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Follow-up questions What are the shelter's goals and objectives? Do you see your role in the shelter facilitating the achievement of the stated goals and objectives? What changes in the goals and objectives have you noticed taking place? Would say the shelter is meeting its stated goals and objectives? What is making it possible? What would be hindering the achievement of the goals? Perceptions on children living and/or working on the streets What is your perception and understanding of children living and/or working on the streets? Follow-up questions What causes the children to leave home? What are they like? 3. What are their main problems? What are the main problems in working with them? What do you see as their future? In what ways have your views and perception regarding the children changed since working in the shelter? Recruitment and Training 1. Tell me about job description, remuneration and training Follow-up questions Do you feel that the shelter offers you good terms and conditions of service? Do you see yourself as continuing to work in a shelter? Does the shelter offer chances for on job training? What areas would you seek improvements? 5. Morale and Commitment 1. Tell me about the staff to staff relationships here in the shelter. Follow-up questions 135
How does staff treats each other? How are you involved in the decision making process? How are staff disciplinary cases dealt with? How would you describe your job satisfaction here? 2. Tel me about the staff to children relationships here in the shelter. Follow-up questions How do the children relate to you? How does staff handle children who break the rules? and absconders? Thank you very much for you precious time and willingness to take part in the discussion group. Once again I want to reassure you that all the information will be confidentially kept and no harm will come out of your participation in the interview. 136
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A Study of Shelters for Street Chil
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I extend my sincer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 0 NE 1 IN
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LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Showing the
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children's homes. In 1996 the Europ
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specifically in its policies (http:
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Hosken, (2004) in an article titled
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1.5 The Purpose and Objective of th
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names of the shelters have been ren
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1.8.2 Organizationalll1eory Shelter
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Chapter Four: Data analysis. The ch
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communities posing enormous challen
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To perceive human social reality as
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Shelter's intervention/reintegratio
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2.4 Definitions The focus of the re
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enforcement officers, outreach work
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3.1 Introduction CHAPTER THREE RESE
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given to the demands of shelter pro
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views and perceptions over the topi
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3.4 The Researcher in Qualitative I
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which means children there, are sta
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paid to the recording devices. The
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esearchers need to agree or disagre
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• Staff morale was high when moti
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3.11 Ethical Considerations Babbie
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4.1 Introduction CHAPTER FOUR OATA
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4.2. Shelters Services and Programs
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children with their families where
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y the shelter's philosophy, goals,
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4.2.5 Shelter Routine and Regulatio
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4.2.6 Policy on Visitors The four s
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children played; this was done depe
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living and/or working on the street
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4.3.1 Structure and physical locati
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Apart from management of shelters,
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Regarding transparency, accountabil
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Staff expressed that children shoul
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was immediately reassuring to child
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will to choose whether to or not li
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Sangoma (traditional doctor) and I
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Look at this shelter look at the do
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preferable. Participants continued
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Page 100 and 101: The challenges of children living a
Page 102 and 103: differed greatly from the feelings
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Page 108 and 109: programs to communities and familie
Page 110 and 111: explained, was their priority. It i
Page 112 and 113: streets, consequently, shelters int
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Page 116 and 117: understand such discourses. Through
Page 118 and 119: 6.1.3 Conclusions Regarding Researc
Page 120 and 121: and appreciation that the children
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Page 126 and 127: macroeconomic factors, the local mi
Page 128 and 129: REFERENCES Acker, A. (1986). Childr
Page 130 and 131: Brown, D. C. (1996). 'Why ask why:
Page 132 and 133: Gronbjen, K. A. (1992). Nonprofit H
Page 134 and 135: Mills C. W. (1971). The Sociologica
Page 136 and 137: Swart, J. (1987). 'Street Children:
Page 138 and 139: Street children in http://allafrica
Page 140 and 141: 3.1.5. Does the shelter have any re
Page 142 and 143: 4. Social and Recreation 4.1. How a
Page 146 and 147: APPENDIX 3 FOCUS GROUPS CHILDREN Pl
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