Understanding of the land use/ land cover change (LULCC) has paramount importance for sustainable development and setting out the strategies of natural resource management. The present study illustrates the spatiotemporal land use/ land cover changes, driving forces and consequences taking place in Ameya Woreda, Central, Ethiopia. Qualitative data were used to investigate the causes and effects of land use/ land cover change. Landsat satellite imageries of three different periods, i.e., ...

Land degradation is a global phenomenon that endangers the livelihoods of rural farmers at large as well as a country’s ability to produce. It is one of the major challenges for agricultural production in Ethiopia. In recognition to this, different land management practices were introduced to combat the problem but effectiveness of these practices was below expectations. Hence, this study attempts to assess the factors that determine land management practices in Girarar Jarso woreda, Oromia N...

This is a case study that attempted to assess the experience and the coping mechanisms of fourteen parents who are giving cares for their children with autism. To this end, qualitative case study research design was employed in order to have an in depth understanding of the issue. The study area selected was Nia Foundation-Joy Centre for children with autism. The study employed an in-depth interview, focus group discussion and observation to collect data. The finding of the study indicated th...

This research aims to made an assessment on the challenges and opportunities of persons with disability who engaged in micro and small enterprises with a special emphasizes on three types of impairment physical, hearing and visual in Yeka sub-city, Addis Ababa. For the purpose of achieving the objectives of this study, both primary and secondary method of data collection were implemented. In the case of sampling among 78 PWDs who engaged in MSEs 65 were purposively selected as a sampling unit...

Disability is any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. The challenge of facing disability is not only the problem of children with disability rather it becomes a problem of primary care givers because they are in one way or another becomes a part and parcel of the caring process. By using qualitative research design with the method of case study, the study explored and descri...

Social capital studies have been attracting the attentions of scholars these days that deal with social networking and the associated norms, values, trust and collective actions of communities. This research primarily focuses on studying the social capital situations and practices of members of communities in woreda 08 and 11 of kolfe-keranyo sub-city in Addis Ababa. The research is carried out through qualitative exploratory study, using case study method. The research participants were pare...

Traditional marriage is widely practiced in Wolaita. It has several harmful effects on the overall wellbeing of women who are not mentally, psychologically, emotionally or physically prepared for a marriage life. The intensity of the problem has not been identified particularly for women in Wolaita where the problem is very high. Therefore, this study thoroughly analyzed the result of a qualitative assessment to explore the types of traditional marriage and its psycho-social impacts on W...

Over the past three decades, the strength based approach has gained momentum in the way social institutions address the problems of individuals, families, and communities in Western countries. In Ethiopia, existing evidence about the practice of the strength based approach is minimal. Although there are numerous social development programs run by non-governmental organizations, it is not clear to what extent and in what ways the strength based approach is practiced. This study draws attention...

Return migration is a dynamic and complex phenomenon which involves diverse participants with different backgrounds and experiences. Espousing hermeneutic phenomenological research design, this study utilized interviews and observation to describe and interpret pre-return expectations, preparedness, and return motives including the post-return happenings and accomplishments of 10 female voluntary returnees from the Gulf States to Ejersa-Lafo Woreda. The participants were selected through snow...

Child vulnerability to various forms of neglect is one of the dominant social problems in Addis Ababa, Yeka sub city Woreda-03. The research attempted to describe the services available for vulnerable children. The research design was a cross sectional descriptive survey research. Among the ten sub cities of Addis Ababa, Yeka sub city woreda-03 was chosen for the study. The target groups were vulnerable children between the age group of 12-18 registered in the Woreda-03 vulnerable children li...

Older people in Ethiopia face numerous discrimination and stereotypes. In Addis Ababa, there are no sufficient data on the type of older people association’s opportunities and challenge. Creating an awareness of the problem is essential to provide an adequate assistance for the older people associations or to follow up planed intervention methods. To increase understanding of the issues, a phenomenological qualitative study was conducted based on the data collected from 13 study participants ...

The issue of security is a global concern for the people of the world; people have to be safe to perform their day to day activities. To make the world free from fear of crimes and intimidation, countries try to use diverse ways of minimizing threats. Community policing is one of the method that has been used to secure the safety of the people. It is a means of preventing crimes before it causes serious damage in collaboration with the community. This study explores the attitude and perc...

The major purpose of the study was identification of combined und relative effect of student, institution and socioeconomic Factors on female students' academic success in AMU. Relational study design was employed to achieve the ob/ectives ofthe study. Purposive, stratifiea' and simple random sampling techniques were employed to .select samples or the south». 18()_female students and 36 academic staf members were participated in the study. The independent sample t-test results indicated ...

The main purpose of this study was to assess the practices of human resource development in government TVET colleges of Addis Ababa and to identify the problems encountered during implementation of human resource development programs and finally to forward recommendations. The study was carried out on four government TVET colleges (Addis Ababa Tegbaraid, Entoto, General Wingate and Mistak). These colleges were selected randomly. The respondents of this study were 192 trainers (teachers),...

An instrument to measure attitude tOwards HIV/ AIDS Was developed based on same sdected predictors (measuring iSSlles), 63 items were initially written and adopted hosed on the measuring issues and prepared to be checked/or its face validity and clarity -19 items that survived the face validity test 0(111'0 psychology department instructors (AA U) and 36 students/i'om diffe rent colleges/ fac ulties, year levels and sex groups with 7 nell' items were administered to the sample selected b...

The purpose of the study was to assess marketing strategy of Kombolcha textile factory in South Wollo of Amhara region. In order to relate the jindings of the study, adequate related literature and documents were reviewed and the tnethodology employecl was descriptive surve_v with quantitative and qualitative data analysis method. A survey was conducted by taking judgtnental samples of 50 employees of the company. The data collected were analyzed by uti1i:ing appropriate statistical meth...

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the contents and intents of Grade 10 mathematics in Addis Ababa City Administration. In order to evaluate the contents organization (Coverage, integration and Sequence) in the syllabus and textbook, both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through content analysis and interview. Similarly, the evaluation of the intents were done by quantitative data collecting instruments (questionnaires) from 32 teachers and 224 students fro...

This study was intended to investigate the trend of land use land cover dynamics in Merti Woreda for the last 29 years (1986-2015.) For the selected study years 1986, 2000 and 2015 three time series satellite images TM, ETM+ and OLI were used respectively. Additionally, socio-economic assessment was conducted by using KII and FGD to investigate the driving forces of land use land cover change. The study covers a total area of 125,069.6ha. Five land use land cover classes namely; cropland, for...

This thesis deals and examines Moore’s concept of moral philosophy. He considers the subject matter of ethics should be examining the nature of the concept good or answering for the question what is good. He believes that good is simple, indefinable and non-natural property. In this regard, Moore is rejecting naturalistic and metaphysical theories of ethics for the reason that these theories are failing to deal the primary concern of ethics and are committing of the naturalistic fallacy for b...