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    ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES OF ―KISTANE GURAGE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION" IN THE CASE OF EAST GURAGE ZONE, SOUTH SODO WEREDA,CENTRAL ETHIOPIA REGIONAL STATE
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-01) SHAMBEL KIFLE HABTE
    This research work seeks to explore the assessment of the contributions and challenges of the "kistane gurage development association" in the case of gurage zone, sodo wereda pick up the appropriate lessons from the organization as a community-based development organization. This work is aimed at illustrating the contributions and challenges of the Kistane Gurage Development Association when it was in operation. Four hundred ninety questionnaires were prepared and distributed to the respondents, but the actual respondents were reduced to fourhundred sixty-five because they refused to return them to the researcher. In addition, twenty sample respondents from different sections of the Kistane Gurage originated individuals were selected purposefully. Six respondents have participated in interviews, and the rest fourteen participated in focus group discussions. The data gathered from these respondents analyzed in a thematic mode. The findings depict that KGDA was established on December 3rd, 1992. The finding shows that KGDA has faced some challenges from the beginning to now, and this organization is seriously challenged by a shortage of skilled manpower, a shortage of capital, and a loose structural organization at the grassroots level, i.e., the Woreda level. The main contributions of KGDA were that it constructed several schools and health institutions and also constructed over two hundred fifty kilometers of all-weather roads. The majority of the respondents agreed that KGDA's downward journey occurred because of the deterioration of organizational structures and unnecessary political interventions at the woreda and zonal levels. According to many of the respondents, KGDA can be more active for strong operation now due to the many prospects that the country has achieved in general and the Kistane Gurage people in particular. KGDA is a pure community-based development organization that was organized by the Kistane Gurages. KGDA still has a lot of lessons to give to any development organizer. KGDA as an organization was fruitful in integrating the migrant Kistane Gurages and the local Kistane Gurages, but it is highly challenged by the problem of forming organizational structures at the woreda levels.