Participatory Strategies by PBOs on Street Children’s Well-Being in Mathare Sub County in Nairobi City County, Kenya

Odoyo, Mercy Akinyi; Kavulya, Joseph; Muhingi, Wilkins Ndege

Participatory Strategies by PBOs on Street Children’s Well-Being in Mathare Sub County in Nairobi City County, Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Odoyo, Mercy Akinyi
dc.contributor.author	Kavulya, Joseph
dc.contributor.author	Muhingi, Wilkins Ndege
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-15T08:58:50Z
dc.date.available	2021-10-14T10:44:42Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-15T08:58:50Z
dc.date.issued	2019-09-01
dc.description	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Rehabilitation Programmes are necessary for helping in reducing the number of street children in Kenyan cities. With the number on the rise despite the many rehabilitation programmes across cities worldwide and particularly in Mathare SubCounty where this study is anchored. This study sort to evaluate the influence of participatory strategy by PBOs on the Street Children’s wellbeing in Mathare Sub-county. The study is guided by participatory approach theory and seeks to answer the question, to what extent are participatory programs effective in rehabilitating these street children? In order to address the objective of the study, a descriptive research design was used. A sample determination formula was used to establish a sample size of 92 respondents from a target population of 120 staff members and 20 selected street children under rehabilitation. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches of data collection were employed. Both Close-ended questionnaires and interview guides were employed. For quantitative, the Cronbach’s alpha technique was used to ensure reliability of research instruments while validity used pilot testing and reviews. Further, the study used Systematic random and purposive sampling methods and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the quantitative data. The findings revealed that out of the 120 staffs who participated in the research 68.8% on average agree that participatory approach strategy was significant to the wellbeing of street children in rehabilitation centers in Mathare Sub-County. In conclusion, it is essential at participatory level for street children to be involved in planning and execution of programmes in the community as part of the stakeholders. We recommend that The PBOs should establish structured mentorship Program consisting of graduates of the rehabilitation program, who have gone on to be success stories or have displayed great transformation in their lives and reintegrated well in the community since graduating from the program. The goal here is to be able to demonstrate to present candidates that participatory strategy in rehabilitation programs contributes not only achievable change but also sustainable.
dc.description.sponsorship	PAC University
dc.identifier.citation	Odoyo, M. A., Kavulya, J., & Muhingi, W. N. (2019). Participatory Strategies by PBOs on Street Children’s Well-Being in Mathare Sub County in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 7(9), 149–155. https://doi.org/10.24940/theijhss/2019/v7/i9/HS1909-031	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2321 - 9203
dc.identifier.uri	https://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3437.2
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol. 7;No. 9
dc.subject	Street children wellbeing	en_US
dc.subject	Participatory Strategy	en_US
dc.subject	Rehabilitation Programmes	en_US
dc.subject	Public Benefit Organization (PBOs)	en_US
dc.title	Participatory Strategies by PBOs on Street Children’s Well-Being in Mathare Sub County in Nairobi City County, Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US