Non-Governmental Organization Activities and Welfare of Refuge in Bosaso District, Puntland Somalia
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2013-08
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
This study examined the contribution of Non-Governmental Organization activities and
welfare of refugees in selected district Bosaso, Somalia. A self-made questionnaire is used
to collect data in order to obtain four research objectives 1) To identify the profile of
respondents, 2) To dete1mine the contribution of Non-Governmental Organization
activities, 3) To examine the welfare of the refugee, 4) To establish if there is significant
relationship in Non-governmental Organization activities and refuge of welfare. And the
study used descriptive survey research design to investigate the contribution of None
Governmental Organisation and welfare of refugee in Bosaso, the sample of this study was
104 respondents from IDPs refugees' camps and NGOs workers in selected district Bosaso,
Somalia. The key findings from the study were (1) the profile of the respondents found that
number of male(42%), respondents according to the number of female were(58% ), in
regard to education level, respondents who are secondary level (41 %),those who have
diploma are (38%),those who obtained bachelor degree are(16%) whereas master degree is
(10%), others who don't have any qualification are 3% and finally PHD holders are 2% of
the respondent, the length of work experience that (24%)oftherespondentshavel-2 years'
experience,(26%) of the respondent have 3-4 years of experience, and (35%) of the
respondents have 5-6 years of experience and 15% of the respondent have more than 7
years' experience. Followed by the age ofrespondents who are less than40 years are (76%)
and who are above 60 years are (24%); (2) the contribution of NGOs activities found was
good (mean=2.613); 3) degree of refugee welfare is poor (mean 2.490 ); (4) the study also
found that there exists a significant positive correlation between the contribution of NGOs
activities and refugee welfare.
Basing on the findings, it was recommended to NGOs to keenly enhance refugee related
activities in Bosaso and put much emphasis on; on provision of mosquito net, Increasing the
enrolment of children in schools, increase supplies in basic requirements such as food
clothing and strongly advocating for political ceasefire, and NGOs should improve the
welfare of the refugees by providing Vocational training programs in order to improve their
standard living.
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A Thesis Presented to College of High Degree and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Public Administration and Management
Keywords
Non-Governmental Organization, Welfare, Refuge, Somalia