An Assessment of the Contribution of Social Accountability Project: The Case of Edget Beandenet School, Hawaqssa Project Site of Action for Self Reliance Organization (Afsr
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The stud y assessed the contributi on of social accountability proj ect. Qua li tative research
method based o n case stu dy technique was used in order to ex plore and deep ly und erstand the
cont ribut ion of th e project. Primary data were gathered from key info rm ants a nd foc us g roup
di sc uss ion partic ip ants. T he data was processed throu gh thematic ana lys is . T he findin gs of th e
stud y revealed th at social accountability project has its own sha re for enh a nci ng the level of
in vo lv emen t, participati o n a nd empowerment of th e comm unit y through it s communi ty sco res card
(CMC) and co mmuni ty mobili zat ion (CM) mechani s ms . Re s ults of the stud y in dicate that th e
proj ect in its ed ucation intervention hel ped t he schoo l community to address it s prob lems through
mobili z in g both int erna l as we ll as external re sources. The project has found th at development
actors s hou ld play a fac ilit ation role a nd provisio n of technica l ass istance in the process of
deve lopment. In general , the project s ho uld be taken as a startin g poi nt to susta in th e deve lopment
e nd eavors of Et hiopia s in ce it has a g reat potentia l to aware the community to see it s s tr ength,
potential a nd avai labl e re sources. T hus, th e project should be sca led up to en ha nc e deve lop me nt in
the cou ntry .
Key Words: Asset, Palti c ipation, E mpowe rm ent, Com munity Development, Deve lopment
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Asset, Palticipation, Empowerment, Community Development