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dc.contributor.author | AMEHA, NEBIYOU | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-03T07:35:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-03T07:35:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | . | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7688 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Income-generating activities have been highly popular in governmental and non-governmental organizations over the last two decades as they strive to find out how the population is involved and how to keep them engaged in income-generating activities. This rate is higher in urban than rural areas. In order to minimize the economic and social costs of high urban unemployment rate and raise the income of people living under poverty, the government has adopted income generating schemes through promoting Micro and Small Enterprises. The study examined the role of such Income Generation Activities for improving the income (via expenditure approach), saving, and improvement of acceptance and social interaction in the community in Gulela sub-city, Addis Ababa by taking Sheger Child and Family Development Charitable Society and using quantitative and qualitative methods. There are 642 total populations and from this a sample of 247 respondents has been taken. Data has been collected through interview, questionnaire and observation and the research has taken Descriptive Survey method. The Findings show that the major types of Income Generating Activities are urban agriculture, Hen farming, house bread bakery, Gulit, Tea coffee, Washing clothes, Selling chips, Sewing clothes, Weaving, food and beverage. Of those who are engaged in Income Generating Activities, 77.9% are women whereas 22.1% of those engaged are men. This shows that women are more into Income Generating Activities that perpetuate their roles in Income Generating Activities. Findings show that participation has brought significant improvement in living condition on the respondent 45.5% have big improvement, 48.9% have small improvement, and 5.5% which have no change in the living condition. Income Generating Activities has also contributed to improving participants’ improvement of acceptance and social interaction in the community. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY | en_US |
dc.subject | IGA, Addis Ababa, financial asset, improvement | en_US |
dc.title | ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVNESS OF INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY SHEGER CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CHARITABLE SOCITY | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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