Essays about: "orphans"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the word orphans.

1. 16. "If We Reintegrate Six Babies, Someone Else Will Institutionalise Eight": A Discourse Analysis of NGO Workers' Constructions of Alternative Care of Children in Cambodia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Fiona Clark; [2014]
   Keywords : Alternative care of children; non-governmental organisations; personal constructs; Cambodia; discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explored alternative care of children in Cambodia through the view of employees of non-governmental organisations. Preliminary research revealed a misappropriation of the word orphanage to describe a place, not for orphans, but where poor families in Cambodia take children for care. READ MORE

3. 17. The impact of orphanhood and HIV/AIDS on school enrolment - Evidence from Zambia

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Fanny Olsson; Maria Strandberg; [2013-06-20]
   Keywords : education; HIV AIDS; orphans; Zambia;

   Abstract : HIV/AIDS has made a great number of children orphans in sub-Saharan Africa where Zambia is one of the worst hit countries. The impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has become an issue of not only health, but of cross-sectional importance affecting other major corner stones in society such as education. READ MORE

4. 18. Abandoned Children in Literature: The Orphans in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Cecilia Friis; [2013]
   Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Orphans and abandoned children have been a prominent motif in literature for centuries. In modern times, one of the most famous orphan stories is J.K. Rowling’s book series about Harry Potter, who is an orphaned wizard. READ MORE

5. 19. Conditional Cash Transfers in the African Context: An Explorative Study on the Impacts of CCTs in Burkina Faso

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Anna Helena Malmi; [2012]
   Keywords : gender division of labor; poverty; conditional cash transfers; social policies; women’s empowerment; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The proliferation of poverty and global inequality between and within the countries has resulted in an emerging consensus among the actors in the field of international development on the importance of social policies in the process of development. One type of social policy measures employed to tackle poverty is Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT). READ MORE

6. 20. Activating primary school learners : sustainability education in South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Ezgi Ercan; [2012]
   Keywords : environment; active learning; eco-schools; experiential education; John Dewey; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Although education is considered as one of the most effective approaches in terms of addressing sustainability challenges and formulating solutions, traditional education methods remain inadequate in this regard. This is because these methods are based on passive and teacher-centred approaches to learning. READ MORE