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The persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from Mozambique living in the Bushbuckridge area : a challenge to pastoral care
Dissertation (MA (Theology) : Practical Theology)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26612 The persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from Mozambique living in the Bushbuckridge area : a challenge to pastoral care Masango, Maake J.S upetd@up.ac.za Mobie, Titus Risimati Positive change Mozambican refugees Pastoral care UCTD Dissertation (MA (Theology) : Practical Theology)--University of Pretoria, 2008. The thesis aims at bringing into light the horrible traumatic experience of Poverty under which the former Moçambican refugees living in the Bushbuckridge area near Hazyview live. Unlike other writers who define poverty as a mere “insufficiency of the material necessities of life” (Hammond 2003:61) and “the inability of individuals, households or entire community to command sufficient resources to satisfy a socially acceptable minimum standard of living” (Pieterse 2001:30). The author approaches poverty in a holistic and integrated way, taking into account the political, economic, social, and behavioural as well as the spiritual component. The historical background of the violent war in Moçambican is given to enable the reader to understand how the Moçambican people were traumatized by the brutal killings that forced them to flee for safety in neighbouring countries including South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, etc. The author further aims at challenging the church, government, civil society and other concerned stakeholders to contribute meaningfully in working towards bringing positive change in the living conditions of these refugees. The combination of both quantitative and qualitative approaches is used to collect data necessary for the education of stakeholders on the poverty situation of the refugees. Academic literature alone is seen not to be sufficient as it may hover above the experience of these refugees. Quantitative approach will therefore help to engage the refugees to tell stories from their perspectives. The use of a structured questionnaire form is therefore used to obtain the data needed to help the concerned stakeholders gain a truer perception of the situation. This engagement of stakeholders is aimed at providing the refugees with opportunities to increase their awareness, and to help in the development of their skills to help them live effectively and deal with their problems more competently and independently. The study concludes with a summary of each chapter, suggesting ways and means of how the problem of persistent traumatic poverty among the Moçambican refugees can be addressed. Practical Theology unrestricted 2013-09-07T06:48:48Z 2008-08-05 2013-09-07T06:48:48Z 2006-05-04 2008-08-05 2008-07-24 Dissertation a 2005 G569 /ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26612 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07242008-124610/ © University of Pretoria 2005 G569 / application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Positive change Mozambican refugees Pastoral care UCTD The persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from Mozambique living in the Bushbuckridge area : a challenge to pastoral care |
| title | The persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from Mozambique living in the Bushbuckridge area : a challenge to pastoral care |
| title_full | The persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from Mozambique living in the Bushbuckridge area : a challenge to pastoral care |
| title_fullStr | The persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from Mozambique living in the Bushbuckridge area : a challenge to pastoral care |
| title_full_unstemmed | The persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from Mozambique living in the Bushbuckridge area : a challenge to pastoral care |
| title_short | The persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from Mozambique living in the Bushbuckridge area : a challenge to pastoral care |
| title_sort | persistent traumatic experience of poverty among the refugees from mozambique living in the bushbuckridge area a challenge to pastoral care |
| topic | Positive change Mozambican refugees Pastoral care UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26612 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07242008-124610/ |