Essays about: "My Children My Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words My Children My Africa.

  1. 1. “I Will Tell Your Story” : Making and Using an Ethnographic Portrait of Tanzanians with Albinism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Linnéa Román; [2022]
    Keywords : Albinism; Ethnography; Humanitarian Appeals; Instrumentalising Rumours; Tanzania;

    Abstract : This thesis is both an ethnographic story about people with albinism in Tanzania and a reflection on how that story may be used to generate understanding and support in the wider world. In much of sub-Saharan Africa people with albinism face discrimination and even violence at all levels of society. READ MORE

  2. 2. Children’s participation in everyday activities: Differences and similarities between children with intellectual disabilities in China and South Africa

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, CHILD

    Author : Sharon Eichler; [2020]
    Keywords : child disability; intellectual disability; everyday activity; attendance; participation; low- and middle-income countries; bioecological model;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND Children and youth with intellectual disabilities have a right to participation in life just like any other children. AIM This study aims to explore the most influential factor on the participation of a child with intellectual disability and to compare the level of participation between children with ID from South Africa and China. READ MORE

  3. 3. The goats are my friends, my children, my everything! : a study of remote farmers and farm workers in Botswana and their attitudes to their goats

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anna Arvidsson; [2017]
    Keywords : political ecology; intersectionality; goats; power; livestock; passive resistance; agriculture; Botswana;

    Abstract : Through offering a variety of funding programmes, in recent years the government of Botswana has made an attempt to promote goat production, partly with the aim of alleviating poverty among the resource-poor rural population. Goat production is also emerging as an alternative for the non-poor, as the goat market is expected to grow and as goats are perceived as a good complement or alternative for cattle, as they are better adapted to the more frequent climate change-induced droughts expected in southern Africa. READ MORE

  4. 4. Children with intellectual disabilities’ perceptions of their participation in activities in everyday life – a pilot study : A minor field study conducted in Ethiopia

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HHJ, Avd. för rehabilitering

    Author : Sarah Berger; Sandra Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : Low and Middle Income Country; Occupational Therapy; Picture my participation; Sub-Saharan Africa; Arbetsterapi; Låg- och medelinkomstland; Picture my participation; Subsahariska Afrika;

    Abstract : Background: Children with disabilities living in low and middle income countries’ perceptions of participation are not shown in research. These perceptions are important for providing appropriate interventions. READ MORE

  5. 5. Children with disabilities in South Africa, and their right to a participating life.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Amanda Mattsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Children with disabilities; school; south Africa; participation; empowerment.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim with this study was to examine in what amount disabled children in South Africa can live a participating life in society, with focus on special needs schools and their capability to empower the children. The data material has been collected through eight qualitative interviews, and observations at seven special needs schools in the country. READ MORE