community’s involvement in implementation of inspire strategies for reducingviolence against children. a case of mbeya city

Community participation in preventing and responding to violence against children has recentlybecome popular. tanzania has realized it hence formulated a comprehensive national plan of action toend violence against women and children (npa-vawc) through which children protectioncommittees were established in different districts including mbeya city council. this study was carriedout in mbeya city in mbeya region, specifically at kalobe and iyunga wards. it examined community’sinvolvement in implementation of inspire strategies for reducing violence against children. the studyemployed probability sampling through simple random to obtain 100 respondents and non-probabilitysampling through purposive sampling technique to obtain the key informants. data from primary sourceswere collected through survey, interview and focus group discussion methods using questionnaire andchecklist tools, also data from secondary sources were collected using documentary review. statisticalproduct for service solution (ibm-spss) version 20. computer software was used to facilitate dataanalysis. quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and qualitative data were analysedusing content analysis. the study findings revealed that; community’s involvement in implementation ofinspire strategies varies from one strategy to another, they involve more in education and life skills andless in response and support services and in implementation and enforcement of laws. the studyconcluded that, community’s awareness and positive attitude on inspire strategies influence theirinvolvement. therefore, the study recommended that; community’s awareness should continue beingraised so as to maintain positive attitude and enhance involvement in implementation of inspirestrategies.