A Rapid Assessment of the Needs of Children and Problems they Face. The case in Metema and Lay Armachiho woredas

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Children and Youth, , language: English, abstract: The purpose of this short assessment is to determine the scale of the needs and protection risks for children affected by maltreatment. Furthermore, it is to determine the potential and actual capacities to respond to these within Metema and Lay Armachiho, woredas of the North Gondar Zone Amhara region in Ethiopia. Although the analysis of the information collected from 95 interviews shows some prevention measures, it reveals the presence of child violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation. In addition, it was identified that the situation is aggravated due to the presence of child trafficking in one woreda and child disability problems in the other woreda. Additionally, the presence of orphans, vulnerable children and harmful traditional practices are identified in both areas. Finally, the study recommends an update of old and installation of new measures to be taken against the mentioned abuse.

The author Getnet Eshetu having a degree in Biology and master's in Educational Psychology served for the Gondar Education Media Center for the past 20 years up to the present. He spends his time in the areas of management, training and research as well as designing and implementing media projects on different social and development issues. He is the author of two researches; one is 'Involving Children for Hand Washing Behavior Change: Repeated Message Delivery to Foster Action'; the other is 'Stories of Change from Open Diaries: The Joint Effects of Radio Messaging and Group Discussions to Fight Child Marriage'; both have been published by Anchor Academic Publishing in 2013 and 2014 respectively.