Single Donor Dependency and Sustainability of NGO Service Delivery “Analysis of Why Amiina Ministries Uganda Has Failed to Expand Its Funding Portfolio”

Abstract

This study investigated single donor dependency and sustainability of NGO Service Delivery by analyzing why Amiina Ministries Uganda has failed to expand its funding portfolio. The specific objectives of the study were: To assess how technical capacity to mobilize funds affect the sustainability of NGO services in Uganda; To find out how funding policy of NGO affect the sustainability of NGO services in Uganda; To find out how alternative income generating projects affect the sustainability of NGO services in Uganda and; To assess what extent accountability mechanism affect the sustainability of NGO services in Uganda. The study adopted a mixed research design that used both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. The target population for this study was 52 participants from which a sample size of 49 respondents was selected using Krejcie and Morgan table (1970). Data was collected using questionnaires and interview guides. The major findings from the study showed 73.00 agree that technical capacity to mobilize funds in Amiina Ministries has high effect on its sustainability of service delivery in Uganda; 57.00 percent mean showed that funding policy of Amiina Ministries affects the sustainability of its services in Uganda; alternative income generating projects scored 76.49 overall percentages mean implying that, alternative income generating projects affect the sustainability of Amiina Ministries service delivery in Uganda; and 78.40 percent mean score showed that accountability mechanism affects the sustainability of Amiina Ministries’ service delivery in Uganda. The study show that “technical capacity to mobilize funds, funding policy of Amiina Ministries, alternative income generating projects and accountability mechanism significantly effect Amiina Ministries funding portfolio hence the reason “why Amiina Ministries has failed to expand its funding portfolio”.