Qualitative Evaluation of Organizational Actions of Committee Emdad and Behzisti toward the Poverty- Alleviation among Caretaker Women in Sari Township

Despite the considerable actions proceeded by Comitee Emdad and Behzisti Organizations toward poverty-reduction، there exists some questions on their achievements and challenges. This paper aims to evaluate the poverty – alleviation activities of two mentioned organizations in Sari Township، among women who supported their families. In this research، qualitative methodology including of observation and interview with 25 informants based on purposive sampling was used; then، the data were analyzed through thematic analysis procedures to identify and extract the concepts and categories، Using thematic analysis procedure، this qualitative study revealed eight main categories: Problematic Definitions، Overlapping Activities of Institutions، Short-Term Goal Attainment، Dominating Supportive Attitudes، Pervading Dependency and Inactivity، Structural Orientation Towards Poverty، Shortage of Financial Investment، and Organizational Expansion. The above categories have been discussed and displayed in a thematic model titled by the evaluating pattern of organizational activities of Comitte Emdad and Behzisti agencies. The findings have indicated that despite of the intensive and considerable efforts of two mentioned organizations، most of goals and indicators of poverty reduction are still remain. The structural perspective to poverty، is suffering from the lack of long term definition of goals for poverty eradication، offering trivial supports، ignoring the subjective and cultural aspects of production and reproduction of poverty that these organizations face to. Thus، this research emphasizes on shifting current perspective towards the poverty and need for redefinition of most of aspects and policies related to poverty.