Effects and outcomes of Community Care Coalitions on Child Protection in Gullele Sub- City woreda 3, Addis Ababa
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2018-10
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Addis Ababa University
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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.
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results a community care coalition, (CCC)