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    A Studuy of 67 Tesfegna Childeren: Meeting Partial Physical Needs Atjimma University
    (Addis Ababa University, 2008-06) Woldegebriel, Ermyas; B. Hussain, nurjahan (PhD)
    This research has been conducted on Tesfegna children who resorted on Jimma University students' leftover food. Because of their sheer of poverty & food insecurity, many of them are impelled to depend on others, primarily, to find food. Tesfegna is the local name designated to these leftover food consumers. This study is designed to investigate the psychosocial experiences of leftover food dependent children. Data gathered were the personal & parental socio-demographic profiles, parenting styles, perceptions/attitudes, psychological well beings and interpersonal relationships. A total of 67 target sampled respondents (children), who are 11 to 16 years old and 16 relevant individuals to the children (university's employees, persons living near the campus & chair persons of neighborhood keebeles,) were participated on the study. Both respondents were taken by using purposive sampling technique. Questionnaire (open & closed), interview and observations were used to collect the data. Version-13 SPPS software program was used to analyze the frequency distribution (percentages) of the quantitative data whereas similar qualitative responses were coded and categorized in to themes. Results revealed that there are favorable and unfavorable aspects of leftover food consumption. The children were quite vulnerable to various psychosocial problems, yet from physical observations, some are seemingly well. A large number of them (65.7%) have lost at least one of their parents. Even most of their living parents' families are broken ones (86.6%) and live below subsistence level. Besides, the majorities of their mothers and/or fathers were sick and illiterates. Many of the children (65.7%) were not learning formal education in the academic year 2007; and parental, community's and legal care & attention for them were scarce. Feeding on leftover food has made them to be perceived negatively and marginalize by the community. This has resulted in aversion and mass discrimination. They have also been victims of verbal and physical violence. These have exacerbated the Tesfegna children's plight and therefore, their selfconfidence, hope and emotional well being. This research, however, is explanatory in nature and only a pioneering research initiative, hence further researches are recommended.