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    Effects and outcomes of Community Care Coalitions on Child Protection in Gullele Sub- City woreda 3, Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-10) Temesgen, Hermela; Kebede, Wassie (PhD)
    This study aims to assess the results a community care coalition (CCC) has brought on the lives of vulnerable and orphan children in Gullele Sub- City woreda 3, Addis Ababa. The research is conducted under the constructivist paradigm. The research is a qualitative study exploring the effectiveness of community care coalitions for child protection through a single case study design with exploratory nature. The unit of analysis was community care coalition with a case of “community care coalition at gullele sub city woreda 3.” Purposive, nonprobability sampling was employed to collect data from vulnerable children, coalition members, households and concerned higher institutions. The target population of the study is CCC members and beneficiaries. It engaged beneficiaries of the CCC and members and organizers of the coalition through in-depth interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions based on different inclusion criteria for each group. The researcher’s observation and review of different documents are the other sources of data for the research. To analyze all the data collected, the study followed the coding approach. On the coding stage those summarized data that are collected through those five data collection methods used, were summarized under four codes to make the data clearer for discussion. The study identified that services delivered for the beneficiaries have brought positive impact on the lives of beneficiary OVCs at different levels. Based on their level of effectiveness the study classified services in to three: as effective, less effective and not effective or not well implemented. The study has also identified that different strategies followed by the coalition contributed for its effectiveness. However, there are also limitations in properly implementing those strategies, which could help a lot for the coalition’s success. On the other hand, the CCC faces different challenges, which are hindering it from achieving its maximum efficiency. The study recommends the CCC to strengthen its resource mobilization techniques so that it could diversify and strengthen the services delivered for OVCs. It could also strengthen services like counseling and health care through revising its strategies. Diversifying its members directly affects those two services. Therefore, the study recommends the CCC to go through the implementation techniques of the strategies.