Browsing by Author "Atnafu, Adamnesh (PhD)"
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Item The Contribution and Impact of Sele Enat Charitable Organization in Fulfilling the Needs of Destitute Children and Their Families(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Bazezew, Tigist; Atnafu, Adamnesh (PhD)This research has dealt with the contribution and impact of Sele Enat Charitable Organization in fulfilling the needs of destitute children and their families with a general objective to assess the services of the organization to measure their contribution and impacts. The study has specific objectives of identifying the services provided by the organization, assessing the economic and social impacts of the service and identifying the strengths and gaps of the organization. This research is a qualitative study. The study followed descriptive phenomenological approach. Using purposive sampling of 8 client mothers, 2 staff members of the organization, and 2 graduate children who were part of the child sponsorship program with total number of 12 participants have participated in the study. The data has been collected via observation and in-depth interview that has been developed referring to different literatures and objectives of the research. Thus, the findings of the study were analyzed using qualitative data analysis methods. The process of data collection and data analysis were conducted concurrently. In general, the findings of the research indicated that Sele Enat Charity Organization’s child sponsorship program has been delivering several services and brought significant economic and social impacts on the lives of destitute children and their families via providing monthly stipend for basic needs, clothing, educational support, health care service and women empowerment programsItem Female Return Migration from the Gulf States: Pre-return Expectations, Post-return Experiences and Prospects of Voluntary Returnees in Ejersa- Lafo Woreda, Central Ethiopia(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Bayisa, Assefa; Atnafu, Adamnesh (PhD)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 snowball sampling technique. Collected data were analyzed thematically. The findings show that although the participants had positive expectations in their homeland, felt prepared for return and back home to realize their prior plans, they were hardly reintegrated in all economic, psychosocial and social-network aspects. Regardless of the type of return motives and degree of return preparedness, this study revealed that conditions in homeland alone would enormously influence the post-return experiences of returnees. Upon home return, the home market appeared to them difficult, their social status declined over time and families were not found trusted as they were appeared to them before. The inability to live up to their prior expectations and plans, made the participants not to feel at home that, in turn, triggered their re-migration intention. Thus, the participants are susceptible to the potential sufferings ahead of them since they are eager to reach again, even illegally, the destination countries they came from. Alongside raising awareness of the returnees about the potential consequences of illegal migration, social workers in collaboration with the local government should devise means to re-embed them in their community. Money management orientations before leaving home, and information about home situations before return should also be provided to the migrants in order to make their reintegration not challengingItem Opportunities and Challenges of Older People’s Associations (OPAs) in Kolfe Keraniyo Sub-city(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Aregawi, Abnet; Atnafu, Adamnesh (PhD)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 concerning Kolfe Keraniyo sub-city older people associations and by exploring National and International legal frameworks concerning the rights of older people. Data was collected using an open-ended interview and focus group discussion; and it was analyzed simultaneously with interpretive analysis. The findings of this study generally revealed that there are opportunities in Kolfe Keraniyo sub-city older person associations individually: capacity building trainings, assistance for abused older people, care and support for the unable. Socially: experience sharing among older people themselves and younger generation. Economically: networking for income generating activities. And, politically: pushing the government to construct a multi-functional institution which is expected to commence soon. Regarding the challenges, that problem in implementing the rights of older people mainly related with lack of physical and financial availability, low provision of different service with facilities, lack of community awareness on the rights of older persons and involvement in older people associations were identified. Thus, utilizing experiences of OPAs in other countries as a seed for empowering older persons in Ethiopia is recommended. In addition to governmental, societal and professional attention for OPAs is inevitableItem Social Work Intervention and Empowerment Practices of Temporary Care and Rehabilitation Centre for People with Disability(Addis Ababa University, 2016-05) Hailu, Edom; Atnafu, Adamnesh (PhD)Social work is a profession working for social change, problem solving, empowerment, social justice, social functioning and well-being. Because of their complex socio economic and political life, people in Addis Ababa City face various psychosocial problems and diverse intervention techniques are used for those problems even if all the interventions might not be professional and well organized. Temporary Care and Rehabilitation Centre for People with Disability is an institution in Addis Ababa city under Labor and Social Affairs Bureau of the city government to support people who are suffering from a destitute life because of various psychosocial and other problems. The institution is giving different services for its recipients to support their well-being, social functioning and empowered way of living. Varieties of interventions and empowerment techniques have been utilized by the institution to support the wellbeing of the recipients and developing their social functioning in their society. The study used qualitative method of study to explore the experiences of social work intervention and empowerment practices of the study area. Even if the institution has been working in the area since the last fifty years, its professional work areas require focuses of social work practices for better achievements on its social work intervention and empowerment practices. Thus, this study has been investigated on its social work intervention and empowerment practices, the impacts of the practices, the challenges and limitations of the institution in practicing social work interventions and empowerment schemes and finally strength and opportunities available at the institution are explored. Then recommendations have been set. The study indicated its implication for social work practices, social work research and policy development referring its findings and results