Factors influencing sustainability of safaricom foundation educational funded projects

Abstract

This study was mainly founded on the ground that donor foundation plays a very crucial role in the socio-economic development of less developed nations of the word. Thus it aimed at investigating the factors influencing sustainability of Safaricom Foundations Educational funded projects in Nairobi County. In particular, the study was guided with an aim to determine the extent to which the participation of stakeholders’ influences the sustainability of Safaricom Foundations Educational funded projects, to establish the influence of training on sustainability of Safaricom Foundations Educational funded projects and to determine the influence of resource adequacy on sustainability of Safaricom Foundations Educational funded projects. The study adopted a descriptive survey. The target population was the project staff working with Safariom foundation educational funded project in Nairobi County, a total population of 120 respondents of the different organization staff was used. Data was collected from the sampled respondents using questionnaires as the principal data collection instrument. Purposive sampling techniques were used to come up with a representative sample size. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and SPSS was used to aid in generation of results. The data was presented in form of frequency tables to provide a complete and accurate presentation of the findings. A key findingwasthat resource adequacy, training and stakeholders’ participation play a pivotal role in determining the sustainability of Safaricom foundation educational funded projects. The study recommended stakeholder engagements to ensure that ideas and perspectives are represented and the target beneficiary and the stakeholders are well prepared to effectively run the projects after withdrawal of Safaricom foundations’ support. Ethical issues related to the study were addressed by maintaining high level of confidentiality of the information given by the respondents