Morgan, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-7593 (2016) Participation, empowerment and capacity building: Exploring young people's perspectives on the services provided to them by a grassroots NGO in sub-Saharan Africa. Children and Youth Services Review, 65. pp. 175-182. ISSN 0190-7409 (doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.04.012)

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Abstract

This paper explores young people's perspectives on the services that were provided to them by one NGO in sub-Saharan Africa. Semi-structured interviews and discussion groups were carried out with 71 young people, aged between 10 and 18 years old, who lived and worked on the street. Volunteer facilitators (n = 26) who run the groups and who had either previously lived on their street themselves or who lived in the ‘informal slum areas’ also took part in the discussions. A number of challenges and tensions became apparent from discussions including issues around capacity building, empowerment, participation and the depoliticised nature of social action.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	‘Street children’; Informal slums; Sub-Saharan Africa;; Children and young people's perspectives; Participation; Empowerment, capacity building; Evaluating services
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM) Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Health & Society Research Group
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2020 07:13
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/17621

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