Essays about: "orphans life"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words orphans life.

  1. 1. Toward Innumerable Futures: Frank Stanford & Origins

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Adam Walton; [2015]
    Keywords : Parents; Adoption; Origins; Poetry; Poet; Children; Orphans; Identity; Compendium of Characters; The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You; Bibliography; Critical; Biography; Francis Gildart; Frank Stanford; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis is a combined critical, biographical, and bibliographical study of American poet Frank Stanford (1948-1978). A prodigious, prolific poet's poet, Stanford is a long-underappreciated artist whose unwavering legacy, in recent years, has grown to be an undeniable force in contemporary American poetry. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. ON DIFFERENT TERMS - Social work among vulnerable children in a developing country

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Beatrice Eriksson; Maria Grönte; [2011]
    Keywords : Antonovsky; attachment theory; BBIC; developing country; developmental-ecological theory; intervention; motivation; orphanage; orphans and vulnerable children; prevention; protection factors; risk factors; salutogenes; social work; SOC; Uganda; volunteers;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to get a deeper understanding, from a Swedish context, of how you can do social work with vulnerable and orphaned children in a developing country such as Uganda. We have investigated this through the example WEBALE, an NGO working in a context where among other things HIV/AIDS, poverty and a defective social safety net have led to social problems affecting children. READ MORE

  5. 4. Give a child a family - Foster Families as a model of care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Mozambique?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Carina Winberg; [2010-12-15]
    Keywords : Orphans; foster family care; AIDS; Mozambique;

    Abstract : In 2006 approximately 1 600 000 children in Mozambique, under the age of 18, were orphaned mainly due to HIV and AIDS. This corresponds to 12-16% of the total population. Extended families are no longer capable of providing for more orphans given the severe economic constraints. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Orphan Protagonist - A Grounded Theory of Orphanhood, Self-image and Conduct Control

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

    Author : Matilda Jerneck; [2010]
    Keywords : symbolic interactionism; grounded theory; orphanhood; sub-Saharan Africa; sociological understanding; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is a grounded theory study of orphanhood in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. It aims at understanding how orphans experience their life circumstances; negotiate social interactions and self-images; and develop aspirations for future existence. READ MORE