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The research project is entitled as “factors that contributing to the presence of street children in urban centers in Kenya” the research was carried in Narok town. It consists of the background of the study which clearly shows that street children are found primarily in urban areas without adult supervision or care. The statement of the problem indicates that street children are exposed to a wide range of risks affecting their physical and psychological health and personal safety. And the objective of the study both general and specific was to find out the factors contributing to presence of street children in urban centers. By finding out how family background contribute to presence of street children in urban centers, establish the extent to which peer influence contribute to presence of street childen in urban centers, and determine how economic status contribute to presence of street children in urban centers. Street children were defining as young boys and girls who dwell on the street with the purpose of making living them and their families. In Nairobi Kenya, the familiar name in particular is parking boys and parking girls or (chokora).it clearly shows that most of the street children have single parent. The variables under the study were economic factor, peer influence, family background. Research methodology indicates the method which had been used in carrying out the research project; the research was carried out in Narok town, Narok County. The researcher adopted descriptive design in the collection of data. The researcher used interview schedules ,questionnaires which were both open and closed ended questions and finally the data analysis which used tables, graphs, charts and descriptive. The finding shows that two types of street children were the majority. Those who work in the street but regularly go back to their homes and those who reside in the street after running away from their families. The finding of the study also indicate that most of the parent of the street childern are self- employed as street hawkers, for them to support their living.Others were employed they get 7 thousend by month compare to the number of members in the family. while the third category do not have jobs. The researcher concluded that the Programmes to address street children problems exist, and most of them are run by NGOs. The majority of these programmes are remedial and hence supportive. There are few preventive programmes and they too tend to be supportive rather than developmental. (1)
The role of microfinance activities on economic empowerment of women (1)
The role of microfinance on women economic and social empowerment (1)
The study sought to establish the challenges faced by street children in Nairobi County. It was guided by the following three specific objectives. First to examine the lifestyle of street children secondly to identify challenges faced by street children and thirdly to assess their survival and coping mechanism they employ to overcome the challenges they face. Chapter two comprised of the literature review which covered the lifestyle of the street children, challenges they face on the streets and their survival and coping mechanism they employ to overcome the challenges they face. The theoretical framework and conceptual framework are also given in this section. Chapter three presents the research methodology and the research design was descriptive which targeted street children, social workers from NGOs rehabilitating street children and officers from department of Children in the four constituencies. Data was collected using questionnaires for 25 street children, and key informant interviews were conducted with 4 children officers and 5 social workers. The statistical Package for Social Science was used for quantitative data while thematic analysis was used for qualitative data analysis. Study findings showed that street children in Nairobi County face myriad challenges which included health problems; access to basic needs such as shelter, food, clothing; psychological and social problems; abuse (physical, sexual, verbal); water and sanitation problems. The severity of these challenges varied depending with age and one’s sex. (1)
The study was carried out in Konoin Sub-County in Bomet County. The main objectives of the study are to establish the impact of child abuse on growth of child to adulthood. The specific objectives include to establish the types of child abuse common in Konoin Sub-County, to find out the cause of child abuse on the growth of the child from childhood to adulthood, to find out the challenges facing the society in confronting the child abuse practices in Konoin Sub-County in Bomet County and to suggest the policies to be adopted for effective control of child abuse in Konoin Sub-County in Bomet County. The study adopted a survey design. Target population of 600 was used to sample a sample size of 160 using the stratified sampling. Data collection instruments used was open and closed ended questionnaires. Validity and reliability was tested using a pilot study and data analysis was done using Microsoft excel. It was found out that the causes of child abuse among the secondary school going students (14-20 years) include: sexual abuse, corporal punishment neglect and physical injuries. The effects of child abuse to the society include: reduction in hope, brain retardment, physical deformity, truancy from high school, high level of pregnancy, poor performance in schools withdraw from the society, psychological tortures, permissiveness in the society, stress and ill health. The challenges include: poor government policies, corrupt law enforcers officers, unethical behavior in the society, and permissiveness in the society, business drift in drug selling, levels of poverty among the residents and cultures in the society. The researcher made sure the following recommendations enactment of policies by Parliament: Control the movement of children, reduction of the tendencies of permissiveness in the society and precaution on foreign culture. The researcher therefore suggests further study on the following areas to complement and supplement the findings of the study; the causes of child abuse in the non- school environment, the findings of child abuse in schools and child abuse in street children. (1)
The Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions highly affected by youth unemployment. It is estimated to be more than 21 %. It is estimated that 64% of unemployed persons in Kenya are youth. Interestingly, only 1.5% of the unemployed youth have formal education beyond secondary school level and the remaining over 92% have no vocational or professional skills training and the majority is found in the rural Kenya. Youths in Kenya who number about 12 million account for about 32% of the population. Participatory development is the most important approach towards enabling communities to help themselves and sustain efforts towards development work. Despite efforts by the government and other relevant such as NGOs to empower the youth through participation in community based projects, the youth have not fully participated. This study established the factors that affect the participation of youth in community based projects in Narok North constituency. The study was guided by four objectives, the first objective established how education and training of the youth influences their participation, established how capital and credit facilities among the youth influence their participation, determined how technology influences youth participation and the last objective examined the extent to which organizational policy of the CBOs influences youth participation in community based organizations, in Narok North constituency. The study was justified because there has not been any previous documentation on youth participation in Narok North constituency. The study conceptualized youth participation in community based organizations and it was guided by two theories ; the systems theory of management and the stakeholders theory. The relationship between the independent and the dependent variable was conceptualized. The study adopted a descriptive research design and focused on the 300 youth who are active on youth groups registered by the ministry of social services as its target population. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the officials of the groups while simple random sampling was used to select 30% that is 90 of the youth to participate in the study. The study used both primary and secondary data. Secondary data was obtained from existing literature while primary data was collected using questionnaires. A pilot study, Validity and reliability of the research instrument were done. Data was analyzed descriptively by the aid of Excel soft ware where the means, percentages and frequencies were computed and then presented using tables and charts, and interpretations made based on the study objectives. The study drew conclusions and recommendations based on the findings. (1)
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