Development project and involvement of local communities

The aim of this study is to examine and evaluate the participation of local communities in SOS Children's Villages' projects in general, and in the Family Strengthening Programme in particular. This approach forms part of the overall objective of helping to improve the quality of SOS Children's Villages' interventions, particularly those of the Family Strengthening Programme (FSP). The choice of this study is explained, on the one hand, by the low level of participation in the Family Strengthening Programme and, on the other hand, by the fact that the expected outcomes of the interventions carried out to date are often not achieved satisfactorily, despite the FSP's intervention methods. This study is not intended as a remedy for the various problems afflicting the PRF. Rather, it aims to contribute, however modestly, to instilling in organisations supporting the population a culture of results and participatory management of development projects in general, and those supporting families in SOS Children's Villages in particular.