Kenya’s Life Lessons through the Lived Experience of Rural Caregivers

Amy Cappiccie, Mary Wanjiku and Cecilia Mengo
Additional contact information
Amy Cappiccie: Department of Social Work, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA
Mary Wanjiku: County Resilience Officer, National Drought Management Authority, P.O. Box 594-60300, Isiolo, Kenya
Cecilia Mengo: College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, 1947 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

Social Sciences, 2017, vol. 6, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: This qualitative research study used a phenomenological lens to examine the perspectives of familial caregivers in the Laikipia Region of Kenya. Through the narrative of the caregivers’ lived experience, key factors identified included social supports, rewards of caregiving, and lessons to others. Overarching basic themes centered on food insecurity, disease, rejection, lack of support, education challenges, inadequate land ownership, the absence of male support and neglect issues. These unique perspectives can contribute towards our understanding of policy and programming needs for orphaned children and familial caregivers in rural Kenya and within the rural areas of the East African context.

Keywords: Kenya; caregivers; orphans; lived experience; family resiliency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/6/4/145/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/6/4/145/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:6:y:2017:i:4:p:145-:d:120911

Access Statistics for this article

Social Sciences is currently edited by Ms. Yvonne Chu

More articles in Social Sciences from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().