Beyond educational workshops: How child‐focused NGOs can draw African rural parents out for sustainable intervention in childhoods

Yeboah, Sampson Addo; Abbey, Eunice and Boampong, Michael (2024). Beyond educational workshops: How child‐focused NGOs can draw African rural parents out for sustainable intervention in childhoods. Children & Society, 34(1) pp. 63–78.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12656

Abstract

Educational workshops are channels for raising awareness and implementing childhood interventions in African communities. However, community (in)action during and after workshops can be a dichotomy that is less researched. Using a joint dialogic and ethnographic approach, we analysed and observed the responses and actions of NGO workers and rural folks on the occasion of a childhood intervention project. Findings reveal that community action in childhood during face-to-face interaction can be contradictory aftermath. We use the analytical framework of dramaturgy to inform and discuss how NGOs can get to know rural folks' deep-seated perspectives on childhoods.

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