Ndungi wa Mungai

Biographic Data

ID5821992
NAMENdungi wa Mungai
GIVEN NAMESNdungi wa
FAMILY NAMEMungai
SIGNATUREMUNGAI N W
AFFILIATIONSCharles Sturt University
ORCID0000-0002-3281-1022
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Climate security and climate justice: Recognising context in the Sahel

    Open AccessNdungi Mungai, Ndungi wa MungaiARTICLERural Society2026References: 2

    Climate change is recognised as the defining challenge of our generation. This book has highlighted the common mistake of assuming that the issue could be addressed outside the context of historica...

  • The Social and Biomedical Hurdles Associated with Covid-19: Eclectic Contexts

    Ndungi wa Mungai, M Kang’etheARTICLEPerspectives on Global…2024

    The advent of COVID -19 continues to present social and biomedical challenges that this article endeavors to explore through a systematic critical review of the literature. The article has also benefited from the researchers’ intuition and experiences they have acquired from investigating trends of SARS -CoV-2 virus dynamics. It has also benefited from engaging in informal conversations with researchers and lay people interested in addressing the…

  • Teaching social work skills-based learning online during and post Covid-19

    Lynelle Osburn, Martin Short et al.ARTICLESocial Work Education2023

    The COVID-19 global pandemic radically disrupted face-to-face teaching of practice-skills within social work programs in many countries. Across the globe, campuses closed suddenly, meaning students and staff had to quickly transition to online platforms to sustain teaching and learning interactions. In response to this unprecedented and demanding situation and from the perception of the inquirers, this article documents the critical pedagogical a…

  • Food Insecurity in Regional Rural Australia

    Ndungi wa Mungai, Jacqueline Priestly et al.ARTICLEAustralian Social Work2019Cited by: 1References: 3

    This study explores food relief recipients' and providers’ experiences and perceptions of food insecurity in a large regional town in Australia. The cross-sectional qualitative methods research design incorporated survey-based interviews of four food relief services, a focus group of food relief recipients and two biographical interviews of food insecurity experience. Qualitative thematic data analysis provided insight into the respondents’ exper…

  • The Challenges Facing Single Female Parents of African Background in Regional Australia

    Yangi Ochala, Ndungi wa MungaiARTICLEAustralian Social Work2015Cited by: 4References: 5

    In this paper we investigate the problems experienced by single African women of refugee background being resettled in Wagga Wagga (Wagga), New South Wales, Australia. Wagga is one of the regional centres that the Australian government has earmarked for resettlement of people arriving under the refugee resettlement, better known as “humanitarian”, programs. In this exploratory qualitative research we have focused on the challenges women encounter…

  • Forced eviction in Bangladesh: A human rights issue

    Open AccessM Rezaul Islam, Ndungi wa MungaiARTICLEInternational Social Work2015Cited by: 7References: 1

    The objective of this article is to explore the situation of forced eviction from homes in Bangladesh and its implications in undermining poverty eradication. We argue that it should be considered as a human rights violation. Little is available in literature on forced eviction, and this article focuses on Bangladesh to illustrate a global problem. The main research question was how forced eviction from homes is related to poverty and violation o…

  • Critical Review Essay: Sustaining Native Biodiversity Through Conservation and Nature-Friendly Farming

    Open AccessNdungi wa MungaiARTICLERural Society2014

  • Critical Review Essay: Sustaining native biodiversity through conservation and nature-friendly farming

    Open AccessNdungi wa MungaiARTICLERural Society2014

    Growing populations, farming into virgin lands and industrialisation over the last two centuries have led to relentless destruction of native biota on land and sea and there is growing awareness that this process of extinction of species could be accelerated by human-induced climate change. Farming virgin lands poses the risk of destroying unique native species while agriculture and conservation appear to be two diametrically opposed endeavours. …

  • Gifted and talented education: Some social work implications in emerging approaches for children’s rights in Kenya

    Open AccessGidraph G Wairire, Ndungi wa Mungai et al.ARTICLEInternational Social Work2013References: 2

    This article analyses the social work implications in programmes and initiatives that address the rights of children in Kenya. The analysis is drawn from three case studies of organizations that promote child rights in Kenya, namely Compassion International (Kenya), Chosen Children of Promise (CCP) and Equity Group Foundation of the Equity Bank. These agencies are making notable efforts to identify needy children and assist them to access educati…