http://streetkidnews.blogsome.com/2007/05/21/ghana-northern-upper-east-west-are-the-suppliers-of-street-kids-in-kumasi/ Archived news stories and blog entries about street children around the world. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://streetkidnews.blogsome.com/2007/05/21/ghana-northern-upper-east-west-are-the-suppliers-of-street-kids-in-kumasi/#comment-130 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:52:05 +0100 http://streetkidnews.blogsome.com/2007/05/21/ghana-northern-upper-east-west-are-the-suppliers-of-street-kids-in-kumasi/#comment-130 Street Life as Labour: The Working Lives of Street Children in Accra For the past two years, Perfect Finish Foundation have been undertaking research examining the working lives of street children in Accra. The project is on-going and involves a programme of qualitative research exploring the detail of the working lives of Accra's street children. Its emphasis has been on reaching an understanding of these children's working lives by placing emphasis on their testimonies. The research has been particularly interested in examining ways of creating a 'dialogue with a purpose' with these children; on-going ways of providing an exchange between the researchers and these children's accounts of their working lives. To date this has involved more established methodological approaches like interviews, focus groups and recall interviews, but we have also been experimenting with more unusual methodological approaches such as charging street children with becoming researcher-photographers in order to provide new sources of data and to create means of further elicitation. Some of the photographs taken by the children can be viewed here.It is a strategy we are taking as a cota of our help to combat child streetism.Keep your good work up and let us fight against this situation of uncertainty.Thank You Mohammed Lukman Director Perfect Finish Foundation Accra-Ghana. Street Life as Labour: The Working Lives of Street Children in Accra
For the past two years, Perfect Finish Foundation have been undertaking research examining the working lives of street children in Accra. The project is on-going and involves a programme of qualitative research exploring the detail of the working lives of Accra’s street children. Its emphasis has been on reaching an understanding of these children’s working lives by placing emphasis on their testimonies. The research has been particularly interested in examining ways of creating a ‘dialogue with a purpose’ with these children; on-going ways of providing an exchange between the researchers and these children’s accounts of their working lives. To date this has involved more established methodological approaches like interviews, focus groups and recall interviews, but we have also been experimenting with more unusual methodological approaches such as charging street children with becoming researcher-photographers in order to provide new sources of data and to create means of further elicitation. Some of the photographs taken by the children can be viewed here.It is a strategy we are taking as a cota of our help to combat child streetism.Keep your good work up and let us fight against this situation of uncertainty.Thank You
Mohammed Lukman
Director
Perfect Finish Foundation
Accra-Ghana.

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