Browsing by Author "Kainkwa, Elias"

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    Capacity and sustainability of NGOs in the delivery of environmental management to the community: a case of environmental NGOs in Dar es Salaam
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2012) Kainkwa, Elias
    This study looked at the Environmental NGOs in Tanzania, especially in Dar es Salaam region, to see how they were capable and sustainable toward the delivery of information dealing with environmental management to the community. Suggestions have been made on how to increase and maintain their capability and sustainability towards the delivery of environmental management information in the community. The main objective was to explore the reasons for the failure and little achievement of most of environmental NGOs in this endeavor so as to provide additional information on how capability and sustainability of NGOs can be attained and maintained especially the delivery of environmental management in communities, which will be through running of their daily activities in order to achieve their goals and objectives of organization. The study found most of the NGOs did depend most for their financial, material and technical support on the external donors and NGOs. That made them not sustainable and capable especially once the projects ended. There should be a continuity of all the activities that had implanted by NGOs, this is to say that Management of these NGO has to be very creative and self committed. The study recommended that NGOs and government should work hand-in-hand with people at the grassroots to improve their environmental activities especially collection of garbage and nursery. These would in turn increase the environmental management capacity to the community and be able to reduce environmental degradation.
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    An investigation on effectiveness of internet as an agent of socio-economic empowerment among Women: a case of Sengerema District in Mwanza Region
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2018) Kainkwa, Elias
    This study investigated the effectiveness of Internet as an agent of socio-economic empowerment among women Sengerema District in Mwanza Region was used as a case for the study. The purpose of this study was to explore the effective use of internet among women in their daily activities as an agency of socio-economic empowerment. The study was both qualitative and quantitative in nature and employed explorative methods to gather descriptive data with 171 respondents using techniques such as questionnaires, interview and focus group discussions. The findings of the study revealed significant disparities in access to and use of internet amongst women based on demographics such as marital status, education levels and age with trend showing that single, more educated and younger women in internet Usage. The study also found that mobile phone is the most used device in accessing the internet more than any other devices such as laptops, desktops and tablets. Most women use internet for social purposes with entertainment information sought more than academic, business and entrepreneurship. Entertainment information searched was more than academic, business and entrepreneurship and other information. The study has found that women face challenges such as poor internet skills, poor infrastructure such as slow internet, intermitted power supply, poor information and lack of privacy and security, irrelevant information and privacy issues. The study recommends improvement in national internet infrastructure and electricity supply, policy and law provisions in dealing with cybercrime, expansion of ICT education and information literacy to all levels of education and investment in structural and systems that will enhance women access to and use of internet as a tool for socio-economic empowerment.