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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Faith Based Organisations"”.
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Appropriation, translation and transformation of institutionalised development discourses: the case of faith-based organisations doing development work in the Philippines
… looks into the experiences of five Evangelical faith-based organisations which are doing development work in Metro Manila, Philippines. Using an analytical framework informed by discourse theory and institutionalism, this study provides a description on each of four dimensions of the development …
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Faith in Practice: A Mixed Method Study Exploring the Impact of Faith Based Organisations in Delivering Voluntary and Community Sector Activities in Cornwall
Throughout history faith based organisations (FBOs) have played an important role in delivering welfare provision. They were often the original founders of much of the welfare we see now, however, the establishment of the Welfare State in 1945 encouraged centralised delivery of welfare provision …
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Encounters of development knowledge, identities and practices: participation of faith based organisations in multi-stakeholder partnerships for HIV/AIDS mitigation in Botswana in 2003-2005
… impact and the inadequacy of a purely medical-based response has prompted the development of multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) for HIV/AIDS mitigation. MSPs utilise an appropriate mix of health and non-health based interventions and involve a broad array of stakeholders in their design and …
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Investigating factors affecting the financial sustainability of civil society organisations in Namibia
Civil society organisations (CSOs) in developing countries like Namibia experience multiple operational hindrances, especially financial sustainability challenges that lead to the closure of their operations after few years leaving a void in many communities where they operate due to their …
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Nurturing the Event: A Trauma-Informed Psychosocial Analysis of Conversions to Christianity and Desistance from Crime
… is to demonstrate the role prison chaplaincy and faith-based organisations play in supporting new Christian converts across HMPPS establishments. Drawing on research data from 11 in-depth narrative interviews with formerly incarcerated individuals, many of whom were long-term desisters or still in …
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Community, word and wonder: discerning key elements in the faith inquiry of Chinese international students
… international students, literature produced by faith-based organisations, and in-depth interviews with 25 ethnically Chinese students, of which 18 were from Mainland China. Analysed using a grounded theory methodology, the data reveals the wider motivating factors behind Chinese students’ …
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Faith-based interventions in addressing violence against women in Cape Town
… of religion in the public sphere, Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) have also responded to the problem of violence against women. In this thesis, I study the interventions of Ihata Shelter, a Muslim organisation, St Anne's Homes, a Christian organisation, and South African Faith & …
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Challenges experienced by primary caregivers in raising children with physical disabilities in Mvunyane area, Vryheid, Kwazulu-Natal
… it was noted that primary caregivers used faith-based organisations, support from social workers, families, support groups in their community as their coping strategies. It was concluded that many primary caregivers who are raising children with physical disabilities have to deal with …
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Conversations with tradition: faith-based community development through the Eden Network in Cape Town
… the global North to the global South. Christian Faith-Based Organisations (FBOs), in particular, are sites where this type planning is done. The perpetuation of asymmetries between the global North and the global South lies, partially, in Christianity's connection to iterations of urban …
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A history of Chitokoloki mission hospital in Zambezi district of the North-Western province of Zambia, 1914-2014.
… stakeholders such as the local people, Brethren, Faith-Based Organisations and successive Zambian governments. The longstanding contest between traditional therapies and Western medicine at Chitokoloki could be understood from the context that Africans were not willing to abandon their cultural …
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A history of Chitokoloki mission hospital in Zambezi district of the North-Western province of Zambia, 1914-2014.
… stakeholders such as the local people, Brethren, Faith-Based Organisations and successive Zambian governments. The longstanding contest between traditional therapies and Western medicine at Chitokoloki could be understood from the context that Africans were not willing to abandon their cultural …
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Faith based organizations in Lebanon: objectives and practices.
… look at the objectives and practices of faith-based NGOs, or FBOs, currently active in Lebanon, both local and international. It considers the role of the sectarian context, and the influence “ if any - of religious identity and values on the founding and mission of an FBO, and the …
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Vulnerability and strength in women's lived experiences of HIV: "it was sad that first day, but now I'm powerful
… role that counselling, support groups and faith-based organisations can play. New dimensions are added to the curren t understanding of the role of disclosure and stigma, suggesting the need for different approaches to implementing interventions in this con text.
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Spatiality and Human Development in the Western Cape of South Africa
… study adopted a mixed methods design, that is based on integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods, however, much emphasis was on the qualitative research method. Data collection was done through the following: 62 in-depth interviews for the qualitative part of the research study, …
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Social Network and Support Experiences of Older African Refugees in Calgary: A Visual Story
… language barriers, cultural dislocation, and age-based discrimination. As a result, older refugees represent one of the most marginalised and underserved subgroups within the broader refugee population. Despite these significant challenges, their experiences remain comparatively underexamined in …
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Faith-based mental health provision in Africa: a mixed methods systematic review
Faith-based mental health provision as a model of mental health service delivery is not widely acknowledged or researched, despite being highly utilised, especially in the African context. There is currently limited empirical research or review work on the various types of faith-based health …
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Navigating Faith-Based Mental Health Support: A Study of Community Church Leaders and Volunteers in Northern Ireland using Case Study Methodology
… for individuals with mental illnesses. Based on existing literature, some individuals have reported positive experiences in faith-based communities, indicating that these institutions may offer untapped resources for mental health support. The research examined the extent of the …
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Assisted Partner Notification for HIV: a qualitative study of providers and female patients perspectives and experiences of assisted partner notification in Cape Town, South Africa
… literature. The influence of religion and faith and the involvement of faith-based organisations, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on APN for HIV also feature in this study. Methods Qualitative research methods were used in this study. Thirty-four individual, semi-structured …