International Journal of Research in Social Sciences

There is general agreement in development discourse that training is an important concept in community development. In the face of economic, climate, health and food crises, training of actors in organizations to design and implement strategies that minimize the impact of events remains relevant for sustainable development. The study was set to examine the contribution of training to the performance of Community Based Organizations in Kisumu City, Kenya. The study made use of correlation design and targeted 1202 members of 16 active Community Based Organizations. The sample size of 291 was obtained through Fisher's model. Stratified sampling technique was used to reach out to the members. Structured questionnaire tested for validity and reliability was used in data collection. The results revealed a statistically significant weak positive correlation coefficient (R =.286; p<.05) between training and performance. Training had a statistically significant contribution to the performance of Community Based Organizations (F (1,289) = 25.709; p<.05) attributing roughly 8.2% variance. It showed that for every one standard deviation increase in training practices performance improved by.286 units. In conclusion, training made a statistically significant but negligible contribution to the performance of Community Based Organizations. The study recommends: intensified practice of training in the organizations with a view to enhancing performance; and identifying the optimal training strategy mix that can be used to improving performance.