Bachelor Of Arts In Social Ministry In Mission

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    Urbanization and Human Integrity
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-05) Njega, Lawrence Owino
    The urbanization, which has become always a point of address for its existing miseries is an issue to be looked into from different perspectives. Therefore, in this 'Essay'; I wish to address it from the sociological perspective of which its meaning, historical background the aftermath of its historical events and the proposed plans of action in the third chapter, are matters of concern in the context of social- ministerial realm. Prior to this effort, declarational remarks and platitudes of acknowledgment remarks are self - affirming stages at which my essay reveals its contents of appreciation and confidence in its status of originality; and the pride of its first attempt to this kind of approach. It is very clear, besides being my own originality, I have never independently used my own materials to justify my discussions promptly. Instead, I have been collaborating with other sources of literature for the justification of my argument. This sources include:- oral interviews and written literature. All have been of great support for the success of this essay. As conclusion, I have tried to avail my plans of action in reflect to the situation of urbanization, with specific reference to Nairobi city in Kenya. In this plan of action, I have also made an effort to propose the possible ways and means of reducing problems of urbanization. At this stage, I have made a final remark on urbanization with the hope that my social ministerial services in the society world influence the contemporary evangelization and world transformation generally in understand the human integrity.
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    The Role of Technical Training in Development
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-08) Taban, Joseph
    This year 1998, I had the opportunity to spend one month and some weeks in St. Joseph's Vocational Training Centre in Khartoum-Sudan. This centre is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. This report is the result of my experience and it is an assessment of the project by being involved in it, after observing and trying to interview Fathers, Students, Teachers and the Workers, as well as those who came to my assistance. However, I feel that due to my short involvement in this project I do not have a deep understanding and evaluation of the whole set up which a paper of this kind would require. This experience has been very meaningful and enriching to me as a Comboni Brother. I think this will help me to understand how a project is set or runs.
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    The Church and Human Promotion in Technical Education
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-04) Aringo, Margaret
    The subject of this essay is technical education. The Church has always shown a keen interest in the development of technical education. When talking of the Church, we are particularly referring to the Catholic Church, whose major aim is at creating and elevating the dignity of the poor, and raising their status in the Kenyan society as elsewhere. The Church aims at making a major contribution to the objectives above, through involvement in technical education, hence the titteThe Church and I luman Promotion in Technical Education'. This essay is an attempt to bring out the contribution and role of the Church in technical education, and the challenges facing this education in Kenya at present. My main aim in ' exploring this area is to provide some elements of reflection on these challenges, not only for local Churches and religious institutes, but also for the Kenyan government. I also hope to offer some possible orientations and proposals for action to improve technical education in institutions that are already in existence. The essay is as a result of both primary and secondary data collection. Primary sources of information involved: going out and visiting different technical training institutions run by the Church. This included interviewing those in administration of these institutions about the group of people (street children, orphans, primary or secondary school leavers), they are training; some government owned institutions were also visited and those in charge were interviewed. The secondary source of information is mainly from periodicals and a survey on the industrial training needs assessment and institutional capacity and capability in Kenya prepared by the Federation of Kenya Employers (EKE). This essay is divided into three chapters with two sections in each chapter. The methodology followed in this study is that of see, judge and act. In chapter one, I have attempted to give the meaning, role and trace the history of technical education in Kenya. It is a fact that the history of this education cannot be written without reference to the Christian missionaries and the colonial government. All these, up to the present existing institutions offering technical education in Kenya, will be seen in the first section. That the Church has always been concerned in the development of technical education is clearly set out in the second section of chapter one. This concern stems from the vision of her mission to care for the poor. To pursue this concern, the Church has contributed to this education through her dioceses, parishes and religious congregations in Kenya, by setting up technical training institutions. Some of these institutions are strictly for the Church, and others are in partnership between the Church and the government of Kenya. They include youth polytechnics, Christian vocational training centres and technical training institutes among others. We cannot treat the Church owned government due to partnership pointed above. does she control the policies concerned with institutions separately from those run by the Moreover the Church has no monopoly, neither technical education in Kenya. For this reason, chapter two examines sonic of the challenges facing technical education in Kenya. Section one of this chapter deals with technical training institutions while section two is concerned with disharmonies that underlie technical training in Kenya. In response to the challenges pointed out in chapter two, concrete measures and proposals to improve technical education have been discussed in chapter three in the first section. Citizens of any country need a training that will enable them earn a living and transform their lives. It is in this context that the Church insists on the promotion of training for transformation. Hence section two gives the Church some guidelines in this underlying task. Finally, there is a curious illusion that a more complete research is possible when there is less to know. My point here is that no course of study, neither does this essay claim any position of ideal completeness nor are the omitted facts of surbodinate importance. Therefore, this essay is only but a stepping stone to further research.
