Assessing the Effects of Community Based Organizations’ Activities on Poverty Alleviation in Mwatate Division, Kenya
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Date
2020
Authors
Chombo, Gertrude Chanya
Minja, David M.
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Publisher
IISTE
Abstract
Poverty is a global, national and community issue. Mwatate Division in Taita Taveta County, Kenya is one such
area that has been faced with persistent poverty. This is despite the existence of 600 Community Based
Organizations (CBOs) in the area. This prompted this study of assessing the effect of the CBO’s activities on
poverty alleviation in the area. The main objective of the study was to determine the effect of the CBO’s activities
on poverty alleviation. It utilized the empowerment theory. According to this theory, poverty alleviation entails
empowering the impoverished. The study, a descriptive survey, employed both descriptive and quantitative
statistical methods. The population of the CBOs was 600 whilst the target population was 206, out of which a
sample size of 100 was studied.Both primary and secondary data formed part of the study. The primary data was
collected using structured and unstructured interviews which were conducted on the leaders of the sampled CBO’s.
A simple questionnaire was executed through face-to-face interviews with the respondents in order to gather data.
The secondary source was both printed and electronic; was consulted through extensive desktop research. Other
sources were Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Gender and Social Development, National Council for
CBO’s, various research agencies and existing records of poverty in the area. The data was analyzed using
descriptive statistics. The major findings indicated that the CBOs’ activities did not impact on the poverty status
in the area. It was recommended that the CBOs needed empowerment so as to be effective
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Keywords
Community Based Organizations, poverty, poverty alleviation, empowerment, Community Based Organizations’ activities, Mwatate Division
Citation
Chombo, G. C., & Minja, D. M. (2020). Assessing the Effects of Community Based Organizations’ Activities on Poverty Alleviation in Mwatate Division, Kenya. transformation, 53.