The main research method is a community-based participatory research which will refer to cooperative inquiry methods (Co-inquiry). It draws on ideas of co-inquiry (Heron & Reason, 2006), defined as research with people rather than research on people. Knowledge gained through a participatory approach explore local knowledge and perception, enhance the research aims aligning them with what the community perceive as goal (Israel at al. 2001), empowers the community by considering them as agents who can investigate and make actions regardless their own local reality (Webb, 1990).
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In the second phase of the project we visited the school with a more structured work in mind. We conducted 3 days of activities involving Children and teachers at two schools located at Bamburi Beach (LiFoG, Living Fountain of Grace and Majaoni Seaview Academy) and member of the community.
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