The promotion of children’s rights within the institutional care system a case study of St Mary children’s village in Chitungwiza Zimbabwe.
- Author
- Taruwinga, A Barbra
- Title
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The promotion of children’s rights within the institutional care system a case study of St Mary children’s village in
Chitungwiza Zimbabwe.
- Abstract
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The purpose of the study is to analyze the promotion of Children’s rights within institutional care systems in an attempt to improve the existing systems for the benefit of these children with St Mary Children’s Home in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe being the case of the study. The study’s objectives were to identify the children’s rights that are being promoted, to examine how the care givers are promoting the rights and to proffer ways of improving children’s rights within the institutional care system. The research utilized the qualitative approach as such key informant interviews, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used to gather data. The findings of the research showed that there is the promotion of children's rights at St Mary Children’s Home and they do their level best to ensure that every children has gone to school, received adequate attention in terms of their health care services and also that food and shelter is properly provided. The study discovered that the institution prioritizes that each child receives the knowledge they need about the rights that they deserve. Furthermore, the study found that the institution experiences lack of funding which hinders the effective practice of promoting children's rights within the institution. Lack of funding results in most children being sent back home from school due to fees arrears and it also results in the shortages of medicines for the wellbeing of the children. As such the study recommends that the government and other organizations intervene to support and strengthen the projects being done at St Mary Children’s Home by providing funding and land for them to use in order to alleviate this situation. There should be rights education for both the children and the staff to ensure that everyone knows about the children’s hence ensuring an easy way for promoting these rights within St Mary
Children’s Home.
- Date
- JUNE 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
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St Mary Children’s Home
Children’s rights
the wellbeing of the children - Supervisor
- J.C. Magocha
- Item sets
- Department of Social Work
- Media
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B200826B