scholarly journals Accessing the world through promotion of a reading culture in Zimbabwe Rural Schools: the case for Mavhurazi Primary School

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosea Tokwe
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Rural Children ◽  
Reading Levels ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Development Committee ◽  
Reading Culture ◽  
School Heads

Successful promotion of a reading culture in rural schools requires the participation of the rural community who need more education on the importance of a library and how it is a central asset that can empower them to be productive citizens of their country. In rural Zimbabwe, there are few libraries existing in schools, creating a situation which has impacted negatively on the literacy and reading levels of the poor marginalized rural children. This paper therefore explores the collaboration and partnership of a rural community, parents, schools, local traditional leaders and international trust organizations in promoting a reading culture in schools by encouraging the community to develop an interest in books as resources that can transform their livelihoods. The author on his first visit met with important stakeholders such as School Heads, School Development Committee who are the parents’ representatives, the District Education Inspector, local Chief and several Headmen, Village Councillor, local businesspeople and health workers. Five Schools which the author identified through Mavhurazi School Head’s assistance were targeted in order to elicit response on a culture of reading. The paper will offer recommendations on the best way forward regarding use of the books by rural learners of Mudzi district, and then concludes by examining best methods to adopt to promote reading and bring about better performance in schools by learners. The promotion of rural adult literacy is another issue to be examined by this paper as well as the need to support the Primary and Secondary School Ministry’s concerted efforts to bring on board the concept of adult literacy to the poor rural folks of Mudzi district in rural Zimbabwe.

scholarly journals Environmental contamination by Toxocara spp. Eggs in a rural settlement in Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 279-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vamilton Alvares Santarém ◽  
Elisabeth da Cunha Franco ◽  
Fernanda Torres Kozuki ◽  
Danila Fini ◽  
Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Environmental Contamination ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Larva Migrans ◽  
Visceral Larva Migrans ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Flotation Technique

In order to study the environmental contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs in a rural community from the Pontal do Paranapanema region, São Paulo State, Brazil, soil samples from 31 out of 121 plots were collected in eight different places on each house. The samples were submitted to flotation technique in sodium nitrate (d = 1.20g/cm³). Eggs of Toxocara spp. were recovered in nine (29.03%) out of the 31 plots. At least one dog was registered in 27 of the 31 plots examined (87.1%) and at least one cat in 17 (54.84%). The number of pets per plot ranged from one to six (mean of 2.3) for dogs and one to 14 (mean of 1.29) for cats. In 16 plots (51.61%), the presence of both dogs and cats was observed. There was no relation between the presence of pets in the plots and soil contamination (p > 0.05). However, the environmental contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs associated to the poor conditions of the inhabitants may be an important risk factor for the human population to ocular or visceral larva migrans.

scholarly journals Performance of community health workers and associated factors in a rural community in Wakiso district, Uganda

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 2784-2797
Author(s):  
David Musoke ◽  
Rawlance Ndejjo ◽  
Edwinah Atusingwize ◽  
Trasias Mukama ◽  
Charles Ssemugabo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Community health workers (CHWs) continue to play a crucial role in supporting health service delivery globally. Several CHW programmes around the world face vast challenges which affect their performance.Objectives: This study assessed the performance of CHWs and associated factors in a rural community in Wakiso district, Uganda.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that employed a structured questionnaire to collect quantitative data from 201 CHWs in Wakiso district. The main study variable was CHW performance based on various roles carried out by CHWs. Multivariable logistic regression in STATA was used to establish the predictors of CHW performance.Results: Only 40 (19.9%) of the CHWs had a high performance which was associated with having attended additional / refresher trainings [AOR=12.79 (95% CI: 1.02-159.26)], and having attained secondary level education and above [AOR=3.93 (95% CI: 1.17-13.24)]. CHWs who were married [AOR=0.29 (95% CI: 0.09-0.94)] were less likely to perform highly. Among CHWs who had received essential medicines for treatment of childhood illnesses, the majority 90.3% (112/124) had experienced stock-outs in the 6 months preceding the study. Despite the majority of CHWs, 198 (98.5%), stating that being motivated was very important in their work, only 91 (45%) said that they were motivated.Conclusion: Additional / refresher trainings are necessary to enhance performance of CHWs. In addition, level of education should be considered while selecting CHWs. The health system challenges of low motivation of CHWs as well as stock-out of medicines need to be addressed to support their work.Keywords: Community health workers, performance, motivation, satisfaction, stock-outs, village health teams, Uganda.

scholarly journals The Indonesia Implementation of National Policy for Rural Community to Business Development in Banyumas Regency Central Java Province

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 2902-2908
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The Government

One of the alternatives, the national program for rural community empowerment was regarded the most effective way by the government of Banyumas Regency. The implementation of the program in extending credit had hit the accurate target, but was not successful in terms of opening new employment and increasing the income of woman’s business groups because of relatively small amount of entrepreneurial loan, relatively high interest of 17% per year, and short repayment period of 1 year. Poor traders encounter tight competition, lack of information, lack of skills and low motivation to thrive. As a supporting factor, the implementation of physical development was not effective because the poor as the target group were not involved much in development planning discussion represented by recognized local figures, representatives of several villages and village apparatuses who had authority to take the initiative for designing the program. The decision regarding the physical development was preferably designated for their own interest rather than the business orientation of poor housewives group in rural areas. In addition, low education and low social status of the poor business group cause the tendency to inferiority, which lead to be apathy and passiveness in planning and supervision of the rural community empowerment program

scholarly journals Advocacy for School Library Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 409-420
Author(s):  
Hose Tokwe
Keyword(s):  
Rural Schools ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
School Library ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Rural Children ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Library Development ◽  
The Government ◽  
Socially Excluded

The paper focuses on describing the importance and value for development of Rural School Libraries in Africa in order to overcome the increasing gap between the information rich and the information poor that currently threatens educational achievement in remote and inaccessible rural schools. It further discusses that main challenges faced when establishing and developing a rural school library to ensure that the socially excluded rural children have access to reading material. The question is - What are the materials and human resources needed to overcome these challenges. In conclusion, the paper offers recommendations that urge the government to establish School Library Service and to enact legislation to address the needs of rural schools in terms of infrastructure, equipment, material resources, appropriate manpower and the introduction of ICTs in rural schools to foster vital knowledge necessary to address local needs.

scholarly journals Mobile instant messaging for rural community health workers: a case from Malawi

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1368236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Pimmer ◽  
Susan Mhango ◽  
Alfred Mzumara ◽  
Francis Mbvundula
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Rural Community Health
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