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
Authors and Affiliations
Edith Karimanzira
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP382234
- DOI -
- Views 132
- Downloads 0
PACE Your Class for Good Classroom Behavior Management
In a K-12 foreign language class, having good classroom behavior management skills is vital to learner success. If an instructor uses the target language during a grammar lesson and if the students do not comprehend the...
Workplace Violence against Female Workers
Women are concentrated in many of the high risk occupations, particularly as farmers, teachers, social workers, nurses and other health-care workers, as well as bank and shop workers. As women gain more opportunities for...
A Study of Problems faced by West Pakistan Refugees in Jammu & Kashmir State, India
Every year in the world, millions of people get uprooted from their respective homelands to escape persecution, war, human rights violation, political upheaval etc. It is because of the wars and political conflicts that...
Women at War: A Study of Cooch Behar Royal Family during Colonial Period
Abstract: Women’s Studies is an academic discipline, which has its own identity and autonomous existence. It has over a period of time developed its own theories based on feminist concepts and evolved its own methodology...
Factors Leading to Lowering of Dignity of Pastoral Ministry in Kenya: A Case of Chuka and Magumoni Presbyterian Churches
Ministers of religion are important for the success of any pastoral development system. A variety of factors contribute to poor performance among pastors/ministers of Religion in Kenya. They include heavy workload, lar...