Measures to Combat Challenges Associated with the Involvement and Participation of Children in Sustainable Livelihoods Activities in Madziwa Area of Zimbabwe
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
Challenges associated with the participation and involvement of children in sustainable livelihoods activities (SLAs) are subject to mitigation measures. The present study examined measures to combat challenges associated with the participation and involvement of children in (SLAs) in Madziwa area of Zimbabwe. This was a qualitative ethnographic study which was informed by phenomenological research philosophy. One hundred and ten (110) participants namely, 30 parents, 30 primary and 30 secondary school pupils and 10 primary and 10 secondary school pupils were selected using quota sampling. The data generation methods were in-depth face-to-face interviews and focus group discussions. Eleven measures to combat challenges associated with the participation and involvement of children in (SLAs) emerged from the study. These were access to education, peer education, child labour monitoring, children’s rights awareness campaigns, entrepreneurship training, formation of co-operatives, poverty alleviation, access to land, food security, rural development, and disaster management strategies. These findings invariably combated the magnitude of violation of children’s rights through SLAs. In conclusion, adults need to be sensitive to the growing needs of the children in the light of involving them fully in SLAs. In addition, while it is a noble idea to catch children while they are young, the way how adults introduce SLAs to children should be circumstantially employed with rationality and caution. The researcher proposes that access to proper education and peer education, coupled entrepreneurship training, formation of co-operatives, access to land, food security, self-reliance training, self-sufficiency training, environmental management strategies, and monitoring child labour practices among other hallmarks for ensuring the success of SLAs should be emphasised by schools and community leaders conveying how SLAs should not violate children’s rights. It is also suggested that similar studies in the same area should be carried out at large scale across provinces in Zimbabwe for the sake of comparability. Keywords: Participation, involvement, sustainable livelihoods activities, sustainable livelihoods, measures
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Edith Karimanzira
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