Sponsored Vocational Training: Dream of Escape or Reality - Solwodi

Efficacy of SOLWODI’s Vocational Training Scheme iii
TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………………………….ii
I. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................1
II. BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH .............................................................................................3
A. SOLWODI ...............................................................................................................................3
B. Kenya .......................................................................................................................................4
C. Education and Training in Kenya ............................................................................................5
D. NGOs in general and in Kenya, in particular...........................................................................6
E. Sex Work..................................................................................................................................8
III. METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................................10
A. Methodology and Methods ....................................................................................................10
1. Pre-fieldwork phase: Edinburgh ........................................................................................10
2. Fieldwork phase: Kenya.....................................................................................................11
B. Methodological Challenges....................................................................................................13
1. Ethics..................................................................................................................................13
2. Engagement with SOLWODI ............................................................................................16
3. Sampling Context...............................................................................................................16
4. Reliability and Validity......................................................................................................17
5. Miscellaneous Minor Challenges.......................................................................................17
IV. CASE STUDY .......................................................................................................................19
A. Research Findings..................................................................................................................19
1. Database 1998-2009...........................................................................................................19
a) Type of Vocational Training..........................................................................................19
b) Educational level............................................................................................................20
c) Children and Marriage Situation....................................................................................21
d) Dropout and Push-out Factors........................................................................................21
e) Current Working Situation.............................................................................................22
2. Questionnaires, Interviews and Focus Group ....................................................................23
a) Questionnaire 2006 wished Training .............................................................................23
b) Questionnaire 2006 wished Training vs. 2009...............................................................24
c) Questionnaire 2009 currently undergoing Vocational Training ....................................27
d) Questionnaire 2009 completed Vocational Training .....................................................28
e) Interviews.......................................................................................................................29
f) Focus Group...................................................................................................................33
B. Efficacy and Efficiency of SOLWODI’s VT Programme .....................................................33
1. Vocational Training Discourse ..........................................................................................34
2. Vocational Training in the Context of Sex Workers..........................................................36
3. NGOs Discourse ................................................................................................................37
4. NGOs in the Context of Sex Workers and Vocational Training........................................38
5. Evaluation of SOLWODI’s Vocational Training ..............................................................40
C. Recommendations for SOLWODI.........................................................................................43
V. CONCLUDING COMMENTS..................................................................................................46
BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………………………………..48
APPENDICES………………………………………………………………………………………54
DECLARATION……………………………………………………………………………………59