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    Our Home Of Peace
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-06) Matiya, Richard
    Throughout the World, children are found living and working on city streets. It is a dangerous and precarious existence. The reasons for their presence vary, but all Share the common experience of fighting for their everyday survival. Children may have decided that street life is preferable to the poverty or violence at home. Others work on the sheet to earn money and become drawn into street life. And this is why, towards the end of 1993, a group of people got together to form a Rehabilitation centre and they called it Kwetu, which in Swahili means "Our Home". The founder is a priest known as Fr. Michael Meuneir, who is very active in organising youth projects. In 1994 Brother Peter told the Kwetu Board that no meaningful rehabilitation of street children could take place unless we went BOARDING. Presently the home is situated on the outskirts of Madaraka Estate, a few Kilometres South of the city Centre. The home consists of Buildings including, a temporary store, a house for the watchman, a Posh mill, office for the director, offices for the social workers, the accountant, the computer, a room for counselling, a hall, a kitchen, two dormitories and bathrooms. A resident house for the sisters, and two workshops where they offer a carpentry training for the older boys and an empowerment training for the mothers. The programme has a director, two social workers a bookkeeper, a cook, 3 house-fathers, a teacher, a driver, a watchman and volunteers. The majority of children come from Nairobi west, South B and C, Mugoya, Kibera, Wilson and Mukuni. The children admitted are usually between the age of 8 and 18 years. They are identified through street visits that are carried out regularly from the social workers, the street workers and volunteers.
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    Rural-Urban Migration in Kenya As A Challenge to Social Ministers
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-04) Mboligoumba, Jean-Marie
    After many centuries during which the church has remained anchored close to the rural world, the cities are increasingly becoming its concern. The 1990 Encyclical letter by John Paul II redemptoris Mission (RMO 37b) indicates among the "New worlds and new social phenomena"' which are the parameters of the church's mission ad gentes, urbanization and the massive growth of cities. EM suggests that these phenomena change the image of the mission which should now concentrate on the big cities, not only for quantiatative factors (demographic explosion and accumulation), but because of the impact that the city has on the wider population. In fact EM speaks of new customs and styles of living which arise together with new forms of culture and communication. The stress is on culture, or rather, on the cultural change which is taking place in the cities, which are "centres where a new humanity, so to speak, is emergeing, and where new models of development are taking shape." The emphasis on the cultural change is also mentioned in RM 37c speaking about the new areopagus of the modern world of communications which is unifying.
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    Street Children in Kawangware
    (Tangaza University College, 1998) Njogu, Pauline
    The child: a child is recognized as a person under 18 unles national lawss recognize the age of majority earlier. All actions concerning the child should take a ful account of his interests. Thus the child has the inherent right ot life, and the stated has an obligation to ensure the child's survival and development.
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    Mukuru Promotion Centre
    (Tangaza University College, 1998) Meheretab, Lula
    The project paper was-canied-eut-at the Mulcuru Promotion Center as a study case during the long holidays. The Mukuru project was very important for a social minister to be immersed or experience for future ministry. The project personnel is made up of social workers and community development workers. The project paper mainly deals with the different features that is; its history, scope of the study area, methodology study and analysis, problem factors or analysis, problem, organizational structure; long term and short term strategies, the project activities and planing approach, financial aspect, development of slums, etc.. In social ministry or mission, it is helpful to be able to deal with these issues. The paper will also mention the observation and recommendations and, analysis of the activities. In my view, the two months of experience at the Mulcuru Center was a very cresting one. It enabled me to understand the lives of the population; their strength and their weaknesses specially their needs. This project is an attempt to try to defend their right and dignity by working and living with them.
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    Experience In Chaminde Training Centre
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-09-15) Kamara, Mary W.
