We have been in the Philippines where we did a research about child labor. We went to a country in South because we wanted to come home with a deeper understanding of how social work can be practiced in a developing country and to get a bigger global perspective. Child labor is a big subject and therefore we made a demarcation in our research to child labor that we could observe in the urban area Manila. To get answers on our research questions we chosen to do a qualitative study with a triangulation of methods. This means that we used different kind of data collection methods such as, interviews, observation and literature studies. To get interviews we contacted an organization that helped us with contacts on the spot. We interviewed both government and non-government organization to get a broader picture of how they are working with child labor. The observation was made all the time since there were children around us every day, begging or wanted to sell some items to us. The literature was more difficult to find because there isn’t any books about the Philippines in Sweden.      What we have found out is that child labor is a big problem in the Philippines, but that it is a country with a lot of big problems for example poverty. The children in child labor come from poor families that need an extra income. The children doesn’t only work a few hours a week, they often work so much that they drop out of school. Except that the children is missing out of their education there is also a lot of risks involving in child labor. We have been researching about the children’s situations and how government and non- government organizations are working with the issue of child labor and it´s negative effects on the child’s development. We found out that both ILO and the Philippine government have programs right now to support the goal of a child labor free Philippines. We also found out that there is a big lack of trust for the government. To analysis our results we have chosen two theories, the ecological model of human development and development of psychopathology. Both theories are Western but they can be applied on the Philippines if you have the context in mind.

Pastaraisiais metais Lietuvoje buvo galima stebėti ir itin spartų nevyriausybinių organizacijų vaikų ir jaunimo dienos centrų gausėjimą. Tokį reiškinį, mūsų nuomone, galėjo įtakoti faktas, jog daugumoje savivaldybių buvo pradėta vykdyti Nacionalinė nevyriausybinių organizacijų vaikų dienos centrų 2002-2004 programa, kurios tąsa- Nacionalinė vaikų dienos centrų 2005-2007 metų programa ir 2008-2012 metų programa. NVO vaikų ir jaunimo dienos centrai, jų veikla, steigimo ypatumai yra mažai nagrinėti Lietuvos autorių, sociologų, mokslininkų tarpe. Šiuo darbu buvo siekiama teoriškai ir empyriškai pagrįsti vaikų ir jaunimo dienos centro veiklos modelį Lietuvoje. Užsibrėžto tikslo atskleidimui buvo siekta: išanalizuoti NVO vaikų ir jaunimo dienos centrų steigimo ir veiklos vykdymo teisinį reguliavimą; apibrėžti NVO vaikų ir jaunimo dienos centrų susikūrimo prielaidas pasaulyje ir Lietuvoje; atlikti Lietuvos NVO vaikų ir jaunimo dienos centrų PEST ir SWOT analizes; apibrėžti galimą NVO vaikų ir jaunimo dienos centro veikos modelį. Tyrimas empyriškai parėmė NVO vaikų ir jaunimo dienos centrų teorinį modelį, kurį paruošė ir pristatė autorė. / Few resent years there could be observed rapid growth of non-govermental organzations child and youth daycare centers. In our opinion, such occurence can be influenced by the fact, that majority of local administrations started to execute National non-govermental organizations child and youth daycare centers Pastaraisiais metais Lietuvoje buvo galima stebėti itin spartų nevyriausybinių 2002-2004 program. This program has a continuation – National child daycare centers 2005-2007 year and 2008-2012 year programs. NGO child and youth daycare centers, their activieties and establishment specificity has never been deeply examined by Lithuanian authors, socialogists or scientists. This work is done to reach theoretical and epyrical validity for Lithuanian NGO child and youth daycare centers activities model. To acomplish this task we tried to achive: to examine NGO child and youth daycare centers establishment and activities legal regulations; to define NGO child and youth daycare centers establishment premises; to cary out NGO child and youth daycare centers PEST and SWOT analysis; to carry out NGO child and youth daycare centers directors and experts interview (to adapt expert evaluation method). The research empirically based theoretical model of NGO child and youth daycare centers, which was prepared and presented by the author.

Non-governmental organizations (NGO) in Lithuania are new juridical subjects in its sovereign society, a new expression of the civic community. As there is no any detailed and classified data base made for the Lithuanian NGO yet, it is difficult to find out what organizations are engaged in health promotion, and to determine the effect of this activity on the Lithuanian health service sector and how NGO programmes and services complement the governmental sector’s activities. Aim of the study: Evaluation of the structure, functions and the role in public health promotion of the existing Lithuanian NGO. Objectives: 1. To determine the functions, work scope and finance principles of the health NGO. 2. To evaluate the sociodemographic characteristics of the managers of health and other NGO, their knowledge and awareness concerning the national health policy, the value of public health promotion for the region population. 3. To define the involvement of the health NGO in the formation of the public health policy. 4. To explore the cooperation of the health NGO with other NGO, offices, partners. Methods. Questionnaires filled by the existing Lithuanian organizations and their managers. 409 questionnaires were sent by post. 157 answers were received. It means a very low activity of the respondents. Inquiry by post was made twice. The first inquiry by random sampling of 200 organizations resulted in only 84 answers (42% of all questionnaires... [to full text]

The concept of social innovation is increasingly becoming a subject of interest particularly due to the challenges associated with the crisis of the welfare state. The high rate of ex- offending is an example of a current challenge and mentoring is a social innovation which seeks to take up this challenge. The main goal of this thesis is to interrogate the process of social innovation using mentoring of ex-offenders as an example and to explore mentoring and its implementation within the Czech Republic. The theory of the process of social innovation, as documented in the overseas literature, guided the extensive research conducted in Czech non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide mentoring approach. The empirical part of this thesis provides a valuable insight into the process of social innovation from NGO perspective. It includes a comprehensive description of developmental stages of the process as well as highlights the limitations that NGOs encounter in implementing mentoring in the Czech Republic.

This dissertation is focused on medical care field, introduces common issues of oncology illnesses. Presents the system and particularity of women's breast cancer care and looks into patient's rights and importace of foreknowledge. Also presents activities of non-state nonprofit organization focused on this sphere. The aim of this dissertation is to map involved organizations and analysis of their work. Investigates foreknowledge of patients about knowing of them and also finds topics of their intersect. Key words oncology diagnosis, breast cancer, patients organizations, prevention, second opinion, health service, non-profit non-govermental organizations, information asymmetry, mammography screening, informační asymetrie, mamografický screening