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Abstract: In the last four decades, Kenyans have witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of street children in the country’s urban centers. This has led to development of several interventional measures to curb the menace, although with little success. Academic evidence from various studies done on street children in Kenya has consistently implied a dialectic connection between the family system and street children phenomenon in Kenya. This paper is a culmination of various studies carried out by the authors and other researchers and seeks to specifically interrogate factors in the…
This poster presents the findings of an assessment of two ASPIRES Family Care projects in Uganda that implemented savings groups as part of integrated family and economic strengthening interventions with families at-risk of a child separating. The poster includes background information on the programs and assessment, methodology used, findings, and conclusions. "Since poverty is…
Introduction & Purpose
The Kisumu Street Children Rehabilitation Consortium (KSCRC) operates collaboratively to affect the problem of children living on the streets of Kisumu. KSCRC leads the nation in the deployment of innovative solutions that have effectively reduced the volume of children living on Kisumu’s streets. The purpose of this report is to share with local and national governmental leaders about Kisumu’s successes in significantly reducing the street population within the city and to inform others of the successful (and unsuccessful) interventions deployed in order to…
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Background
The life and health of street children is becoming a global concern. Street children are vulnerable to a variety of problems including physical, psychological and sexual exploitations as well as social isolation. Therefore, it was the purpose of this study to point out the experience of sexual and physical exploitation and its determinant factors among street children in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.
Methodology
A phenomenological qualitative method was conducted from March to June 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Data were collected from street…
The ASPIRES Family Care project was initiated to develop guidance to help practitioners match specific economic strengthening interventions to households with particular characteristics in specific contexts. Launched in 2013 by FHI 360 and with an end date of September 2019, ASPIRES initially carried out an extensive literature review. The project has also implemented an …
This evaluation examined the designs and implementation processes of the cash transfer components of ChildFund’s Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children in Family Care (ESFAM) and AVSI Foundation’s Family Resilience (FARE) projects in Uganda and identified practical lessons for implementers. This report seeks to help fill a gap in documentation about when and how best to implement limited-term cash transfer interventions for non-emergency populations. Both ESFAM and FARE used cash transfers as an element of their programming to address family separation in very vulnerable…
This evaluation examined the designs and implementation processes of the saving group components of ChildFund’s Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children in Family Care (ESFAM) and AVSI Foundation’s Family Resilience (FARE) projects in Uganda and identified practical lessons for implementers. This report seeks to contribute to the evidence base on savings group interventions for vulnerable households and explore how such groups can contribute to preventing family separation and reintegrating separated families. Both FARE and ESFAM included variations on the standard savings…
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This qualitative study explored life experiences of children living on the streets in Eldoret, Kenya. A total of 15 children (males = 60% and females = 40%; aged 6 to 18 years) took part in the study. The authors thematically analyzed data collected through individual interviews to explore life at their homes which resulted in them living on the streets and life on the streets itself. Implications are further discussed, and the authors propose that affirmative action is needed to strengthen families so that children could be rescued from the streets and be reintegrated into…
The aim of this report from SOS Children's Villages is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the needs and rights of young people ageing out of alternative care around the world, in order to inform strategies, policies and services to improve their life chances and outcomes through appropriate preparation for leaving care as well as after-care support. The specific objectives of the research were to highlight facts and figures (or in some cases, lack thereof) on the experiences and challenges of young people leaving care, including through their own voice and the testimony of experts…
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Research with street-involved children and youth (SICY) in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past three decades has established a complex web of both micro and macro-level factors that simultaneously "push" and "pull" children and youth to the street. There is still little research with adult family and community members in communities from which SICY originate. Forty men and women from five semi-rural villages in Meru County, Kenya participated in a Rapid Rural Appraisal utilizing a fishbone diagram to explore main and underlying reasons for why children may be or may feel unwelcome in…