Sandy Lazarus, who is a part of the Safety and Peace Promotion Research Unit, Institution of social and health science for the University of South Africa and a faculty of education for the University of the Western Cape of South Africa, Larenza Williams, Grant Demas and Anthony V Naidoo are apart of the department of Psychology for Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Fiona J Filander and Basil May, who are apart of the Railton Foundation of South Africa, All came together to collaborate in community-based participatory research project that focused on the community development needs of Railton and to prioritizing the process of those needs. Railton community struggled with pass and present forms of oppression and inequities that …show more content…
(2) What is the priority needs relating to community action in Railton? (3) What are the priority strategic areas for community action in Railton? During the earlier phases of the research process and additional research question emerged: (4) what are the important historical events and data that need to be taken into account in understanding the Railton context? This study also involved elven phases, along with the main activities. Phase one was preparation, which focused on the ethics process, research team training, marketing and initial interviews. The second phase was the contextual analysis, which was the document analysis, school essays, and elder’s workshop. Third part of the phase was key informant interviews that where the workshop interviews with twenty-nine key stakeholders. Phase four was community asset-mapping workshops for the youth, elders, adult and service providers. Fifth phase consisted of survey questionnaire from two hindered youth and adult households with in the right zones of Railton. The Sixth Phase was the Photo-story-telling, which focused on getting photo-documentary on historical site or events and community assets. Seventh Phase was GIS mapping assets of the GPS locations of key sites and community assets. Eighth phase was the triangulation analysis, which was pulling it all together around the four research objectives. Phase nine was presenting the findings in
In her book, Salsa Dancing into Social Science, Luker discuss the importance of sampling, operationalization and generalization in canonical social science research while highlight the believe that each of these ideas can also be applied to qualitative research. While all three concepts are important to consider when it comes of qualitative research. It is import to definite that similar and differences. The following gives an overview of how each competent uses within canonical social science research, how that translates into effect qualities and explore the ways in which Hochschild utilizes these methods in her research for Strangers in Their own Land
These days’ different organisations are involved and are influencing the system when dealing with social problems. Firstly, the citizen’s individual’s participation to improve the wellbeing of the community. Secondly, the community they may represent the interest of a group, organisation and / or individuals. Lastly, the government they have the responsibility for legislation, social and economic planning, public policy and program, safety and protection of community members, etc. Government agencies invest and deliver services for the community such as: education and employment opportunities; secure, sustainable housing and infrastructure; and good health and wellbeing across the life course. These diverse services are provided to people across their life span and include: community development; early intervention services; advice and information; crisis support; and ongoing services. (How government works, 2016)
There are many people who suffer from cognitive disorders such as dementia. The number of people diagnosed with dementia increases everyday (Gould & Reed, 2009). Those who are diagnosed with cognitive disorders need extra attention from care givers and require specific needs. Nurses caring for dementia patients foster peace and justice due to the special care dementia patient’s require. Throughout this paper, the reader will understand how one fosters peace and justice, and how nurses must foster peace and justice when caring for patients diagnosed with dementia.
I will firstly explore the community I have chosen by speaking to local people, using photographs, and recordings of my observations. In doing so I intend to create a picture and overall feeling of the community as well as the people who live here. This data will be accompanied by my own comments in
| Relevant Biographical Information About the Author: * White * Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in 1903 * Father was Scottish and mother was South African of English heritage * Worked at a reformatory with black youths
As the anti-apartheid struggle ramped up in South Africa in the 1980s, the Kagiso Trust was formed as a NGO to support the struggle against apartheid and to distribute funds from the European Union and other donors. This was to provide the uplifting and empowerment of disadvantaged communities in South Africa through various development initiatives. At this stage, the core focus of the Kagiso Trust was on “building partnerships and collaborations to strengthen the implementation capacity of people and organisations in development”[1]. Following South Africa’s transition into democracy in 1994, the Kagiso Trust refocused its goals and efforts on education [1], which is considered a critical component in the eradication of inequality.
As humans were on Earth their emotions kept the people they liked close and the people they didn’t out. Furthermore getting a human's trust is hard to earn but one wrong move they could lose all trust someone had with them; with losing trust someone could be sent into chaos. This chaos could show the dark side of human nature. As shown in the movie, The Dead Poet's Society and also within the book, The Separate Peace the readers are given an incite to the dark side of human nature.
