Assessment of the Effects of Child Abuse to Street Children in Kibaha Town Council, Coast Region, Tanzania.

Kayombo, Faustina Gerold (2020) Assessment of the Effects of Child Abuse to Street Children in Kibaha Town Council, Coast Region, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study focused on the assessment of the effects of child abuse to street children in Kibaha Town Council in Coast Region in Tanzania. The specific objectives were to identify type of child abuse experienced by the street children, to determine factors contributing to the increase of child abuse, to examine effects and measures to address effects of child abuse among street children. In this study probability and non-probability sampling techniques was used. The sample of this study was 92 respondents where 50 were street children, 12 were parents or caregivers, 6 were community case workers, 6 were social welfare officers, 6 were community development officers, 6 education officers and 6 ward executive officers. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was adopted to collect and analyze data. Data from street children, Community Case Workers and parents/ caregivers was collected using structured questionnaire where interviews was used to collect data from key informants. The findings indicated that street children experienced verbal, sexual and physical abuses. Respondents declared that family breakdown, poverty, lack of parental care and lack of policies and laws enforcements were contributing factors for the increase of child abuse. The study also found that school dropout, health problems, unwanted pregnancies and increase of crimes were the effects of child abuses to street children. The study proposed measures to address the problem of child abuse to street children as interdepartmental coordination and review of child policies and laws. The study also recommends further study on factors contributing to the increase of family-breakdown among couple, which is one of the factors contributing to the increase of street children. Keywords: Effects of child abuse, Street children, Kibaha Town Council, Coast Region, Tanzania

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