The impact of inheritance experiences in orphans and vulnerable children support in Zimbabwe : a caregivers' perspective
- Authors: Ringson, John
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Caregivers , Orphans and vulnerable children , Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/403750 , uj:33845 , Citation: Ringson, J. 2019. The impact of inheritance experiences in orphans and vulnerable children support in Zimbabwe : a caregivers' perspective.
- Description: Abstract: Despite the predominant contemporary and traditional coping strategies adopted in Zimbabwe in the past three decades and beyond, the inheritance issues unabatedly continued to affect the livelihood of both the care-givers and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). This article is a qualitative phenomenological study seeking to examine the perceptions, views and feelings of the care-givers and OVC on their lived experiences in OVC care and support in Zimbabwe. The study focusses on the care-givers’ perspectives in the impact of the inheritance experiences in OVC care and support within their tribal local rural communities. In-depth narrative interviews were conducted with 30 caregivers corroborated with 10 OVC purposively sampled in the Gutu District of Zimbabwe. The results showed that whilst the care-givers are doing their best in executing their strategies for OVC care and support, the manipulation and misappropriation of the deceased’s inheritance that were meant to benefit the OVCs is still rampant in the rural communities of Zimbabwe. In conclusion, the study recommended the need for an integrated stakeholders’ approach in educating the local rural communities about their inheritance rights.
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- Authors: Ringson, John
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Caregivers , Orphans and vulnerable children , Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/403750 , uj:33845 , Citation: Ringson, J. 2019. The impact of inheritance experiences in orphans and vulnerable children support in Zimbabwe : a caregivers' perspective.
- Description: Abstract: Despite the predominant contemporary and traditional coping strategies adopted in Zimbabwe in the past three decades and beyond, the inheritance issues unabatedly continued to affect the livelihood of both the care-givers and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). This article is a qualitative phenomenological study seeking to examine the perceptions, views and feelings of the care-givers and OVC on their lived experiences in OVC care and support in Zimbabwe. The study focusses on the care-givers’ perspectives in the impact of the inheritance experiences in OVC care and support within their tribal local rural communities. In-depth narrative interviews were conducted with 30 caregivers corroborated with 10 OVC purposively sampled in the Gutu District of Zimbabwe. The results showed that whilst the care-givers are doing their best in executing their strategies for OVC care and support, the manipulation and misappropriation of the deceased’s inheritance that were meant to benefit the OVCs is still rampant in the rural communities of Zimbabwe. In conclusion, the study recommended the need for an integrated stakeholders’ approach in educating the local rural communities about their inheritance rights.
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The role of traditional leadership in supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: African traditional leadership perspective
- Authors: Ringson, John
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Traditional leadership , Phenomenological , Orphans and vulnerable children
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432831 , uj:37402 , Ringson, J. (2020). The role of traditional leadership in supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: African traditional leadership perspective. Social Work / Maatskaplike Werk, 56(2), 208-220. https://doi.org/10.15270/52-2-821
- Description: Abstract: , The experiences of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Zimbabwe finds expression in the maxim that says ‘Where two elephants fight, the grass suffers the most’. Orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe have been the casualties of disharmony between traditional and contemporary leadership philosophies for more than three decades. Using a phenomenological approach, the study involved 20 key informants, who included community leaders and OVC caregivers. Underpinned by the traditional leadership perspectives, the study examined the role of traditional leaders in supporting OVC for the purposes of integrating its relevant compatible elements with modern OVC care and support systems. The study showed that there is lack of synchronicity between traditional and contemporary OVC care and support systems, which ultimately compromises the effectiveness of the social care professions in rural communities in Zimbabwe. The study recommends the establishment of an integrated contextuallybased OVC care and support model to enhance the relationship between traditional and contemporary leadership in Zimbabwe.
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- Authors: Ringson, John
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Traditional leadership , Phenomenological , Orphans and vulnerable children
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432831 , uj:37402 , Ringson, J. (2020). The role of traditional leadership in supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: African traditional leadership perspective. Social Work / Maatskaplike Werk, 56(2), 208-220. https://doi.org/10.15270/52-2-821
- Description: Abstract: , The experiences of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Zimbabwe finds expression in the maxim that says ‘Where two elephants fight, the grass suffers the most’. Orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe have been the casualties of disharmony between traditional and contemporary leadership philosophies for more than three decades. Using a phenomenological approach, the study involved 20 key informants, who included community leaders and OVC caregivers. Underpinned by the traditional leadership perspectives, the study examined the role of traditional leaders in supporting OVC for the purposes of integrating its relevant compatible elements with modern OVC care and support systems. The study showed that there is lack of synchronicity between traditional and contemporary OVC care and support systems, which ultimately compromises the effectiveness of the social care professions in rural communities in Zimbabwe. The study recommends the establishment of an integrated contextuallybased OVC care and support model to enhance the relationship between traditional and contemporary leadership in Zimbabwe.
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