Browsing by Author "Diro, Habteyes"

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    Empowering Adults for Natural Resource Conservation: A Case of GIZ and SLM Projects in Dendi Woreda
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-02) Diro, Habteyes; Fufa, Dessaleng (PhD)
    This research aimed at exploring the process of empowering adults for natural resources conservation in Dendi Woreda in the case of sites where GIZ and SLM projects have been working with the communities to conserve the natural resources. It followed descriptive qualitative approach to analyze the views of the adults living in the communities’ involved with SLM project and of the past GIZ project activities regarding natural resources conservation in selected areas of Dendi Woreda. A total of 43 participants (10 Key informants and 33 FGDs participants) were purposively selected because they had information on the studied projects. FGDs were undertaken with three communities namely, Boda, Galessa koftu and Kaba Bareda. Data were analyzed descriptively using both thematic analysis and narratives. It was found out that empowering adult for natural resource conservation was performed through activities that engaged adult men, women and youth(above the age of 18) in problem identification and prioritization, in institutional formation, and through awareness creation. The study revealed that among the opportunities to the activities of the SLM project include the increase in the knowledge about natural resource conservation by the population in the study area, the participation of the stakeholders such as governmental officials and agencies in the study area, the participation and transparency of the community in identifying their problems in the study area, existence of ground rules established by the communities about natural resource conservation, and the support from both domestic and international stakeholders. It was indicated however that the SLM project was challenged by issues such as illiteracy of adult participants, financial resource constraint and inaccessibility to project sites, unfavorable political environment for the project activities in Oromia region at the time of research, and delayed budget disbursal were all factors that impeded on the effectiveness of the SLM projects in the study area. On the other hand it reveals a positive consideration from the participating communities regarding the participatory approach followed by the current SLM compared to the past GIZ-SLM project. The study suggests that adult literacy has to be integrated in the participatory approaches for both the sustainable empowerment of adult and for both the effectiveness of SLM project and sustainability of conservation activities. Key words: Empowerment, Project, Natural resource, Conservation, SLM, Oromia.
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    The Socio-Economic Consequences of Migration: The Case of Returnees from Saudi Arabia to West Shoa Zone
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-06) Diro, Habteyes; Fenta, Getahun(PhD)
    Saudi Arabia has been the major destination for Ethiopian migrants since 2008. However, early in 2013 the country implemented a Nitaqat law that enforced to deport mass illegal migrants. The objective of this study is to describe the current socio-economic consequences of illegal migration returnees from Saudi-Arabia: the case of west Shoa Zone. Both primary and secondary data were collected using structured questioner, focus group discussion, in- depth interviews and published and unpublished documents. In the area study 315 returnees were registered. From the 315 returnees, 159 were selected by using a snow ball technique. Mixed research approach was used. While descriptive statistics was used to analyze quantitative data, thematic analysis method is used to analyze the qualitative data. The study revealed that factors such as economic motives, better job opportunities and comfortable life were the major reasons for migration. Most of the respondents went to Saudi Arabia, mainly, to improve their living standards through employment and to support their families due to the lack of work opportunity at home. Returnee emigrants had got various physical and psychological problems. Most of them borrowed money from others such as their parents, other family members and relatives for their travel to Saudi Arabia. The majority of the respondents aim to re-migrate to Saudi Arabia. As the registered respondents gave their responses, most of them got micro-finance and working support. Physical and physiological crisis is also a real problem for the returnee migrants. The majority of the emigrants do not have prior value for their social and cultural norms.