INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS STRATEGIES AND WEALTH CREATION IN RWANDA A CASE OF RWANDA RED CROSS

This research was about the International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) strategies and wealth creation. The main objective of this research was to examine the influence of International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) strategies on wealth creation in Rwanda taking a case of Rwanda Red Cross in Nyabihama Village in Gisagara district. The specific objectives of this research were: To investigate the influence of direct support, Income generating projects and model village (Agasozi ndatwa) on wealth creation in Nyabihama village. The study adopted mixed research design where both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. The target population was 114 people of Nyabihama village who are ones of the beneficiaries of Rwanda Red Cross. In selecting sample, the researcher used census sampling and purposive sampling techniques. Primary data was collected using questionnaires and interview. Data collected was analyzed using thematic analysis and SPSS version 26. The results presented that there was a statistically significant relationship between direct support and wealth creation, a significance influence of income generating projects on wealth creation, and a statistically significant relationship between the model village and wealth creation in Nyabihama Village as they were explained in the Research Findings and Discussions section. It was concluded that there was a statistically significant relationship between International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) strategies and wealth creation in Rwanda where to some extent those strategies promoted wealth creation however to another extent wealth creation was not achieved.