International Journal of Academic Information Systems Research (IJAISR)   Year: 2021 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 9 | Page No.: 31-36 Re-Gauging Of Self Help Projects and Rural Development in Anambra Local Government System Nwakoby Nkiru Peace PhD, Ihediwa Augustina Anekperechi, Chukwurah Daniel Chi Junior PhD, Abstract: The study examined the re-gauge of self help projects on rural development in Anambra local government System using Nnewi South local government area as 'locus classicus'. The broad objective of the study is to examine the impact of self help projects on rural development in Nnewi South local government area. The related conceptual, theoretical and empirical literatures were reviewed. The study was anchored on Basic Need Approach. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study constituted three hundred and eight thousand eight hundred (308,800) inhabitants of Nnewi South local government area. Taro Yamane (1967) formular was employed to arrive at sample size of 399. The analysis was done with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results indicate that self help projects have helped in providing educational facilities to the inhabitants of Nnewi South local government area. The study also found that self help projects plays significant role in infrastructural development in Nnewi South local government area. Self help projects were found to play significant role in the provision of health facilities in Nnewi South local government area. The study concludes that self-help project have positive impact on rural development in Nnewi South local government area. The study recommends that government should provide periodic subvention to community based organizations involved in the provision of self-help projects to enable them have adequate fund for executing infrastructural development.