The Role Of Non Governmental Organisations Towards Improvement Of Welfare Of Street Children In Cent~L Zone ~Mpala City, Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION i

APPROVAL ii

DEDICATION ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv

LIST OF ACRONYMS V

TABLE OF CONTENTS vi

CHAPTER ONE 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the Study 1

1.2 Statement of the problem 2

Objectives of the study 3

1.3.1 General Objectives 3

1.3.2 Specific Objectives 3

1.4 Research Questions 3

1.5 Scope of the study 3

1.6 Significance of the study 4

CHAPTER ~wo 4

LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2.0 Introduction S

2.1 Causes of children on the streets in Uganda 9

2.1.1 HIV and AIDS 10

2,1.2 DOMESTiC VIOLENCE 10

2.1.3 Child Abuse and Neglect 11

2.1.4 Poverty 12

2.2 Challenges faced by NGOs in the provision of Basic Needs to

orphans and vulnerable children 13

2.2.1 Selection of Eligible Beneficiaries 14

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2.2.2 Coordination .15

2.2.3 Inadequate transport 16

CHAPTER THREE 18

METHODOLOGY 18

3.0 Introduction 18

3.1 Research Design 18

3.2 Area of the study 18

3.3 Study population 18

3.4 Sample size 19

3.5 Sampling technique 19

3.5.1 Sample Procedure 19

3.6 Methods of Data collection 19

3.7 Data Processing 21

3.8 Ethical considerations 21

CHAPTER FOUR 22

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS ....22

4,0 Introduction 22

4.1 Social demographic characteristics 22

Table 4.1,1 Showing Age of Respondents 22

Pie chart showing above sex according to respondents 24

Table 4.3 showing the causes of street children 26

Table 4.5 showing the possible solutions 29

CHAPTER FIVE 30

SUMMARRY, RECOMMENDATIONS, CONCLUSIONS 30

5.0 Introduction 30

5.1 Summary 30

5.2 Conclusion 32

5.3 Recommendations 32

5.3.1 To the government 3