Contribution of Support for Community Initiated Project (SCIP) on communities livelihood:  case of Mkomazi National Park

Dengera, Johnson Fanuel

dc.creator	Dengera, Johnson Fanuel
dc.date	2019-07-12T09:23:16Z
dc.date	2019-07-12T09:23:16Z
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:14:36Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:14:36Z
dc.identifier	Dengera, J. F. (2015). Contribution of Support for Community Initiated Project (SCIP) on communities livelihood: case of Mkomazi National Park. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/607
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/607
dc.description	Dissertation (MSc Natural Resource Management)
dc.description	The study to assess the contribution of support for the community-initiated project on Communities livelihood was conducted at Vumari and Kisiwani Barazani villages, in Same District. Case study research design was adopted. Data were collected by using household questionnaire surveys, Interviews and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). A total of 127 respondents were involved in the study. Information obtained through households questionnaire, was analyzed by using a Statistical Package for Social Sciences software version 16 (SPSS 16.0) and data from Group Focus Discussion and interviews, were analyzed thematically. Themes were categorized based on their similarities and commonalities as they arose. The findings of this study revealed that SCIP projects were known to local communities. Projects found in the area include school toilets, hostels and dispensary’s laboratories. Projects were within the village’s needs. Challenges that encountered SCIP were SCIP contribution, inadequate staff, poor community participation and political interference. The solution to the challenges includes implementation of more projects, community participation, provision of good neighbourliness education, transparency and implementation of projects within the time frame. SCIP projects had improved the livelihood of the communities’ adjacent to the Park through the funding of hostels, schools’ toilets and laboratories for the ward dispensary. These projects have ensured local communities to access to better education and health services. The SCIP has achieved twin goals of livelihood and conservation of the protected area. It is recommended that recruitments of more Outreach Warden encourage local people and other stakeholders to participate in all stages so as to encourage transparency and park officers especially OP should visit and conducting meetings with local communities adjacent to the park.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	The University of Dodoma
dc.subject	Community initiated project
dc.subject	Community support
dc.subject	Livelihood
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Community project
dc.subject	Tanzania National Park
dc.subject	Mkomazi National Park
dc.subject	Local communities
dc.subject	National park
dc.title	Contribution of Support for Community Initiated Project (SCIP) on communities livelihood: case of Mkomazi National Park
dc.title	case of Mkomazi National Park
dc.type	Dissertation