Abstract:
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the community development through
development project which are donor funded and government funded. There is a relevance of
the community development activities to achieve various government development
programmes which lead to effective resource utilization as well as community participation in
their developments. This study was carried in Kilimanjaro region Moshi district in Tanzania
with the aim of scrutinizing the role of community based development programmes in social
services delivery. Basically, the focus was on TASAF education projects in Moshi district in
Kilimanjaro region, and the Community Development Programmes have been used as
Community Based Projects. The study applied a cross-sectional design while purposeful
sampling was the main sampling techniques used in the sampling processes. The sampling
frame was 23 schools which were all under TASAF projects during the survey but only 2
schools were sampled (1 secondary school and 1 primary school). Both secondary and primary
data were collected through documentary review, focus group discussion, observations and Key
Informants interview. The study findings found that TASAF is having a total of 89 projects in
the district while of them 25 are education related projects (both in primary and secondary
schools). These include construction and maintenance of class rooms, latrines, laboratories,
supply of reading materials and desks in these schools. The projects have been able to fasten
education accessibility in the district they are well appreciated by community members; they
also have been able to improve socio-economic welfare and increased unification among
community members. The study recommends that there are needs to establish new and expand
the existing projects in the district; communities should have given more room for identifying
and conceptualizing the projects so that to make sense of project identification originality, and also establish other community development related activities.
