Abstract

The study assessed performance of faith-based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in rural development in Nasarawa State. Eighty (80) randomly selected beneficiaries from two purposively selected faith based NGO were used. Data were collected by the use of structured interview schedule and analysed using percentage, and mean scores. Faith based NGOs implemented several overlapping programmes for the target communities ranging from loan disbursement (92.5%), HIV/AIDS awareness education (87.5%), support for HIV/AIDS infected/affected persons (75.0%), provision of water and market information (65.0%), adult literacy class (62.5%), processing of farm produce (57.5%) and construction/ rehabilitation of schools (50.0%), and computer training (70%) , road rehabilitation (62.5%) and cooperative formation (50.0%). Participants benefited from loan facilities (80.0%), HIV/AIDS education and support (80.0%), adult literacy (70.0%) maternal/ child health care (60.0%), skill acquisition training (65.0%), and others. The beneficiaries participated in planning (57.0%), decision making (50.0%), leadership position (55.0%) and attend regular meeting (70.0%). Performance of the NGOs was rated good in about 11-13 programmes/activites. The study recommends greater participation of beneficiaries to evolve need/demand -oriented interventions and sustainability of programmes. The NGOs should collaborate and foster linkages for optimal use of scarce resource, to minimize duplication and confusion at the grass root. Key words: Programmes, Non- Governmental Organization (NGOs), performance, beneficiaries, rural, development.

Highlights

  • Rural development is a veritable tool for fighting poverty and achieving economic prosperity at the grassroots level (Nwachukwu and Ezeh, 2007)

  • Project Agape seems to be more involved in construction/rehabilitation of schools, adult literacy, loan disbursement and agricultural market information service; while Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) concentrated on road rehabilitation, supply of farm inputs, and computer training programme

  • This is in line with the opinion of Sule (2006) that only an integrated rural development programme with multi-sectoral approach can bring about an improvement in the quality of life of the rural people, and the overall national development

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Introduction

Rural development is a veritable tool for fighting poverty and achieving economic prosperity at the grassroots level (Nwachukwu and Ezeh, 2007). The public sector is being criticized as outdated, top-down, paternalistic, inflexible, subject to bureaucratic inefficiencies and unable to cope with the dynamic demands of rural populace (Rivera et al, 2000). This has paved way for an enhanced and more extensive civil society involvement in activities previously carried out by the public sector, such as delivering social services, promoting grassroots development, and preventing environmental degradation. It has resulted in upsurge establishment of NGOs and civil-society organizations (CSOs) with increased capacity to engage people at the grassroots level

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