Browsing by Author "Tafesse, Moges (PhD)"

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    Children Living With HIV/AIDS in Kolfe Keraniyo Sub-City: What Contributes to an HIV Positive Child Psychosocial Thriving? A Qualitative Study
    (Addis Ababa University, 2015-02) Aragie, Gashaw; Tafesse, Moges (PhD)
    Ethiopia has among the highest HIV infection rate in the Sub-Saharan Africa and the epidemic has left a large proportion of children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS. HIV positive children’s psychosocial well-being is at risk due to the confounding variables associated with the epidemic though the antiretroviral medications are contributing to more HIV positive children surviving into adolescence and adulthood. This qualitative research has employed a phenomenological approach in an attempt to understand what makes those children living with HIV psychosocially thrive and what available support mechanisms make the children successful for their future live from the perspective of the children. The study involved focus group discussion, interview and observation in Kolfe Keraniyo sub-city of Addis Ababa for evidence gathering from 26 selected children living with HIV (aged 10 to18) and key informants from the ART center and an organization working with those children in the sub-city. It was found out that non-off the participants were disclosed their HIV status to peers, neighbors, and school communities, but to parent(s), very close relative and health workers at ART center. Selective friendship, avoidance of people that talk against individuals who live with HIV and AIDS, selective HIV status disclosure to family member, and spending most of their time on leisure activities were the positive resources that children involved in this study used. The need to provide special recognition and support to children living with HIV/AIDS by service providers and policy makers in Addis Ababa is underlined
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    Ethnic Identity as Social Capital for Community Development: the Case of the Wolaytta Community of Ethiopia since the Year 2000
    (Addis Ababa University, 2014-07) Hailegiorgis, Habtamu; Tafesse, Moges (PhD)
    It is a common proposition that social capital unquestionably results in progressive community development. Such a proposition or social capital theory in general suggests about the existence of social capital in any kind of community in general, be it of political, religious, ethnic, geographic, and so on. However, more specifically, the ethnic social capital perspective obtained from the study among the Wolaytta would propose that social capital interweaved in ethnic identity is a stronger one in maintaining the ethnic unity as well as in promoting community development, particularly for such specific community. The study among the Wolaytta of southwest Ethiopia, through qualitative data collection of interviews, focus group discussions and observations with various community members shows that there are several elements of social capital, especially bonding social capital, which have direct contribution to community development, despite the discovery of some of them which can also hamper desired development. The findings were analyzed through grounded theory method. Since Ethiopia is home for several ethnic communities, their socio cultural resources with strong implication for community development can be utilized. The finding of social capital from this community can fit to the contexts of other ethnic communities in Ethiopia