Participation,empowerment and capacity building: Exploring young people's perspectives on the services provided to them by a grassroots NGO in sub-Saharan Africa |
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Institution: | 1. Trimbos Institute, PO Box 725, 3500 AS Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Trimbos Institute, Epidemiology and National Mental Health Monitor, PO Box 725, 3500 AS Utrecht, The Netherlands;3. Utrecht University, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, PO Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands;4. Utrecht University, Department of Developmental Psychology, PO Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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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 18 years 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. |
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