Guidelines of Community Welfare Fund Development to Sustainability of Na-O Sub-District Municipality, Muang District, Loei Province

Abstract

             The objectives of this research were:1) to identify the condition / operation characteristics of the fund 2) to analyze the members' satisfaction in fund welfare. 3) to discover guidelines for the development of the community welfare fund of Na-O Sub-district Municipality, Muang District, Loei Province. The research model was a mixed methodology both quantitative and qualitative research. The sample was 370 informants. The 20 informants of the target group used in qualitative research consists of committees, municipal board, community leader, local leaders and fund members. The tools used in quantitative research were questionnaires while the tools used in qualitative research were unstructured in-depth interview forms and focus group discussion. Quantitative data analysis was by finding frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Qualitative data was analyzed by content analysis.

             The research findings found that:

             1. The fund established to create life security, self-reliance from birth to death was an essence of welfare provision in terms of receiver dignity, structural management, budget, network partnership, and operational directions.

              2. The members were highly satisfied in all aspects of services. An average of the highest item was the convenience of the fund's services followed by an equality of services  and an average of the lowest item was the operational process. The overall levels of welfare were at a high level. The highest item was death welfare benefit  followed by newborn /childbirth welfare and the lowest item was educational welfare.

              3. Guidelines for sustainable operations of Community Welfare Fund, Na-O Sub-district Municipality to ensure the members' needs were focusing primarily on people and suitable for community settings, equality in services and received benefit, public participation in every process, constant increases in fund management capabilities, fund development, upgrading learning sources, obvious budget management and building networks for sustainable development.