Participation, empowerment and capacity building: Exploring young people's perspectives on the services provided to them by a grassroots NGO in sub-Saharan Africa

Julia Morgan

Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, vol. 65, issue C, 175-182

Abstract: This paper explores young people's perspectives on the services that were provided to them by one NGO in sub-Saharan Africa. Semi-structured interviews and discussion groups were carried out with 71 young people, aged between 10 and 18years old, who lived and worked on the street. Volunteer facilitators (n=26) who run the groups and who had either previously lived on their street themselves or who lived in the ‘informal slum areas’ also took part in the discussions. A number of challenges and tensions became apparent from discussions including issues around capacity building, empowerment, participation and the depoliticised nature of social action.

Keywords: ‘Street children’; Informal slums; Sub-Saharan Africa; Children and young people's perspectives; Participation; Empowerment, capacity building; Evaluating services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.04.012

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