A Study of Shelters for Street Children from an Organizational ...

Chapter Four: Data analysis.
The chapter analyses the findings. The presentation of the findings is in tables
and descriptive analyses.
Chapter Five: Discussion and interpretation of the findings.
Discussion on research findings and the interpretation of the data is presented
here and the chapter ends with a conclusion.
Chapter Six: Conclusions and a way forward.
This chapter wraps up the study and charts a way forward, and makes
recommendations derived from the study. Mapping a way forward is significant
because the study focused on shelters for children living and/or working on the streets,
hypothesized that the interface between shelter organization, staff as service providers
and the children either promotes the development capacity of the children or recycles
the marginal status of the children in society. Consequently shelters as human service
providers need recognition by the government through registration and the support of
society.
1.10 Summary
The phenomenon of children living and/or working on the streets is triggered by many
complex and interlinked factors; the emergence of HIV/AIDS has compounded the
situation. Government and society together with NGOs have responded to the
challenge of children living and/or working on the streets with a view to easing the
children's plight and as a commitment to conventions of children's rights. The
intervention and reintegration of children into mainstream society is an endeavour that
needs the efforts and commitment of every member of any society. The interface
between the children and the shelters is hinged on two perspectives, namely the low
status of children living and/or working on the streets which leads to their exclusion
from all aspects of society and this motivates the shelters' response, and the
organization of the shelters.
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