ABSTRACT Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) was launched in 2009 in Kenya to help women access credit facilities through Constituency Women Enterprise Scheme (C-WES) and Microfinance institutions. In both channels women use their groups as collateral. Although studies from other small and micro-enterprises show low uptake of WEF among women in rural settings, it remains unknown in literature whether the same applies to women fishmongers in fish landing beaches such as in Usigu Division. Further, the...
ABSTRACT Globally, the role of resident associations (RAs) as a social organization to uplift community services, community empowerment and cooperation are recognized. In Kenya, contributions of RAs in provision of services such as garbage collection, security and advocacy roles within informal settlements have been documented, yet little is known regarding their use as a livelihood strategy in informal settlements. Residents of Obunga informal settlement in Kisumu County are worst hit not on...
ABSTRACT Climate change accounts for ninety percent of global weather-related natural disasters. Cultural perspectives shape the interpretation and expression of climate change phenomenon among indigenous peoples all over the world. In Kenya, research and discourse have under-represented sociocultural perspectives on climate change. The people of Ahero Irrigation Scheme sub-location in Kenya draw on cultural perspectives to explain and adapt to climate change. However, studies have least exp...
ABSTRACT Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) intervention is a global health priority, whose aim is to increase child survival and to reduce HIV infections in infants. Reducing post-natal MTCT of HIV especially in Kisumu with high HIV prevalence (17%) through appropriate intervention such as adoption of recommended infant feeding practices is important. Studies show supplementation before 6 months from birth is common, yet non-adherence to safe infant feeding poses a ris...
ABSTRACT Education is one of the basic human rights. The right to education has been enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Girl child education was identified as the most urgent priority at the World Conference on Education For All, held in Jomtein (1990).This includes the rights of females who are physically disabled. The rights of people with disabilities is a growing phenomenon Worldwide. Female learners who are physically disabled have constraints in attaining the...
ABSTRACT Many households in the globe continue to depend on woodcarving and basketry among other forms of traditional material culture to support their daily activities despite competition from factory-made items, whether imported or local. In other countries studies have shown how governments support such an informal sector, yet that is not the case in Uganda.In particular, households in Kanoni and Engari-sya sub-counties, Kiruhura district have been reported to use woodcarvings and basketry...
ABSTRACT Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is an additional HIV preventive measure that is performed globally. In Kenya, the Ministry of Health added VMMC to its HIV preventive strategies after a series of consultations with various stakeholders and approved the VMMC policy in October, 2007. Majority of the Men in Usenge sub-location belong to the culturally non-circumcising Luo community and the uptake of VMMC in the region is expected to reverse the spread of HIV which is predomina...
Abstract The study is on “Commercialization and workers’ Remuneration: a study of Nigeria Ports Plc, Lagos. The study was restricted to the three seaports in Lagos (Marina, Tin-can and Ijora Wharf) and a total no of 558 respondents who are employees of these three ports in Lagos were surveyed in the study. The cross-sectional survey design was used while six research questions were formulated to guide the study. Respondents are of both sexes. Questionnaires were administered to 540 of t...
Abstract The study was designed to investigate the extent to which the Nigerian Prison Service had performed its cardinal objective of treating offenders with special reference to Lagos State Prison Formations. This study looked at the available resources for this purpose. Such resource s include finance, vocational skill training workshops qualified staff, prison facilities and health care delivery facilities, etc. In the investigation, seven research questions and three major hypothes...
ABSTRACT Breast cancer is considered as a global public health problem. Many lives are lost to it because of late diagnosis, where treatment of the disease is almost impossible. Factors such as socio-cultural interpretations of the disease have been attributed to this delay. This study therefore sought to examine some sociocultural interpretations of breast cancer and the coping strategies adopted by patients in Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. Qualitative research design informed the orientati...
ABSTRACT In the field of penology, very few studies have paid attention to the role of religion in prison. The sparse scholarly studies are largely focused on the advanced countries, and rarely on prisons in Africa. In addition, the findings of the impact of religion on inmates have yielded mixed results. This study examined the de facto religious pursuits of inmates in attempts to cope with imprisonment, and at selfreformation for possible reintegration. The study was underpinned by social...