| dc.description.abstract | The concept of project success has been extensively examined in the project management
literature. Projects especially education oriented have been traditionally claimed successful if
certain criteria are achieved such as executing the project on time, within budget and to specified
quality The objective of this study is to establish how support from stakeholders influence the
performance of Education Support Projects In Kenya: A Case Of Mathare Slums Funding
Organizations In Nairobi; To assess how socio-cultural factors Influence Performance Of
Education Support Projects In Kenya: To determine in what ways donors funding Influence
Performance Of Education Support Projects In Kenya: This study has employed a descriptive
research design with a Case Study of Mathare Slums Projects in Kenya. The target population is
30 Education Support Projects in Mathare Slums, Nairobi County from where samples of 10
Education Support Projects ware obtained from. The study has employed a descriptive survey
research design. The research has employed purposive sampling to select 30 participants.
Numerical data collected using questionnaires has been coded, entered and analyzed with help of
a computer Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) version 21 software programme. A
total of 60 questionnaires were distributed and 55 were collected having been filled completely.
This constituted a response rate of 91.6% and data collected has been analyzed, interpreted and
inferred through triangulation of information. This study also seeks to identify the relationship
between the variables which has been done through correlation coefficient (r) to measure the
strength between the variables in terms of religion and ethnicity. The study found out that most
respondent Strongly agreed that the aimed of involving members of any community and
education organizations to work together and promote a good working relations and practices in
projects was very important, This study noted that Socio-Cultural Factors especially in slums
areas determined how projects perform, some social settings from the study showed that some
project leaders would support certain areas leaving others based on gender, religion and others
ethnic background. The policies that are set by donors highly influence performance of most
projects per this study both positively and negatively. Lack of stakeholders support highly affects
education support projects, while social cultural factors contribute highly in the performance of
these projects. However donor policies that have been put in place tend to positively influence
most projects as well as overcome the mitigating factors. | en_US |
