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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Community-based organisations"”.
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Analysis of community-based organisations effectiveness in promoting grassroots educational services in Greater Tzaneen Municipality, South Africa
Community-based organisations (CBOs) play an integral role in promoting educational services, particularly to disadvantaged communities in rural areas. However, debatably, their effectiveness in delivering educational services is rarely known. Thus, the current study was undertaken to analyse the …
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Literacy mediation and literacy learning in community-based organisations for young people in a situation of precarity in Québec
… between the literacy practices used in two community-based organisations and those of the young people in a situation of precarity (aged 16 to 30) who attended their activities in Québec (Canada). These organisations supported them to find work, housing, return to education, improve their …
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New media and civil society : a study of Native Customary Rights (NCR) Land and Community-based Organisations (CBOs) in Sarawak, Malaysia
… 1980s in Malaysia, middle-class non-governmental organisations (NGOs) blossomed and advocated for human rights issues such as feminism, labour and environment. In the late 1990s, the Internet was hailed as the platform to widen the public sphere in the oppressive environment of media in Malaysia, …
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Producing knowledge or building 'regimes' of truth? : a critical study of two community based organisations and a development facilitation Agency in the Western Cape
This study is based on research carried out at the request of the Community and Urban Services Support Project (CUSSP). The research formed part of the internship programme for the Practical Anthropology course at the University of Cape Town, and involved an investigation into the communication …
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The impact of international non-governmental organisations on the response of community-based organisations to the HIV/AIDs related orphan and vulnerable children crisis in Zimbabwe: the case of Batsiranai and Danish Association for international cooperation in Manicaland
… non-governmental organisation (INGO) and a community based organisation (CBO) addressing the HIV/AIDs- related orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) crisis in Zimbabwe. The study engages with how INGOs have emerged as key conduits for development aid, rather than African governments against a …
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The impact of Covid-19 on social life in a traditional Maltese town
… pandemic on social life within the parish community of Saint Sebastian in Ħal Qormi. The issue was addressed through the perspective of community-based organisations which are active in the area, and associate themselves in some way or another with the parish. This study looks at the …
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A study of organisations and their responses to the social needs of Mbekweni
This study examines Human Service Organisations and community organisations operating in Mbekweni during the period January to June 1988. These organisations were examined in order to identify the characteristics that distinguish them from each other in as far as service delivery is concerned. The …
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Shaking ground and shifting collectives: Understanding community resilience in Kaikōura, Aotearoa New Zealand : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… in North Canterbury. This thesis examines community resilience in Kaikōura, a small town and district greatly impacted by the earthquake. Community resilience has been widely used in disaster risk reduction research, policy, and practice to describe how a group of individuals within a …
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Connected corrections and corrected connections: post-release supervision of long sentence male prisoners
… the root of addiction and offending behaviour, based on qualitative interview data with twelve men approaching release. Their narratives revealed histories of neglect, abuse, family dysfunction, poverty, deprivation and community adversity. My core interviewees’ accounts of engagement with …
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Empowering People through Community Banks (VICOBA); A Case of Simanjiro VICOBA Group Poultry Project in Sombetini Ward Arusha-Tanzania
… creating employment to vulnerable groups in the community and to determine the implication of the microfinance activities toward small community saving and credit group. Various research methods employed in this study such as cross-sectional research design while sampling procedure used purposive …
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Inclusive Innovation in a Time of Repression: The Case of the Wilvan School of Dance
… inclusive social innovation within smaller community-based organisations, its intersection with the performing arts, resistance and the struggle for social change in Apartheid South Africa. In identifying this gap, the objective of this study was to investigate whether a community-based …
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Participation by place-based community organisations in local development: case studies from East Cork
… linkages between the state and voluntary community-based organisations. Concepts such as active citizenship, social capital, partnership and sustainability have underpinned this political philosophy, which reflects a movement in development theory and political science away from notions of …
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An evaluation on the impact of reducing central government grants on solid waste management: A case study of Kabwe Municipal Council
… Councils enter into partnership with private organisations in waste management; Council to initiate formations of Community Based Organisations to manage solid waste and; Introduction of waste management tax
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An evaluation on the impact of reducing central government grants on solid waste management: A case study of Kabwe Municipal Council
… Councils enter into partnership with private organisations in waste management; Council to initiate formations of Community Based Organisations to manage solid waste and; Introduction of waste management tax
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Challenging prejudice through participation: a case study of an anti-xenophobic community based organisation in Khayelitsha site c in the Western Cape, South Africa
… (SACAX) in Khayelitsha was able to mobilise the community, community based organisations, and governance structures alongside national and international Non-Governmental Organisations working with refugees to successfully challenge prejudice towards African immigrants in the period leading to the …
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Intercultural learning and community mobilisation within eMzantsi
… is a study of intercultural learning and community mobilisation within eMzantsi, an organisation that seeks to bring together previously segregated communities in the Southern Peninsula, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, through various artistic activities and programmes. The …
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The illusion of community participation: experience in the irregular settlements of Bogotá
The study focuses on community participation among the poor of Bogotá, Colombia. It explores the changing relationships between poor communities, local politicians and the city government before and after the institutional reforms and changing approach to development that occurred during the 1990s. …
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Stigmatisation processes and populations’ responses in turbulent environments: A multi-site case study of the Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan and the Afro-descendants in Cartagena, Colombia
… shape the experiences of stigmatisation in each community. The study also analyses the responses to stigmatisation through absorptive, adaptive and transformative resilience strategies at the individual and community levels. In addition, it also explores how these strategies differ or overlap due …
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An assessment of financial and management challenges faced by community advice offices in the Western Cape Province
… 1960s ? 1980s saw emergence and proliferation of Community Advice Offices (CAOs) in South Africa as a response to the injustices of the apartheid regime. These small community-based organisations became crucial institutions within communities as they voiced out against discriminatory apartheid …
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Analysis of selected non-state actors interventions on the problem of street children in Lusaka district.
… by NonState Actors, such as Non-Governmental Organisations, Community-Based Organisations, and Faith-Based Organizations. The purpose of the research was to establish the initiatives used to address the problem of Street Children, the challenges faced when addressing the problem of Street …
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