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Running Head: GUDDIFACHAA PRACTICE AS CHILD
PROBLEM INTERVENTION
GUDDIFACHAA PRACTICE AS CHILD PROBLEM INTERVENTION IN
OROMO SOCIETY: THE CASE OF ADA’A LIBAN DISTRICT
Dessalegn Negeri
Addis Ababa University
Graduate school of social work
A Thesis Submitted to the Research and Graduate Programs of Addis Ababa University in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of Master of Social Work (MSW)
Advisor: Professor James Rollin
June 2006
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Thesis
Dessalegn Negeri
Graduate school of social work
Guddifachaa practice as child...
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ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF GRADUATES PROGRAM
GUDDIFACHAA
PRACTICE
AS
COMMUNITY
BASED
CHILD
PROBLEM INTERVENTION IN OROMO SOCIETY: THE CASE OF
ADA’A LIBAN DISTRICT
By Dessalegn Negeri
School Of Social Work
Approval of Board of Examiners
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Advisor
signature date _______________________________ ______________ _______________
Examiner
signature date Thesis
Dessalegn Negeri
Graduate school of social work
Guddifachaa practice as child...
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Table of contents
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Table of contents................................................................................................................3
Acknowledgement .............................................................................................................4
Abstract..............................................................................................................................5
Introduction........................................................................................................................6
Problem of the statement ...................................................................................................6
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