• Tryphone Mugisha Josiah
• Raymond John Salanga

Neglecting the factors affecting sustainability at design of donor funded projects has a perpetual influence on sustainability. It has been a challenge in most of donor funded projects in Tanzania. Similarly, in Missenyi District where it is the most beneficial recipients of donor-funded projects in Kagera region, but there were contentions that donor funded projects received with good intention ended up being unsustainable. Therefore, the study intended to determine the association between factors affecting sustainability and the extent of sustainability of Pamoja Tuwalee Project. A cross-sectional research design was employed, and a questionnaire was administered to 120 respondents to collect data. The Descriptive Statistics and Content analyses were used to analyse the data. The results show that none of the four factors that affecting sustainability was significantly associated with sustainability of Pamoja Tuwalee Project because the overall extent of sustainability was low (41.9%) below 50%. Moreover, the strength of association between the four factors and extent of sustainability was moderate (Phi = 0.11 to 0.30 (Healey, 2013). Community involvement is the factor that was most associated with sustainability ( = 2.363) with a moderate strength of association (Phi = 0.141). It was followed by household diversification ( = 2.260; Phi = 0.137), and training project beneficiaries ( = 2.119; Phi = 0.133). Meanwhile, Involvement of project beneficiaries in decision making was poorly associated with sustainability. It was the factor with the lowest strength of association unlike the other three factors ( = 1.890) with a moderate strength of association (Phi = 0.112). It concludes that none of the four factors was significantly associated because of the low overall extent of sustainability of Pamoja Tuwalee Project. Therefore, it is recommended that all stakeholders should critically consider factors affecting sustainability at project design through implementation to sustain significance association and strong strength association between factors affecting sustainability and project sustainability.

Sustainability; donor funded project; factors of sustainability

"Association between Factors Affecting Sustainability and Sustainability of Donor-Funded Projects : A case of MAPEC organization in Missenyi District, Tanzania", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no.h430-h443, October-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310651.pdf

"Association between Factors Affecting Sustainability and Sustainability of Donor-Funded Projects : A case of MAPEC organization in Missenyi District, Tanzania", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no. pph430-h443, October-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310651.pdf