ABSTRACT
Data from 1981 reveal that the considerable regional variation in Harambee continues to follow the patterns of the mid-1970's. Guidelines for Harambee resource mobilization are to be prepared, and a study of the types, trends, and viability of projects, as well as the viability of Harambee as an alternative form of taxation" is to be completed by the end of 1985. Increasingly communities are using Harambee as a technique to raise "seed money" from the community which can then be used as leverage to attract outside funding from the Government of Kenya or from other donors. Contributions to Harambee projects continue to be in cash, labor and material donations. In Kenya, self-help processes are central to the complex interaction between the state and rural communities. If the process is coopted by the Government perhaps the inequities resulting from differential access to resources through self-help can be addressed.
