Building Sustainability (4 Pages 2077 Words)

Sustainability is a continuation of the assistance being received. To community members/beneficiaries sustainability means that their new enterprises would remain viable and that markets would be stable. In addition, sustainability means that the opportunities made available to them would also be available to their children and that the gains that they made would not suffer setbacks if, for instance, an adult family member became ill or died. For most NGOs define sustainability as income generating activities continue and grow; infrastructure is maintained and repaired locally, based on a sense of local ownership; women retain their empowerment after project ends; and institutions continue with their prescribed/expected...