TY - BOOK
T1 - Building Resilience in Southern Africa: A Case Study of World Vision in Swaziland and Lesotho
AU - Renzaho, Andre M. N.
AU - Kamara, Joseph K.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The main purpose of this study was to establish the state of resilience in World Vision assisted communities across two countries (Swaziland and Lesotho). At the National level\, the study was conducted in World Vision operational and control non-intervention areas to establish the level of resilience in the target Area Development Program (ADP) communities\, to assess the rational fit between clearly defined activities addressing drivers of community vulnerability and community resilience strategies\, and to identify factors that may have facilitated or hindered the effectiveness of community resilience in improving the overall wellbeing. This study was carried out at the height of the impact of the 2015-16 El Nino climatic event in Southern Africa\, which has caused the worst drought in 35 years. The drought has had catastrophic effect on the food and water security of millions of people across the region. In the absence of baseline that captures key tenets of resilience and adequate monitoring data\, the study used a non-equivalent control groups post-test only quasi experimental design\, incorporating mixed methods. The design allowed comparison of three groups: the control non-intervention areas vs two groups from World Vision operational areas- an ADP (which usually incorporates development programs only) and an ADP that incorporates emergency programs into its development and operational plans. The study areas were: Nkilongo (the control area)\, Maphalaleni ADP (without emergency programs) and Mpolonjeni ADP (with emergency programs) in Swaziland; and Kubake (control area)\, Mpharane ADP (without emergency programs) and Malumeng ADP (with emergency programs) in Lesotho. The adopted design was the best approach to answer the postulated research questions. It is important to note that a major problem with this design is that the control non-intervention areas and World Vision operational areas might not have necessarily been comparable before World Vision instigated its programs and at the time of this study. Hence\, this illustrates the importance of obtaining good and comprehensive baseline data and having robust monitoring systems. Nevertheless\, any difference in demographic and socio-economic factors between the three groups observed at the time of the study and its impact on observed effects was addressed by controlling for these variables in regression models. The study incorporated 16 focus group discussions\, with a total sample size of 197 (93 in Swaziland and 104 in Lesotho); and a household survey that included 1\,789 households in Swaziland and 1\,535 households in Lesotho.
AB - The main purpose of this study was to establish the state of resilience in World Vision assisted communities across two countries (Swaziland and Lesotho). At the National level\, the study was conducted in World Vision operational and control non-intervention areas to establish the level of resilience in the target Area Development Program (ADP) communities\, to assess the rational fit between clearly defined activities addressing drivers of community vulnerability and community resilience strategies\, and to identify factors that may have facilitated or hindered the effectiveness of community resilience in improving the overall wellbeing. This study was carried out at the height of the impact of the 2015-16 El Nino climatic event in Southern Africa\, which has caused the worst drought in 35 years. The drought has had catastrophic effect on the food and water security of millions of people across the region. In the absence of baseline that captures key tenets of resilience and adequate monitoring data\, the study used a non-equivalent control groups post-test only quasi experimental design\, incorporating mixed methods. The design allowed comparison of three groups: the control non-intervention areas vs two groups from World Vision operational areas- an ADP (which usually incorporates development programs only) and an ADP that incorporates emergency programs into its development and operational plans. The study areas were: Nkilongo (the control area)\, Maphalaleni ADP (without emergency programs) and Mpolonjeni ADP (with emergency programs) in Swaziland; and Kubake (control area)\, Mpharane ADP (without emergency programs) and Malumeng ADP (with emergency programs) in Lesotho. The adopted design was the best approach to answer the postulated research questions. It is important to note that a major problem with this design is that the control non-intervention areas and World Vision operational areas might not have necessarily been comparable before World Vision instigated its programs and at the time of this study. Hence\, this illustrates the importance of obtaining good and comprehensive baseline data and having robust monitoring systems. Nevertheless\, any difference in demographic and socio-economic factors between the three groups observed at the time of the study and its impact on observed effects was addressed by controlling for these variables in regression models. The study incorporated 16 focus group discussions\, with a total sample size of 197 (93 in Swaziland and 104 in Lesotho); and a household survey that included 1\,789 households in Swaziland and 1\,535 households in Lesotho.
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:41763
M3 - Research report
BT - Building Resilience in Southern Africa: A Case Study of World Vision in Swaziland and Lesotho
PB - Western Sydney University
CY - Penrith\, N.S.W.
ER -