Improving Income to Motorbike Riders through Establishment of VICOBA Program at Njeteni Mtaa in Kwembe Ward Ubungo Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region.

The study aimed at exploring the impact of VICOBA in poverty reduction in Ubungo Municipal Council of Tanzania. Specifically, the study was to assess the improvement of income to Motorbike riders through establishment of VICOBA Program. Other objectives were to identify major socio-economic opportunities, challenges and barriers confronted by the Motorbike riders, to examine daily earning by motorbike riders compared to operational costs. The study used exploratory and descriptive designs; questionnaire, interviews and documentary review in data collection were used. Thematic analysis was used for the qualitative data while descriptive analysis and SPSS were used for the quantitative data. The findings of the study reported that there are challenges of earning daily income through their small businesses in the Njeteni Mtaa. Majority of the community earn low income which do not improve their livelihood. After conducting Community Need Assessment by using participatory action research and two approaches namely participatory rural appraisal as well as appreciative inquiry, the community participate in selecting prior project for their status improvement. Finally, 25 motorbike riders were selected as representative community in VICOBA program. The researcher managed to do group formulation, provide training according to policy, theories and regulation of VICOBA program. Keywords: VICOBA, poverty reduction, Boda boda, Motorbike rider