- Title
- An evaluation on the impact of child support grant as a means of poverty alliviation: the case of the Eastern Cape Adelaide Social Development Centre - 2007-2010
- Creator
- Lombo, Ntombizandile Gail
- Subject
- Child support--Government policy--South Africa
- Subject
- Economic assistance, Domestic--South Africa--Eastern Cape
- Date
- 2015-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/24890
- Identifier
- vital:63668
- Description
- The purpose of the study was to examine the perceptions of families receiving the Child Support Grant in the area of Adelaide, Eastern Cape and to establish whether or not the Child Support Grant contributes to poverty alleviation. The investigation also went further to find whether people who receive the Child Support Grant are able to meet the needs of their children and the recipients believe that the quality of their lives have improved after receiving the Child Support Grant. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of research were used. Interview schedules that were used were the questionnaires. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of the respondents experienced hardships in terms of employment, education, training and skills development, emotional and financial support. This is a challenge for government and the community at large. Lack of basic facilities such as health care and early child development programmes and social development programmes designed to supplement the grant are all social necessities that they have rights to, according to the Bill of Rights enshrined in the Constitution of 1996. The study also hold a strong view that the government should make an effort on job creation and the community should also make and effort on partaking on self-development projects in order to supplement the Child Support Grant. Teenagers must be encouraged to get educated so that they can get decent jobs and be able to look after their families.
- Description
- Thesis (MPA) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2015
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (98 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management and Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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