INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES, PROJECT MONITORING AND LEVEL OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS: A CASE OF MIRROR OF HOPE

Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) play a significant role in helping their communities out of immediate social, economic and political problems. Their success stems from the fact that they are run and managed by their own. However there have been concerns regarding sustainability of projects implemented by most CBOs. Most CBOs collapse immediately when the main donor withdraws. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of financial resources, project monitoring and level of community participation on the sustainability of projects implemented by community-based organizations. The study organization was Mirror of Hope located in Kibera Slums in Nairobi County. Specific objectives were to; investigate extent to which financial resources affect sustainability of projects managed by Mirror of Hope; assess impact of monitoring on sustainability of projects managed by Mirror of Hope and; to assess the effect of level of community participation on sustainability of projects managed by Mirror of Hope. The study sought to answer research questions formulated alongside each specific objective. The study adopted design descriptive research design. Stratified random sampling method was used to select the sample from a target population of 46 staffs of Mirror of Hope. Data was collected using questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results established that financial resources, project monitoring and community participation influence sustainability of community-based projects. The study concluded there is a direct relationship between financial resources, project monitoring and community participation