CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMME AND ITS RELEVANCE TO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG REFUGEES IN KAKUMA CAMP, KENYA
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2022-09
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THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA
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Globally, cash transfer program in refugee camps were purposed to enhance refugees’ social well-being and social functioning thereby realizing social development. In Kakuma camp for example, the programme intended to help refugees realize improved social welfare. However, the programme continues to face a backlash in relation to social development dimensionsnutrition security, access to quality education, quality health care and economic stability. This study sought to examine the relevance of the cash transfer programme on social development among refugees in Kakuma camp, Kenya. Specific objectives were to; examine the contribution of the cash transfer programme to nutrition security among refugees, determine the impact of the cash transfer programme on access to quality health care, evaluate the role of the cash transfer programme on access to quality education and to assess the contribution of the cash transfer programme in promoting income-generating projects among refugees. Social systems theory, resilience theory and social development model guided the study. A mixed methods approach with a focus on convergent parallel mixedmethod design was adopted. The target population was 185,615 with a sample size of 400 participants selected using Yamane formulae and 30 refugee community leaders selected purposively. Questionnaires, interviews and FGD were used to collect data. Quantiataive data was analysed using SPSS while thematic content analysis was used for qualitative data. Findings revealed a moderate and positive correlation between cash transfer programme and nutrition security at the p. value of 0.043 with a low significant relationship between cash transfer programme and access to quality health care at ρ-value = 0.05%, a low positive significant correlation on access to quality education at P- = 0.034, and a weak positive and insignificant relationship between cash transfer programme and promotion of incomegenerating projects ρ-value = 0.05. The study concluded that cash transfer programme was moderately relevant to nutrition security with limited relevance on quality health care and less impact on access to quality education and low on income generating projects. The study recommended an effective implementation of strategies targeting increased cash transfer rate to enhance social development among refugees in Kakuma camp and globally.
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Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Social Work
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CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMME AND ITS RELEVANCE RELEVANCE TO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG REFUGEES