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The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe
Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/40370 The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe Lombard, A. (Antoinette) wkatungu@yahoo.co.uk Katungu, Wisdom Social entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial principles Orphan Needs Social entrepreneur Income generating projects Orphan care Community Mberengwa district National Orphan Care Policy Capital assets Social capital Locally available resources Child Protection Committees Villages UCTD Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2013. Since the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe has witnessed a raft of socio-economic and political problems characterised by hyper-inflation; shortage of basic commodities; dwindling fiscal reserves; ballooning domestic and foreign debt; falling standard of living and high levels of migration. The devastating effects of the Aids pandemic have not helped the situation. With estimates indicating that there are more than million orphaned children, social security programmes have been overstretched resulting in the State failing to adequately provide for the needs of these orphans in the country. It is against this background that the study sought to explore the community level initiatives that communities are taking to meet the needs of orphans through community based programmes. The goal of the study was to explore the contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe. The study was conducted using a qualitative research approach. The study was exploratory and the type of research was applied. The collective case study design was utilised. A total of twenty participants took part in the study; including six children who were benefiting from the income generating projects, four key informants who work closely with the projects as well as ten villagers who were involved in the day to day running of the projects. The participants were selected from two villages that have the projects benefiting orphans. The participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data was collected from the children and key informants by way of interviews and from the villagers through focus group discussions. The findings show that the government of Zimbabwe lacks capacity to meet the needs of orphans due to the socio-economic and political challenges and as a result, communities in Mberengwa district have taken the initiative to care for the orphans in their area through income generating projects. The income generating projects are social entrepreneurial ventures in that they aim at generating profits which are channelled towards meeting the needs of the orphans. Through the income generating projects, the orphans in Mberengwa district are able to access their needs which include food, education, clothing, shelter, birth registration and protection from abuse. Findings also indicated that in the Mberengwa district, orphan care is viewed as a community, rather than individual responsibility. Furthermore, the findings indicated that the communities in Mberengwa have inherent strengths which make it possible for them to work together in achieving common objectives. Consequently, their social ties and close social relations enable them to work together to deal with problems confronting them collectively. vi projects benefiting orphans. The participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data was collected from the children and key informants by way of interviews and from the villagers through focus group discussions. The findings show that the government of Zimbabwe lacks capacity to meet the needs of orphans due to the socio-economic and political challenges and as a result, communities in Mberengwa district have taken the initiative to care for the orphans in their area through income generating projects. The income generating projects are social entrepreneurial ventures in that they aim at generating profits which are channelled towards meeting the needs of the orphans. Through the income generating projects, the orphans in Mberengwa district are able to access their needs which include food, education, clothing, shelter, birth registration and protection from abuse. Findings also indicated that in the Mberengwa district, orphan care is viewed as a community, rather than individual responsibility. Furthermore, the findings indicated that the communities in Mberengwa have inherent strengths which make it possible for them to work together in achieving common objectives. Consequently, their social ties and close social relations enable them to work together to deal with problems confronting them collectively. It was concluded that income generating projects based on social entrepreneurial principles are a critical poverty alleviation and social protection mechanism for orphans in the Mberengwa communities as they lead to meeting their needs and furthermore, alleviate social problems in the community. In order to respond to the gap created by the government’s lack of capacity to care for the orphans, social entrepreneurship through income generating projects can be utilised to achieve social protection and poverty alleviation goals more so in the country’s quest to meet the Millennium Development Goals. Recommendations include the need to review the legal and policy framework governing the care and protection of orphans in the country to include community-based programmes. Furthermore, it is recommended to strengthen traditional orphan care structures in facilitating income generating projects based on social entrepreneurial principles as they have the propensity to help meet the needs of orphans at the community level. gm2014 Social Work and Criminology unrestricted 2014-06-24T10:25:43Z 2014-06-24T10:25:43Z 2014-04-16 2013 Mini Dissertation Katungu, W 2013, The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe, MSW dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40370> F14/4/206/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40370 en © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Social entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial principles Orphan Needs Social entrepreneur Income generating projects Orphan care Community Mberengwa district National Orphan Care Policy Capital assets Social capital Locally available resources Child Protection Committees Villages UCTD The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe |
| title | The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe |
| title_full | The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe |
| title_short | The contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | contribution of social entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of orphans in the mberengwa district zimbabwe |
| topic | Social entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial principles Orphan Needs Social entrepreneur Income generating projects Orphan care Community Mberengwa district National Orphan Care Policy Capital assets Social capital Locally available resources Child Protection Committees Villages UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40370 |