INFLUENCE OF FINANCING STRATEGIES ON SUSTAINABILITY OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HEALTH PROJECTS IN NAIROBI COUNTY
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Most non-governmental organizations are faced with sustainability challenges which can be attributed to difficulties in the design, monitoring and implementation of project financing strategies which may impact negatively on overall sustainability. In particular, health projects related to NGOs in Nairobi failure to achieve sustainability has been occasioned by the decision to relegate project financing strategies to a tactical status, with adverse consequences of making uninformed project financing, structural changes in such areas as financing mechanisms and resource allocation that are usually costly and time consuming. This has resulted to projects in nongovernmental organizations to be seen as inefficient and uncompetitive in accessing funding from sponsors, networking initiatives and in project design and development. This study was designed to establish the influence of project financing strategies on sustainability of non-government organizations health projects in Nairobi County, Kenya. This was done by reviewing four variables namely financing mechanisms, stakeholders’ management strategy, resource allocation management strategy and public private partnerships. The study was carried out on health related, non-governmental organizations in Nairobi County, Kenya. The researcher targeted the 453 staff (health co-coordinators, nurses and project managers) from health related NGOs in Nairobi County. A stratified sampling technique was carried out on a sample size of 72 who provided primary by the use of questionnaires. The secondary data was obtained from published documents such as journals, periodicals, magazines and reports to supplement the primary data. A pilot study was conducted for the data collection instrument to determine its validity and reliability. The data was analyzed with help of SPSS version 21 and Excel. The study adopted correlation and regression analysis at 5% level of significance to determine strength and direction of the relationship of the variables under study. The analysis showed that financing mechanisms had the strongest positive (Pearson correlation coefficient =.852) influence on sustainability of NGOs health projects. In addition, resources allocation management strategy, stakeholders management strategy and public private partnership strategy are positively correlated to sustainability of NGOs health projects (Pearson correlation coefficient =.801, .755 and .739).The study recommends that effective financing mechanisms, efficient resource allocation process, involvement of all stakeholders in decision making and increased public private partnership boost sustainability of NGO health projects in Nairobi county. Finally, the study recommends for similar studies to be undertaken in other areas of Kenya for generalization of the findings of this study.
Key Words: Financing Mechanisms, Stakeholder’s Management, Resource Allocation, Public Private Partnerships
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