QUALITY OF LIFE-FAMILY

Abstract

To assess the feasibility of a major research and development effort in non-formal educational techniques to improve the quality of life in rural and urban family units in less developed countries(LDCs), the Howard University team obtained information by personal interview and from publications on families, non-formal learning roles of women and men, paraprofessionals, research conducted and in progress, and change processes and agents. The study was confined to West Africa and the Caribbean and included Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, The Bahamas and Trinidad.