Sustainability: Elements and Components (Essay Sample)

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Sustainability and necessary elements for sustainability
Sustainability is how the organization can have a continuation of its program or mission into the future (ProposalsforNGOS, 2020). Even when projects reach an end, donors want to know what is going to happen at the end of the program and how the organization is going to continue doing what they have started. Sustainability can have various forms such as financial, organizational, and community sustainability. Organizational stability refers to how the organization will be able to exist or sustain itself without the support of the donors. Financial sustainability is the amount of financial support needed for the project when the grant has been exhausted. Likewise, community sustainability is the ability of the community to carry out the activities of the project without the availability of the grant.
Components of sustainability within specific projects and initiatives
Creating an action plan is very important when putting up a sustainability program for an organization. Organizational leaders need to understand that the earlier they plan for sustainability, the better the sustainability program gets. This is because rushed planning of sustainability programs may focus on problems in the current time disregarding future uncertain times. Planning early for sustainability