    Urbanisation is them 'n course of the high rate of the population in Nairobi city. The city attracts young people aged 16years to years from rural areas for various reasons. The insufficiency land ,t near the villages lack of lancji. Poverty because of drought and famine. For example Machakos, Kisumu and many other places. City salaries are much higher in comparison to rural income in general about one third of lowest official city salaries. These also includes house allowances. As a result of infrastructures in rural areas which encourages many people to come to the city. Most of the modem equipments are available for example running water, electricity, schools, dispensaries and hospitals. Sociological reasons which affects young people in particular when city dwellers either university students, laborers or unemployed return to the rural for a visit they acquire prestige in the eyes of rural population because they are smart dressing on the latest fashions. For young people these is considered as a big issue and therefore many young people in rura rream ofi to come to the - io city themselves. These are some of the information I got from some of the clients in Mukuru slums. Chaminade training centre is assisting the needy people to be independent through canceling, skill training, spiritual sharing and referrals. In these area education is one of the most important aspect which I feel will enhance needy people empowerment in Chaminade training centre in Mukuru slums in Nairobi. In my experience in Chaminade training centre, I apply the Seejdge- Act methodology which I believe is very important and recommendable approach for social ministries in mission. The following pages I will share about my experience in Chaminade training centre one of lmani projects in Mukuru slums in East land of Nairobi. These programme consists of about 50 expectant mothers who are in pregnancy crisis. The Women come from nearby slums which are Mukuru site of Njenga, Reuben site, Sinai, Pipeline, Quarry and Lunga Lunga. Most of these women are single mothers but there are also a few who are married. The single mothers many times attempt to carry out abortions due to the lack of finance, unmarried status, inability to raise children and mostly because of lack of basic necessities. Married mothers find themselves also in a stressful situation because of unplanned pregnancy which comes at an early stage when they are still breast-feeding. In this case, the married mothers find it difficult to plan or even space their children,iince artificial family planning is not accepted in tthhee Catholic Church,-bat also it has many side effects on the health of mothers, and-therefore it A is not practiced in most families by the married couples. The women attend clinic at the medical Missionary of Mary dispensary, and they are later referred to the Social work office for counseling and for family life lessons which enable them to carry on the pregnancy up to delivery time rather than carrying out an abortion. During the time of pregnancy, these women attend classes once a week every Tuesday afternoon. They have lessons such as Natural family planning, group sharing for building their self-esteem and Ante-natal clinic and to give birth in the hospital, food and nutrition, personal hygiene and video shows on stages of Child development and of abortion. Gospel living lessons are also offered to them for nourishing their spiritual needs, and installing i/good and healthy moral conducts in their day to day life. After delivery, each woman is provided with a set of baby clothes and half of the maternity fees is paid for them. It is after two weeks that these women join the mothers group lessons.
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    Empowerment of Women In Kenya
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-04) Kamara, Simon Muriithi
    Women have been discriminated and their rights have been violated since time immemorial. They have been overlooked by the male chauvenism and the traditional cultures. These two aspects have contributed a lot to the humiliation of women to a great extent. Some view woman as second class human beings, who should always be under the 'umbrella of a man'. In this Essay, I will suggest how women in Kenya can be empowered. Though women should be empowered in all spheres of life, I will concentrate on the following spheres: political and legal, economic, health and educational. In the first chapter I shall try to portray the status of women in connection with the above spheres. The second chapter is intended to elaborate the main reasons as to why women are in those positions they are in the society. In the third chapter, I will suggest how women can be empowered in political and legal, economic, health and educational spheres. Then I will also propose Gender Responsive Education as one of the most important aspects which, I feel, can enhance women empowerment in the society, if at all it is put into practice. In this long Essay I will apply the See-Judge-Act methodology which I believe is an appropriate and recommendable approach for social ministries in mission. Before embarking on what I am intending to elaborate concerning the empowerment of women in Kenya, I would like to clarify some of the relevant terminologies which I believe they are relevant to the Essay, namely empowerment and women.
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    Comboni Missionary Sisters As Social Ministers in Kenya From 1964 To 1998
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-04) Esposto, Rita
    The thirty-four years of life the Comboni Missionary Sisters have lived in Kenya, their involvement in the fabric of life of many Kenyans, their methodology of mission, the objectives and future goals as well as some suggestions for a better approach to mission, are part and parcel of this paper and the very reason for its existence. This essay is divided into three main chapters based on the see-judge-act research methodology. The sisters' commitment in health, women's promotion and education has been described, evaluated and some new proposals given as new ways to bring about a more contexualised ministry and relevancy in today's Kenya. I believe this to be the first scientific attempt to research and analyse the style of presence of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Kenya, and furthermore, to be the first concrete application of the teaching dictated by the principles of social ministry into real life situations. Moreover, the novelty and beauty of this essay is that it is an experiential one based mostly on the lived praxis of the people it deals with. A questionnaire was used to gather the initial data. Twenty-six of them were sent out to various sisters involved in different ministries. Interviews were carried out as a means to collect first hand verbal information about the data researched. A great deal of the information making up this paper is also coming from the knowledge I gathered during my two years as a student of Social Ministry as well as from my personal reflection derived from belonging to the community of the Comboni Missionary Sisters. I have chosen to delve into the various aspects characterising the presence of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Kenya primarily driven by the fact that this missionary family holds as a major priority the commitment to the integral development of women. The founder, Daniel Comboni, strongly believed in the presence and role of women in mission. Women were given a place of relevance in his Plan for the Regeneration of Africa. Comboni "was in fact convinced of the importance of education, particularly of women and young girls, and emphasised the necessity for lay women and missionary sisters to bring about a change in the condition of the African woman. For Comboni, consecrated women in Africa could help the African woman to be freed from poverty and oppression. In welcoming the light of the Gospel message, the African women would receive the power to lead their own people to freedom. '" This has been also my desire as I went about doing my research and I truly wish that my work and efforts will serve the cause of further reflections aimed at bringing about an always fuller life both for the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Kenya and the Kenyan women as well.