COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES AND POVERTY
Date
2011-06-14
Authors
SEKOMO, ASHA MARIA CLARA
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Abstract
This study investigated the nature and challenges facing community-based initiatives
in Rwanda and recommends options which, if implemented, would maximise positive
effects in combating poverty through the said initiatives. The scourge of poverty is
one of the main challenges facing developing countries like Rwanda today.
Community-based initiatives in Rwanda have been implemented for the past two
decades as key component of the fight against poverty. The study assumes that
organisations involved in community initiatives have a great chance of success in
poverty reduction efforts because they interact directly with the people who
experience poverty.
The results analysed in this study were extracted from the Community Reintegration
and Development Project in Rwanda (CRDP). The findings have demonstrated
consistency with theory in community development and in the fight against poverty.
The case provides a useful understanding of CBI as a poverty reduction tool. For
community-based initiatives to ably confront challenges of poverty as a development
problem, it is recommended that capacity building, community participation, and
demand-driven approaches be engendered in the development and sustainability of
CBI
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Keywords
Poverty alleviation, Community based initiatives, Rwanda