ANALYSIS OF SUGIRA MURYANGO PROJECT IN COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR CHANGES: CASE OF MALE ENGAGEMENT IN HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITY IN NGOMA DISTRICT IN RWANDA (2020-2022).

Unity of household members is a conerstone of family development and gender equality is one of the key steps to accelerating sustainable development. Overall objective of this study was to analyze the contribution of Sugira Muryango Project in community behavior change, a case of male engagement in household responsibility, in Ngoma district, Rwanda. The study sought to answer three questions: (i) what are the contributions of Sugira Muryango Project to changing male’s behavior towards household responsibility? (ii) Are there current challenges facing male to involve in household responsibility? and (iii) What are the best practices introduced by Sugira Muryango in changing Males’ behavior towards household responsibilities? Total population were 325, calculated sample size to 180 and purposive, stratified and randon sampling were three sampling methods used. Findings showed that 34.4% of respondents testified that that creation of male champion groups approach contributed in changing males’ behavior towards household responsibilities. 90% of respondents appreciated approach of home visitation and 87.8% of respondents recognized creation of male saving and credit association approach as a good contributor of improving household development and changing living conditions of families. Findings also showed that, home visitation, males champions and creation of saving and credit association has high positive correlation with changing males behavior towards participating in household work (unpaid care work). Therefore, based on the interpretation of collected and analyzed data during this study which aimed to assess the contribution of Sugira Muryango to male engagement in household responsibilities in Eastern province, Ngoma district. The researcher concluded that, Sugira Muryango project has hugely contributed to male engagement in household responsibilities through three programs: creation males’ champions, household home visitation and saving groups and credit creation association and researcher recommended to disseminate these approaches to bigger population beyond scope of Sugira Muryango.The researcher concluded that, Sugira Muryango project has hugely contributed to male engagement in household responsibilities through three programs: creation males' champions, household home visitation and saving groups and credit creation association and researcher recommended to disseminate these approaches to bigger population beyond scope of Sugira Muryango