Browsing by Subject "resilience"
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Access to risk mitigating weather forecasts and changes in farming operations in East and West Africa: evidence from a Baseline Survey
(MDPI, 2015)Unfavorable weather currently ranks among the major challenges facing agricultural development in many African countries. Impact mitigation through access to reliable and timely weather forecasts and other adaptive ... -
The church leader's cognition of perseverance: a pastoral study elucidating resilience in ministry
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Die plaaslike kerk is geroepe om aan God se verlossingsmissie deel te neem en as katalisator vir hoop en transformasie in hierdie wêreld op te tree. Of sy hierdie roeping vervul, hang grootliks af van die mans en vroue wat ... -
Community-researcher liaisons: the Pathways to Resilience Project advisory panel
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2013)The Pathways to Resilience Project is an ongoing, community-based participatory research (CBPR) project. Its express focus is the exploration of how at-risk youths use formal services and/or informal, naturally occurring ... -
A critical review of studies of South African youth resilience, 1990–2008
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2010)Given the growing emphasis in research and service provision on strengths rather than deficits, the focus on youth support in the South African Children’s Act of 2005 and the lack of educational, therapeutic and other ... -
The disaster risk reduction educational programme for primary schools in the City of Tshwane : a critical analysis
(North-West University, 2011)The last three decades have seen an increase in the severity and impact which disasters have had on society. This has necessitated a radical shift in thinking pertaining to the prevention and mitigation of the impact of ... -
Disaster risk reduction in the Omusati and Oshana regions of Namibia
(OASIS, 2013)Namibia often experiences heavy rains in the north and north-eastern parts of the country, which results in severe flooding. For this reason, the country has endorsed the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) which seeks to ... -
Does visual participatory research have resilience-promoting value? Teacher experiences of generating and interpreting drawings
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2012)I report on a phenomenological investigation into teacher experiences of generating and interpreting drawings during their participation in the Resilient Educators (REds) intervention. All 18 teacher participants came ... -
Dumela Mma: an examination of resilience among South African grandmothers raising grandchildren
(Cambridge University Press, 2016)Grandmothers serve as primary care-givers for a significant number of South African children. Previous research has documented that South African grandmothers experience physical, financial, emotional and social adversity. ... -
The dynamics of psycho–social well–being in Afri Twin schools
(North-West University, 2013)This study, presented in the format of three articles, contributed to the measuring of psycho-social well-being in Afri Twin schools. The literature points to a serious lack of studies measuring the psychosocial well-being ... -
The effectiveness of sensory stimulation therapy to strengthen the well–being of operating room nurses
(North-West University, 2012)Highly skilled nurses amongst the OR team, are needed in the operating room (OR) to ensure optimal patient safety. Shortages in experienced OR nurses and a stressful working environment prove to have a negative influence ...