The Effectiveness of World Vision in Rural Sustainable Development in Bugesera District, Eastern Province of Rwanda

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ABSTRACT 

This research is based on “The effectiveness of World vision in rural sustainable development in Bugesera district, the Eastern province of Rwanda”. The study was guided by three objectives namely: to investigate the influence of World vision Rwanda on sustainable development activities in Bugesera district, to examine the Role of World vision Rwanda in promoting Unity, Reconciliation and Peace Building in portion sustainability of development in the area of study, and then, to assess the impact of World Vision Rwanda in implementation of Welfare conditions in Bugesera district for the sustainability of development. A stratified method of sampling was used, and purposive sampling was used to select sample size. Nonetheless, documentary review was used as well to supplement and validate the data collected through the self- administered questionnaire. The major findings include identification of internal activities of WVR to sustain rural areas, people’s participation in the strategies and plans to sustain rural development, influence, role, and contribution of WVR in promoting peace, unity, and reconciliation in Bugesera district to enable and enhance the standard of sustainability of development in the remote areas, barriers to implement sustainability of development, linkage between good governance, and sustainable development, cooperation of different stakeholders to empower development, favourite projects to the choice of people in which can promote development, and then, how people are involved in the implementation of sustainability of development in their areas. Lastly, the influence of WVR to make some social changes in the sense of well- being of local people The researcher recommends that WVR should financed the projects which people make choice and should be supervised and monitored as well as its done elsewhere. Government, WVR, and local community, and then other different stakeholders should cooperate and work together to implement and achieve good standard of development in the remote areas. Local community should be implicate and much involved in the activities of development actively because the benefits are belonging to them as first beneficiaries.



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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

APPROVAL

DEDICATION

DECLARATION .

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES x

LIST OF FIGURES xi

LIST OF ACCRONYMS xii

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Overview 1

1.1 Background to the Study 1

1.2 Statement of the problem 2

1.3 Purpose of the Study 3

1.4 Objectives of the Study 3

The Objectives of this study is to; 3

1.5 Research Questions 3

1.6 Scope of the Study 4

1.7 Significance of the Study 4

1.8 Conceptual Framework of Research 5

1.9 Review 6

CHAPTER TWO .7

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 7

2.0 Overview 7

2.1 Profile of World Vision 7

2.1.1 World Vision’s background in Rwanda 8

2.1.2 World Vision’s background in Bugesera district and its Results 9

2.2 Understanding of Rural Sustainable Development 10

2.2.1 Development 10

2.2.2 Sustainable development 11

2.2.3 Rural development 12

2.2.4 Rural Sustainability 13

2.3 Positive Factors affecting Rural Sustainable development 13

2.3.1 Education System Program 13

2.3.2 Environmental and Health care Services 15

2.3.3 Peace building, Unity and Reconciliation Programmes 15

2.3.4 Economic Resources Management 17

2.3.5 Agriculture reform Systems 17

2.5 Negative Factors affecting rural sustainable development 19

2.6 Role of Government in rural sustainable development 22

2.7 Review 23

CHAPTER THREE 24

METHODOLOGY 24

3.0 Overview 24

3.1 Research Design 24

3.2 Research Population 24

3.3 Sample 25

3.4 Sampling procedure 25

3.5 Instruments 26

3.6 Procedures 27

3.7 Validity and reliability 27

3.8 Data analysis 28

3.9 Ethical consideration 29

3.10 Review 29

CHAPTER FOUR 30

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS 30

4.O Overview 30

4.1 Respondent’s characteristics 30

4.1.2 Repartition of respondents according to the age group 31

4.1.3 Repartition of respondents according to their level of education 32

4.1.4 Repartition of respondents according to the Marital Status 33

4.2 Fashionable participation in rural sustainable development process 33

4.2.0 Presentation of findings 33

4.2.1 People’s participation in rural sustainable development process 34

4.2.3 The influence of WVR in the implementation of rural sustainable development 34

4.2.4 The ways used in implementation of rural sustainable development process 35

4.2.5 Types of activities provided by WVR to promote the level of rural sustainable development in Bugesera district 36

4.2.6 The Role of World vision Rwanda in promoting Peace Building, Unity and Reconciliation in partial sustainability of development at Bugesera district 37

4.2.7 The common barriers in implementation of rural sustainable development 38

4.2.8 Linkage between decentralization, good governance and sustainable development. . .39

4.2.9 Partnership between local government and sustainable development stakeholders 41

4.2.10 List showing the main partners! Collaborators of World vision Rwanda to enable sustainable development 43

4.3.0 The role of WVR in rural sustainable development in Bugesera district 45

4.3.1 People’s appreciation to the World vision’s role in rural sustainable development in Bugesera district 45

4.3.2 The impact of World vision Rwanda in promoting welfare conditions in Bugesera district for the sustainability of development 46

4.3.2.1 The favourite Projects of rural sustainable development in which people want actively to participate 46

4.4.0. People’s involvement in rural sustainable development projects 47

4.4.1 World vision Rwanda projects of ADPs to promote welfare of the residents in Bugesera district 48

CHAPTER FIVE 56

DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 56

5.0 Overview 56

5.1 Discussions 56

5.2 Conclusions 57

5.4 Suggested areas for further research 61

REFERENCES 62

APPENDICES 64

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