The Intervention Practices and Challenges of Orphan Children: The Case of Markato Child and Family Charitable Society

Bekele, Alem (2014) The Intervention Practices and Challenges of Orphan Children: The Case of Markato Child and Family Charitable Society. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

The study attempts to explore the intervention practices of Merkato Child and Family Charitable Society (MCFCS ) and the challenges of the orphan children supported by the charitable society in Woreda 6 and 7 of Addis Ketema Sub-city. It also assesses the major benefits provided by the MCFCS and the roles and responses of various stakeholders on the major challenges that the orphans are facing. To understand the research problem, the target populations of the study are double orphan children supported by MCFCS. Stratified, lottery and purposive sampling techniques were employed to determine the study sample sizes. In-depth interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews were used for the qualitative where as survey questionnaires for the quantitative were employed to gather data. The qualitative methods was analyzed through thematic analysis where as the data collected by the survey questionnaires were analyzed based on research questions and with Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings of this study indicate that orphan children have faced psychological problems, lack of food, inability to cover expenses of health care, shelter are the major economic challenges for the orphan children and their caregivers in the study area. Physical, emotional, and sexual abuses are the major social challenges where female orphan children are more vulnerable to social challenges. There is weak coordination, networking and partnership m in the organization and among the stakeholders. The organization should opt for additional fund raising strategies to address the needs of orphan children. It should alternatively need to provide the psychosocial support services to address the problems of orphan children and there should be an effort to arrange family economic strengthening initiatives or income generating schemes. An integrated coordination has to be in place for adequate, quality and sustainable service provisions.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Vincent Mpoza
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2018 13:12
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2018 13:12
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6058

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