ABSTRACT The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme is a social intervention introduced in 2008 by the Government of Ghana to offer both conditional and unconditional cash grants to the vulnerable. However, payments to the beneficiaries have been irregular. This study therefore sought to examine the effects of delays and the coping strategies adopted by the beneficiary households to deal with the delays. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods. A sample s...
ABSTRACT Persons with Disability (PWDs) in Ghana face a lot of challenges in meeting their basic needs as a result of their limited access to services and opportunities on an equal basis with others. Evidence of their challenges is seen on our streets where many of them solicit alms as a way of surviving. Successive governments have responded to the call to give special consideration to PWDs by providing them with assistance that will relieve them from poverty. In view of this, PWDs are alloc...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to examine the contribution that government social intervention programme, specifically Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and Free Uniform and Exercise Book Policy have made to the well being of children with disability in the Kadjebi District of the Volta Region. It also investigated the informal social support services in the study area for the wellbeing of children with disability. Thirdly, the study reviewed some exist...
ABSTRACT This research aimed at exploring the role of ethnic-based associations in Accra and their impact on rural development. It specifically sought to examine rationales behind the formation of ethnic-based associations, their activities and its impacts, to explore their challenges in relation to their interaction at community and local authority levels and as well to find out their involvement in decision making processes that concern their beneficiary communities. The study adopted socia...
ABSTRACT Despite the increasing rate of entrepreneurial activities among Ghanaian youth, most of these businesses are ranked small and undifferentiated, incapable of promoting economic growth. Extant literature in entrepreneurial performance has identified motivation as one of the main factors accounting for the differences in performance among entrepreneurs worldwide. The study therefore sought to find out the relationship between entrepreneurial motivation and firm performances among youth ...
ABSTRACT The study examined gender based violence awareness creation among sex workers in James Town and Abeka Lapaz in Accra. It sought to determine the knowledge, understanding and related experiences following the GBV education rolled out by the SHARPER Project for the most at risk groups: FSWs, MSM and the Law enforcement agencies (LEA). Interviews of focal group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 20 FSWs, 30 MSM and 6 law enforcement officials in James Town and Abeka Lapaz, in Accra....
ABSTRACT Accessing justice has been challenging, particularly for the poor due to the cost involved in seeking legal services. This has resulted in the recognition of the need for legal aid in improving access to justice for marginalized, excluded and impoverished groups. The purpose of this research was to compare two legal aid schemes with respect to their capacity and delivery of social justice. Theoretically, the arguments of this study are grounded in the justice theory, vertical equity ...
ABSTRACT People are at risk of experiencing unforeseen risks and shocks in the course of their daily lives, which makes it important for them to plan towards managing risks in life. The objective of this dissertation is to investigate how different ethnic groups organize informal security, nature of benefits, who benefits and why within the Ga East Municipality in Greater Accra Region. Altogether 208 members of various ethnic associations were interviewed. In addition, 2 members of executives...
Abstract Workers in the informal economy have been identified to be at a higher risk of experiencing poverty as they growth old in developing countries. Due to their attitudes to saving, planning for old age and eroding family support. Well-designed social security programmes can help reduce both the risk by building resilience to shocks – safety nets. Although these exist there are still some challenges considering the rate of enrollment unto the formal social security available. Increas...
ABSTRACT Work is generally good for children as they obtain experiences that prepare them for their future. Therefore, work must not hinder their growth, but rather contribute to their growth. The nature and condition of work must be taken into account when involving children in work because they are the factors in determining the suitability of working children. This research, in its primary goal, identifies how sociocultural practices of child work violates children's rights and further rec...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the role of Private Care Homes in supporting the aged in Accra. The study adopted a mixed research technique in the data collection and analysis. It also used a cross sectional survey design. The data was collected from mainly primary sources using interview guide and questionnaire from Private Care Homes in Accra, Adenta, Osu and Dzorwulu. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. The findings of the study indicated th...
ABSTRACT The objectives of the study were to examine causes of child trafficking, identify current strategies and interventions being used to fight child trafficking and what interventions and strategies stakeholders recommend to address child trafficking. Eight key informant interviewers and discussants were purposively sampled. Qualitative data were obtained using one on one interviews and focus group discussion that run between 40 and 170 minutes. The interviews were audio taped, transcrib...
ABSTRACT The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) was introduced as strategic policy to improve the income of beneficiary communities, increase school enrolment and retention and for the achievement of the MDG 2 by the year 2015. In spite of the good intentions of the GSF programme however, it has been bedeviled with a myriad of challenges. Few examples of the challenges identified were; the lack of strict adherence to the carefully written original policy document of the GSFP; the partial p...
ABSTRACT The main focus was World Visions water project in three selected communities (Kwashiekuma, Kojo Ashong and Odumase) in the Amasaman District. The study employed a mixed method approach using quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data from beneficiaries who were mainly school children and opinion leaders in the community. Collection of data was done using interviews and structured questionnaire. A sample size of 60 was used for Quantitative data and five (5) opinion leaders ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the leadership experiences of women executives in selected public sector organisations in Ghana. The study adopted qualitative research methods to gather data from twenty (20) participants from six (6) public sector organisations. Purposive sampling technique was used to select twelve (12) women executives in senior management and eight (8) tenured staff from the same organisations. The study employed a semi-structured interview guide for data collecti...