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Item Appraisal of Social Welfare Practices and the Well-Being of Staff of selected Federal Learning Institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria.(Nigeria Journal of Educational Foundations. A Journal of the Department of Social Science Education, University of Ilorin., 2020-08-05) Ambali, T.T; Abdullahi, A.KThis study appraised Social Welfare Practices on well-being of staff of selected Federal learning institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study has five objectives and five research questions. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. 5,716 were considered as the target population from which a sample size of 361 respondents was selected through multi-stage sampling procedure. A self-developed questionnaire was used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was done using test re-test technique and a co-efficient 0.87 was obtained using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The data collected were analyzed using frequency count and percentages. Among the findings of the study were: that the level of awareness of social welfare practices among staff of the selected Federal Learning institutions was high and that social welfare had positive impact on well-being of staff especially in the areas of improvement of socioeconomic status, access to better health care, as well as addressing certain financial needs. The study recommended that the management of social welfare practices need to create more awareness among staff so as to increase level of patronage and periodic interview should be conducted on members to determine whether the practice have positive impact on them.Item Community Mobilization towards Addressing Orphans and Vulnerable Children Phenomenon in Nigeria(African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Department of Publishing and Web Development, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana., 2017-12-12) Ambali, T.T.; Abdullahi, A.K; Abdulwahab, R; Habibu, I.YThis study examined community mobilization towards addressing orphans and vulnerable children phenomenon in Nigeria. Three research questions were raised and one null hypothesis was tested to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. 6,774,331wasconsidered as the target populations. A sample size of 480 respondents selected was across the six geopolitical zone of Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure consisting of stratified sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling technique was used. A self-developed questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) were used for data collection. The reliability test of the instruments was done using test retest technique and a co-efficient 0.87 was obtained. The administration of the instrument was done by the researchers and five field research assistants. The data collected were analyzed using frequency count, percentages, mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Hypothesis formulated was tested at 0.05 level of significance. One of the findings revealed that the needs of OVC have not been adequately met. It was therefore, recommended that community members should pool their resources and ideas to carter for them especially in providing access to health, education and welfare services. In addition, global partnership among stakeholders particularly the civil societies should be sought and pursued.