Beneficiaries’ Engagement and Project Sustainability in Rwanda: A Case of Huguka Dukore Akazi Kanoze (Hdak)
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https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t3076Abstract
The study generally aimed at assessing the role of beneficiaries' engagement in sustaining the project in Rwanda, with the following specific objectives: To determine beneficiaries' engagement in planning and design for the sustainability of the project; to assess beneficiaries' engagement in the implementation for the sustainability of the project; and to identify beneficiaries' engagement in monitoring and evaluation for the sustainability of the project. This research focused on 114 Huguka Dukore Akazi Kanoze youth leaders. It is used to probability-stratify, random, and purposeful sampling methods. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data, and a documentary review was used to collect secondary data. SPSS version 23 was used to analyze the data. The findings provided a strong mean of 4.38 and a standard deviation of 0.66 regarding beneficiary's participation in meetings for planning youth group activities. The findings generated by multiple regression analysis showed that beneficiaries' engagement in planning and design contributed to the sustainability of the Huguka Dukore Akazi Kanoze project by 99.9% (R2 = 0.999). On the beneficiaries' engagement in implementation and the project's sustainability, the findings showed that beneficiaries participated in making decisions about the project at a mean of 4.37 and a standard deviation of 0.72. The regression line showed that beneficiaries' engagement in implementation influences the Huguka Dukore Akazi Kanoze Project's sustainability at a positive, positive correlation of 94.7% (R2 = 0.947). The responses indicated that beneficiaries assess project performance, with a mean of 4.38 and a standard deviation of 0.71. The multiple linear regression indicated that the beneficiary's engagement in monitoring and evaluation contributes to the sustainability of the Huguka Dukore Akazi Kanoze project at a correlation coefficient of 99.4%, which is a very strong positive correlation. The study concluded that beneficiary engagement influences the sustainability of the Huguka Dukore Akazi Kanoze project at a strongly positive correlation of 97.6%. (R2=0.976), Following the Huguka Dukore Akazi Kanoze approach, the study recommends that project implementers and donors learn from the results on how to engage beneficiaries early in the project.
Keywords: Beneficiaries,’ Engagement, Project, Sustainability Rwanda
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