The civil war ended and it was soon the beginning of many hardships. “The Problems of Peacemaking” discusses all of the problems with the Northerners and Southerners becoming peaceful after the war. President Abraham Lincoln did many things to try to get peace after the war. When he realized it wasn’t going to be easy, he decided that a “Reconstruction Plan” could maybe help them get peace. After the civil war the South didn’t have many things left because everything they had was destroyed almost completely. People living in the south wanted to regain it back but they soon realized it wasn’t that easy to do. The white southerners lost some land and their slaves but that was nothing compared to the black southerners. Black southerners lost everything when they left to get freedom, besides a little bit of clothing and a few possessions they took with them. Blacks and whites had completely different meanings of freedom. The whites wanted to control what they did without the government’s input, and the blacks wanted to get freedom from the whites. The whites wanted white supremacy which is, they wanted to be more superior. The blacks just wanted to be control and own things such as land. General William Sherman’s “Special Field Order No. 15” helped give 400,000 acres of land to 40,000 freed slaves. Other methods were produced to help slaves get land, one of the most famous was the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Freedmen’s Bureau gave slaves food, health care, clothing, and education. The whites of course, disagreed with the Bureau and would have disputes about it. The disputes were all settled by the Freedmen’s Bureau. General Howard created the “Circular 13” which helped lease 40 acre plots to slaves and hoped to later sell it to them. He also made the Southern Homestead Act that made 46 million acres for sell to slaves in many states. It was later repealed because people thought slaves were taking advantage of it. Republicans had say in what happened during the reconstruction. The conservatives and radicals disagreed on their views. The radicals were more harsh. All the conservatives said was that the south should just take what was happening and do nothing about it. The radicals wanted to take away some rights from a
In their article "Adolescents in the City: Material and Social Living Conditions in Johannesburg–Soweto, South Africa", Linda M. Richter and her colleagues show that sub-Saharan Africa was not on track to decreasing the extreme poverty levels as they should. They also found that as the urban areas grow in Africa, the poverty also does. In these areas half of the children do not live with their parents due to abandonment or because they are deceased, do not have hot water, and do not have all of the normal commodities in their homes. Overall this article shows the harsh conditions that sub-Saharan African adolescents are faced with. This article is credible due to its sample size that accurately represented the diversity of the area, the depth of the research done by the researchers and due to the lack of bias in the article. I could use this in my research to
In the fifth chapter of A Separate Peace, John Knowles, through a symbolistic setting, provides insight into the boys’ precarious relationship, also highlighting Gene’s internal struggle of coping with the guilt of his betrayal. For example, as Gene surveys Finny’s house, Knowles allows the reader to take note of the small window panes that “shone from much polishing”, “three small, elegant tables not used for anything”, and the chairs which were “too comfortable”. These objects exhibit a perfect and pristine aura through the words “shone”, “elegant”, and “comfortable” reflecting the boys’ relationship before Gene confesses his betrayal to Finny. Gene foresees the damage the truth will bring and compares himself to a “wild man” entering
This section of the article shall address the approach used in the case study, providing explanations of the preferred research method, sample details, variables under examination, data collection
Research is conducted in a variety of different ways using different methods and methodologies. How these methods are used is imperative to how clear and accurate research will be. Community needs assessment is a research method used by many researchers that assists in finding gaps within a particular target group within a particular community. Throughout this paper I will discuss what a community needs assessment is and when and how it is used. I will also discuss some of the strengths and limitations of this method. I then continue to explain some theoretical and practical perspectives when dealing with this method and how it would apply when conducting your own research in a
Community is established locally but community development is a process that includes actors from inside and outside of the community to achieve sustainability. My previous essays have addressed the progression of community development from place-based attachment, organizing and advocacy to addressing the need and effect of government involvement. The final stop on the continuum of the community development is to analyze market-based approaches to community development. This paper will look at how a market based approach to community development is an important component of community development because it is the appropriate response to the current socio-economic, and political context that our country is in. A market-based approach provides a mechanism to define relationships and allocate economic resources to create systemic change within communities. increasing opportunities for social inclusion and economic sustainability
Apartheid divided people and was in favour of white people and left the majority of black people poor. This created inequality between black people and white people, thus this resulted in the people in the people who are disadvantaged by apartheid to form civil societies to help fight poverty themselves. This essay will critically discuss whether civil society has transformative potential in south Africa and also to what extent does it have transformative potential, that is if it has transformative potential. This paper will discuss this by looking at what at what civil society is, looking at development and how ordinary people challenge forced development (top down) by engaging in
I found this week's readings interesting and very thought provoking, although I was particularly disturbed by "Original Child Bomb" by Thomas Merton. I believe this was probably Merton's intended response to this poem. If nothing else, it certainly gets the reader thinking and hopefully questioning our actions as a nation.