The Study of Two Selected NGOs Operating in Gulelie Sub City, Addis Ababa
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2016-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Literatures indicated that there is a broad consensus developing on the critical role that NGOs
economic strengthening intervention can play in a comprehensive response to the needs of
households and communities. There is, however, significantly less agreement on effective
approaches to implement CEE programs. Therefore, assessing the framework guiding the
community economic empowerment projects of NGOs is an important research area that helps to
know what components are included in the project intervention. Moreover, the impact of the
CEE intervention on the economic status of beneficiaries needs to be measured using different
indicators to know the actual change brought by the NGOs. Secondly, even though there is less
agreement on effective CEE approaches, there are general and acceptable components that need
to be included in CEE projects. Assessing if there are missing components in the implementation
of CEE activity by the NGOs is an important research issue that requires critical investigation.
Finally, engagement and active participation of the community in general and project
beneficiaries in particular in the implementation of CEE interventions gets major emphasis in
most of the literatures. In addition to this, the fact that CEE is an ongoing and recent
intervention by Ethiopian NGOs, it will be an excellent opportunity to study the community’s
knowledge about the framework guiding the NGOs. Both primary and secondary data are used
for the purpose of this study. Descriptive and statistical tools such as paired sample T- tests and
Pearson correlations are used in analyzing the data collected. One major finding is the
organizations enrollment; screening and beneficiary categorization procedure is evident that
their framework addresses economically disadvantaged groups of the community. However,
coordination between the two organizations found to be nonexistent. Moreover, the awareness
level of saving and self-help group leaders (FGD participants) found to be much better than the
ordinary beneficiaries. The study also found out that majority of the respondents are either
rarely or never participated in project need assessment and planning phases. In addition to this,
one of the impacts of the NGOs intervention is the dramatic change in the saving habit of
beneficiaries. Most of the respondents used the loan for productive investment while significant
number of beneficiaries utilized the loan they have accessed from the project for unproductive
purpose such as consumption and to repay other loan. In addition, majority of the respondents
witnessed improved monthly income after the NGOs project intervention. The study has found
more beneficiaries who are engaged in SMB after NGOs intervention. Vocational skill training,
social asset inclusion and linkage with formal financial institutions have not been given much
emphasis both in the organizational project implementation framework, project guidelines and
other documents. The organizations should allocate more resource and effort to make the
community more aware about their project intervention frameworks. Their impact on community
economic empowerment would also be improved by incorporating vocational skill training,
social asset inclusion and strengthening linkage with formal financial institutions
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Gulelie sub city