| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of individual guidance and counselling services on the
self-efficacy of orphaned children living in orphanages in Bungoma County. The researcher adopted the ex-post
facto research design. The population of the study was 2132 orphans in the 20 orphanages. 280 of the orphans
in all the 20 orphanages were interviewed. One (1) caregiver and one (1) administrator (again per orphanage)
were interviewed. Out of a total of 20 Children’s Homes in Bungoma County, the researcher purposively
sampled 280 orphans that were interviewed. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect data
from the respondents who included the orphans, orphanages administrators and caregivers. The self-efficacy
scale of 1-4 was converted to between 0-100. The data was prepared, coded and analyzed using the Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Strict ethical considerations were observed during the study. The
study established that there was a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy of orphaned
children and individual guidance and counselling services. The study’s recommendations were that the
government should come up with policies to guide all the orphanages in Kenya, including the process of guiding
and counselling. Every orphanage should also engage the services of a qualified guiding and counselling
specialist for the orphans and should be paid well to avoid high turnover. Individual guiding and counselling
services should be encouraged in orphanages as they are effective. They help the orphans open up and share
challenges and enable them to solve serious life’s challenges. | en_US |
