| dc.description.abstract | The role played by donor agencies in improving living standards of families/households, groups
and individuals in any country especially in areas that has not been developed for a long time
like coastal region of Kenya cannot be underestimated. There has been a significant increase in
activities from donor agencies with regards to funding of various projects where the government
has failed to deliver services to its people. However development projects, initiated and/or
funded by these donor agencies, perform poorly and many become non-operational on
termination of donor support. Despite this problem, no study has been done to establish the cause
of the termination of these donor funded projects especially on withdrawal of donor support.
This poses a gap that this study sought to fill an investigation of the sustainability of NGO
funded projects post donor funding in Msambweni Sub County, Kwale County. The study
adopted a descriptive research design. The target population included employees from six
selected NGOs operating within Msambweni Sub County. Data was collected from the sampled
respondents using questionnaires as the principal data collection instrument. Stratified and
purposive sampling techniques were used to come up with a representative sample size. The data
was analyzed using descriptive statistics and statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to
aid in generation of results. The data was presented in form of frequency tables, percentages and
cross-tabulation among others. The study established that most donor funded projects in
Msambweni Sub County were unsustainable after the withdrawal of donor funding. The key
factors that were found to affect sustainability of donor funded projects were mainly donor
policies, managements structures and stakeholders involvement. This was done through
hypothesis testing while financial systems and technology adoption were rejected. The study
recommended that adoption of succession planning was necessary to ensure that the target
beneficiary and stakeholders are well prepared to effectively run the projects after withdrawal of
donor support. | en_US |
