Research

Research

Educaids acknowledges the importance of research and evidence. We identify that results of on-the-ground research is not always shared and utilised. Therefore, Educaids promotes dissemination of research outcomes in the field of education and HIV/AIDS. In addition, member organisations and partners are actively promoted to establish links with universities and research institutes.

Partnership Educaids and ICDI

In 2007, Educaids and International Child Development Initiatives ICDI developed a partnership programme in capacitybuilding for Educaids partners in the South. This partnership resulted in the invitation of two researchers to develop a research proposal in the Netherlands. Benard Outah from Kenya and Tewabe Yizengaw from Ethiopia worked for two weeks on their research proposal, with support from ICDI and Educaids. The central question of the research is: Which sources of information on HIV/AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health and STI's do young people in Kenya and Ethiopia prefer?

Partnership Educaids and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

In spring 2010 two students of the Faculty of Religious Studies of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Anna Booij and Erik Meinema. were working on a compilation and analysis of the data obtained by partners in Uganda and Kenya during the Shareframe process. The two researchers were based in Uganda and Kenya for about four months, working together with the Educaids partners on the compilation and description of the previously obtained information. In the research report, the compiled data will be analysed from various perspectives. The report will become available by September 2010.

Research on the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS clubs in Ethiopia

In June - September 2010 Educaids Ethiopia performed a research on the effectivness of the HIV/AIDS clubs of Educaids partners in Ethiopia. Apart from researching the content of the curriculum, the focus in this research will be on the effectiveness, the organization and the accessability of these clubs. Programme officers of Educaids partners received a training to do this research themselves, under guidance of consultant Tadesse Bezabeh.

The report and the outcomes of the inventory study will be used to a) strengthen the dialogue with partners on addressing HIV (and Sexual and Reproductive Health) through education, to b) identify strategies for supporting Ethiopian partners to mitigate the impact of HIV in the education sector as input for MFSII and to c) stimulate linking & learning among Educaids partner organisations