Essays about: "föräldralösa barn"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words föräldralösa barn.

  1. 1. Promoting lifelong health for orphan and vulnerable girls in Tanzania : A qualitative study of health promoting practices at a Tanzanian non- governmental family home

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för folkhälso- och idrottsvetenskap

    Author : Viola Svenbrink; [2023]
    Keywords : Health literacy; empowerment; orphan and vulnerable children; Family home; alternative care of OVC; small group home; Tanzania; Hälsolitteracitet; Egenmakt; utsatta och föräldralösa barn; familjehem; småskaliga gruppboenden för barn. Tanzania;

    Abstract : The objective of this study was to explore which practices and factors at a Tanzanian non-governmental family home, that has promoted former female residents’ health empowerment and health literacy. Semi-structured interviews were completed with five former female residents. READ MORE

  2. 2. ”Love and patience is most important” : A qualitative interview study about the views and experiences from physical therapists working with orphan children diagnosed with cerebral palsy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Åsenlöf: Fysioterapi

    Author : Kajsa Samuelson; Frida Lidén; [2020]
    Keywords : Cerebral palsy; Orphan children; Physical therapy; Social support; Love;

    Abstract : Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a diagnosis found worldwide. Literature indicates the importance of teaching families how to support the child. Orphan children are an exposed group and if the child also is diagnosed with CP the child is even more exposed. READ MORE

  3. 3. Organisational care and psychological treatment of vulnerable children in Maputo, Mozambique : A Minor Field Study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Sara Ekvall; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Many children are vulnerable in Mozambique, one of the poorest countries in the world. The ones considered most vulnerable, so called orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), often live in particularly vulnerable situations that often cause creating psychological distress and traumas. READ MORE

  4. 4. In the tension between the local and the global : A field study about organizational and cultural challenges faced by NGO:s working with orphans and vulnerable children in Gaborone; Botswana

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HHJ, Avd. för beteendevetenskap och socialt arbete

    Author : Evelyn Lundberg; [2016]
    Keywords : NGO; orphans and vulnerable children; Botswana; social work; new institutionalism;

    Abstract : The HIV and AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa calls a great national and global response in order to face the challenges associated with the illness for the individual, households, community and future of nations. The disease has led to an increased number of orphans and other vulnerable children in Botswana where the non-governmental organizations stand for social service delivery to these children. READ MORE

  5. 5. The orphan and the saviour- a relationship of love, gratitude and commodities : A critical discourse analysis of the construction of the narrative about the helper and the orphanage child.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Britta Holmberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Voluntourism; orphanage tourism; Otherness; discourse; orphanage; orphan; development aid; volunteering; volunteers; Voluntourism; barnhemsturism; den Andre; diskurs; barnhem; föräldralösa barn; bistånd; volontärarbete; volontärer;

    Abstract : This study explores the construction of the orphanage child and the helper in the context of voluntourism, orphanage tourism, support and establishment of orphanages. Since residential care is rarely put forward as a “good solution” for children without parental care in Sweden or other Western countries, the purpose of this study is to understand how orphanages for children from the South are legitimised as a solution in narratives about the helpers and the orphans. READ MORE