Purpose: This study sought to examine the influence of case management on the resilience of adolescents living with HIV in Kibra Sub-County, Nairobi, Kenya. Mainly, the study aimed to assess the effect of the healthy domain, safe domain, schooled domain, and stable domain interventions on the resilience of adolescents living with HIV in Kibra Sub-County. Methodology: The study was anchored on Resilience Theory, Empowerment Theory, and Case Management Model and adopted a cross-sectional descriptive design. The study used a sample size of 165 adolescents living with HIV aged between 10-19 years and 16 key informants. A stratified sampling technique was used to select adolescents living with HIV, while key informants were selected through a purposive sampling technique. The study used questionnaires and interview guides to collect data. Findings: It is observed that case management interventions explained 80.0% of the resilience of adolescents living with HIV. More importantly, the study found that healthy domain, safe domain, schooled domain, and stable domain interventions had a positive and significant effect on the resilience of adolescents living with HIV in Kibra Sub-County. The case management interventions contributed significantly to the resilience of adolescents living with HIV in informal settlements. The most significant predictor of resilience was stable domain interventions, followed by schooled domain interventions, safe domain interventions, and healthy domain interventions. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that organizations or facilities dealing with adolescents living with HIV need to strengthen health education training, viral load monitoring, assisted disclosure, and follow-ups and bolster basic counselling, enhanced adherence counseling, and life-skill training. They should also support needy adolescents with sanitary pads and school fees/levies, monitor school attendance, provide relief food support to families experiencing emergencies, and provide career guidance and business and vocational/technical training. The findings contribute significantly to project management since all development projects aim to build the resilience of beneficiaries and enable them to become self-reliant. In order to support the findings that successful case management contributes to higher resilience and improved wellbeing, the researcher invites more research to identify other variables under case management intervention.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural practices are used by the Ogiek indigenous community to enhance environmental conservation. Methodology: The study drew on the descriptive survey design. The data collection tools comprised of closed questionnaires and semi-structured interview guides. The study constitutes a sample size of 417 (male & female) respondents 18 years of age and above. The study participants were selected through simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. Quantitative data was collected through the questionnaires and was coded and entered the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 for analysis. Thematic analysis was employed in analysing qualitative data. Inferential statistics was used to run frequencies, pie charts, cross tabulations among others for analysis and interpretation. Findings: Findings revealed that cultural practices such as Totemism, taboos, and sacredness of water sources within the Ogiek indigenous community are essential to environmental conservation since they foster environmental conservation. Sacredness of water sources is among the technique used to enhance the conservation of water bodies. Cutting certain trees is considered taboos among the Ogiek Community. Such trees are always conserved and available in plenty.  Their totems include certain animals such as Owl and dear and plants such as Mukeu that serve as honey bees’ attraction for the production of honey. The strategies adopted in enhancing cultural practices in conservation efforts among the Ogieks indigenous community are the use of decrees of deities which define the relationship between community members and the environment. Orders are also given by the council of elders on the restricted killings of certain animals, cutting of trees, and limited access to certain water sources to enhance conservation. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: On integration of cultural practices among the Ogieks community into modern-day conservation techniques, both local and national government should support the council of elders and local administrative leaders with material and financial resources to streamline their abilities in the management of natural resources and the environment. Indigenous education methods including community dialogue, apprenticeship, and community elder are word of mouth and indigenous innovations need to be engaged. Challenges faced by the Ogiek community in maintaining cultural practices in conservation efforts include lack of policies and legislation to protect indigenous values, beliefs and practices relating to environmental conservation, inadequate support by both the National and County governments, interference of cultural practices by the Top-Down decision-making and framework formulation policy, negative attitude of some Ogiek community members  who shy away the indigenous people from showcasing their conservation knowledge.

Purpose: Having a strong family support is one of the most important factors contributing to successful rehabilitation and especially among adolescent ex-offenders and thereafter gain a sustainable livelihood. This study sought to examine the role of family support in the social re-integration of adolescent offenders in Kinshasa city. The study was grounded on strain theory as proposed by Merton (1957) as well as pm system theory. Methodology: Mixed methods research approach focusing on explanatory sequential design was adopted. Data was collected from a sample of 345 individuals including 330 adolescents and 15 key informants using questionnaires, FGDs, and key informant interviews. The study participants were selected from three localities, Kisenso, Limete, and Matete and Kisenso, using stratified sampling technique and purposive sampling. Findings: Findings on adolescent offenders’ perception on family support indicates that, 10% (n=33) of adolescent offenders expressed low perceptions of family support; 82.7% (n=273) had moderate perception of family support while 7.3% (n=24) have high perceptions of the support received from family members. The study also found a positive albeit rather weak correlation between family support and social reintegration of adolescent offenders, with a Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) 0.377. From the findings, the ANOVA tests revealed that, family support (F=1.962, p=0.018) has statistically significant influence on social reintegration of adolescent offenders. The study concludes that, family support was found to be a predictor of social reintegration as family financial, material, and emotional support is needed to influence readjustment and social functioning of affected individuals. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: From the study, it was recommended that, different stakeholders including the government, NGOs, the religious organizations and individual philanthropists should support the family in her role to provide material and non-material support towards their adolescent ex-offenders for effective social re-integration.