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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Host community members"”.
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Everyday Politics of Forced Migration: Refugees, Host Community Members, and the Local Context
… highlights the cultural differences between the host community members and the refugees who arrive from outside of Europe and North America. To analyse whether these findings are applicable in non–Western contexts, I examine a South–South forced migration context in which both groups share the …
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A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic CSR: A Case Study of ExxonMobil and a Capacity Development Initiative in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
… In-depth interviews with two groups of host community members were conducted. They consisted of direct beneficiaries of the initiative and host community members considered to be opinion leaders. Field observations were made and other relevant documents were sourced to provide differing …
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Success and failure of refugee local integration programmes in Zambia
… semi-structured interviews with former refugees, host community members, and stakeholders, alongside document reviews. Findings revealed notable achievements, including providing agricultural resources and basic services, but also highlighted persistent gaps in legal documentation, social …
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Producing the Global Classroom: Exploring the Impact of US Study Abroad on Host Communities in San Jose, Costa Rica and Florence, Italy
… study utilizes qualitative interviews with 57 host community members in the popular study abroad destinations of San Jose, Costa Rica and Florence, Italy, to focus on how those who engage with US study abroad students understand and are impacted by those encounters. Each descriptive case …
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An Exploration into the Perceived Effects of International Volunteering and Service on Host Communities in the Global South
… around the impacts IVS has on receiving host communities in developing countries is highly controversial. This study utilizes ethnographic research, involving a combination of participant -observation and semi-structured interviews, to gain the perspectives of the Fijian Highland …
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College students' transformative learning: an ethnographic case study of an alternative break program to Kenya
… Fourteen students, two group leaders, eight host community members, and the researcher participated in the study. Mezirow's transformative learning theory provides the theoretical lens through which research questions, observations, and conclusions are formulated and drawn. Research is …
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Meeting the Self and the Other: Intercultural Learning During a Faculty-led Short-term Service-Learning Course to Belize
… with the faculty leader, peers, and host community members, and the compassionate leadership of the faculty leader as critical factors in their intercultural growth. I found that emotions, cognitive dissonance, and critical reflection play key roles in the intercultural learning …
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Servants or saviors? : exploring the impact of international volunteerism on host communities and volunteers.
… IVS is having on its stakeholders, namely, host communities who receive volunteers and international volunteers themselves. Distinct in focus, the qualitative and quantitative studies in this dissertation provide unique insight into the impact IVS has on its stakeholders and the …
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Developing a national mine closure risk and opportunities atlas in GIS for South Africa
… mines owned by 104 mining companies and hosted by 360 urban and rural communities across South Africa, comprising of approximately 6 million people – many of whom depend on mining for employment (Cole, 2024). While the impact of mine closure is well-known (Besa, et al., 2019), quantifying …
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Understanding the factors, coverage, and quality of care, influencing the choice of different models of delivering primary health care in conflict-affected settings of Cameroon and Nigeria
… interviewed, and 85 internally displaced persons/host community members took part in the qualitative study. The systematic review identified five models of care with PHC for conflict-affected populations being delivered by both national and international organisations. These five models of care …