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Employee performance is key to the success of many organizations. This service is normally provided by the human resources in that organization. Corporate leaders of business organizations provide employee welfare services among them employee counselling services as a way of either motivating their employees to improve their productivity. However, little information is known about such as employee counselling services by all the stakeholders in NGOs. The primary purpose of this study was to focus on the relationship between employee welfare services and performance in non-governmental organizations in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were: to assess the influence of employee counselling services on performance in NGOs in Kenya. The study is likely to aid the NGOs management boards, policy makers in government, human resource professionals and scholars and researchers in policy formulation for employee counseling services in order to improve performance in NGOs in Kenya. The study employed both correlational and descriptive survey designs. The fundamental model shaping this study was the linear regression model. The target population of the study was 14,283 employees in NGOs in Kenya. The sample size of the study was 372 respondents comprising junior management at 242, middle management at 97 and top management staffs at 33 chosen by simple random stratified sampling technique. Primary data was collected using both questionnaires and interviews. The data was analysed using the Statistical packages for social sciences (version 23). The main findings of the study indicated that employee welfare practices such as employee counselling services influenced performance of NGOs in Kenya. The study also found that 81% of performance in NGOs in Kenya was explained by the independent variables of the study such as employee economic support, recreational facilities at work place, employee counselling services and social support. Finally, the study also contributed to theory and knowledge for humanity. However, the study found that the most significant factor influencing performance of the NGOs in Kenya was employee social support with P-Value at 0.439, followed by employee economic support with P-Value at 0.372, recreation facilities with P-Value at 0.358 and lastly employee counselling with P-Value at 0.208. The study had limitations, that is, the respondents were not consistent and the sample size of the study was limited in scope. The study concluded that employee welfare practices such as employee counselling services had a significant positive relationship with performance in NGOs in Kenya and recommended that a policy on other employee welfare practices such as grievance cells and suggestion schemes be considered and adopted by NGO management boards. This is likely to motivate employees to work better and with determination to enhance performance in NGOs in Kenya.

The focus of the study was to assess factors influencing adoption of mobile money services among university students in Tanzania. The study adopted a quantitative approach where questionnaire was used to collect data from students of Ruaha Catholic University. Stratified sampling was used to ensure sample representation among students from different faculty and level of education thereafter simple random sampling was used to pick a sample size of 383 of respondents from the strata developed. Exploratory factors analysis was used to ensure construct validity of four construct. Cronbach alpha indicated that all variables had achieved an accepted range of internal consistent by yielding a Cronbach alpha p-value grater that 0.6.Using multiple regression analysis, findings revealed that students' attitude, social factor and facilitating condition are significant factors influencing university students adoption of mobile money services in Tanzania.Based on these findings this study concludes that students' attitudes, social pressure and facilitating conditions are factors influencing university students' adoption of mobile money services in Tanzania higher learning institutions. This study recommend that, for speeding up the adoption of mobile money services, services provider should attract more peer pressure that could help to increase mobile money adoption among university students.

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English The dramatic increase in the number of children made vulnerable by AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa has necessitated research in treatment and prevention. We contribute to the current discussion on the orphan crisis by proposing a multifaceted approach utilizing institutional characteristics, with greater potential to strengthen community capacity and empower vulnerable children. French L'accroissement phénoménal des enfants vulnérabilisés par le SIDA en Afrique sub-saharienne a eu pour effet de stimuler la recherche en matière de traitements et de prévention. Cette étude s'inscrit dans la réflexion courante sur la crise des orphelinats et propose une approche multidimensionnelle qui tire parti des caractéristiques institutionnelles tout en renforçant les capacités des communautés et en redonnant davantage du pouvoir aux enfants vulnérables. Spanish El dramático incremento en el número de niños que se han hecho vulnerables por el SIDA, en el África Subsahariana, ha hecho necesaria la investigación en tratamiento y prevención. Nosotros aportamos a la discusión actual sobre la crisis de huérfanos, proponiendo un acercamiento multifacético, utilizando las características institucionales con mayor potencial para fortalecer la capacidad comunitaria y empoderar a los niños vulnerables.