is used to sample the population of this study. Data was analyzed using descriptive and qualitative analysis methods and the information was presented in tables. By addressing research question , the researcher ultimately achieve the overall undertaking of the strategic to alleviate poverty of AVEGA’s beneficiaries from which general lesson may be summarized for the benefit of others organizations working under the area of reducing poverty of survivors of the Genocide economically and socially. The findings revealed that the implementation of AVEGA’s program could leave the critical situation in each stage of utilization of funds which are from SURF, COFOD, DFID, SWORP, MSAADA, RDT international donors compare to the Rwanda government usage funds in the area of alleviating poverty programs such as SERACOB. The findings show that AVEGA attempt to alleviate poverty at 33.5% compared 36.8% which is expected by EDPRS indicator of 2012 of the government of Rwanda. However, whether AVEGA Achieved to realize more within area of social economic development to his beneficiaries, the step to be jumped is still long according to the vision 2020 of Rwanda, in such case it had mentioned five recommendations to AVEGA, four to the government of Rwanda and finally five others have been addressed to his partner Non Government Organizations.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter

One PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1

Background of the study 1

Statement of the problem 5

Purpose of the study 7

Specific objectives 7

Research questions 7

Significance of the study 8

Scope of the study 9

Operational definition of the terms 10

Two REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 20

Overview 20

Review of related literature 25

Research hypotheses 26

Three METHODOLOGY 27

Overview 27

Research design 27

Sample size 27

Sample selection techniques 28

Research instruments 30

Questionnaires 30

Validity and reliability 31

Procedures 32

Data processing and analysis 32

Ethical consideration 33

Limitation 33

Four PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF

DATA 34

Introduction 34

Background of the information 35

National analysis of poverty indicators 36

AVEGA’s View Data analysis and findings 38

AVEGA beneficiaries as first factor of change to alleviate poverty

39

AVEGA’s poverty indicators 43

Contribution of AVEGA to alleviate poverty 49

Analysis of information sharing 50

Analysis of infrastructure usage 52

Analysis of income generation project 56

Analysis of project of apiculture of Nyarubuye-Kirehe 56

Analysis of project of taxicab-bicycles for the orphans of

Genocide 57

Analysis of project of Coffee agriculture 57

Analysis of project of trade of food commodities 57

Improvment initated by AVEGA to alleviate poverty 72

Opinion on how AVEGA objectives can best be implemented 74

AVEGA changes to innovate for a better service 75

Improvement needed to relate organizational program in poverty

alleviation 77

Five FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMANDATION 79

Introduction 79

Findings 79

Conclusion 80

Recommendations 81

REFERENCES 84

APENDICES 87

Appendix 1: Map of Rwanda 87

Appendix 2: Map of eastern province 88

Appendix 4: AVEGA regional organigramme 89

Appendix 3: National organigramme of avega - agahozo 90

Appendix 5: Questionnaire