Challenges and Prospects on the lives of Wag Himera Sekota Rural Migrants in Bahir Dar City:

The Case of Kotetina Kebele

Abstract

Migration refers to the movement of individuals or groups from one geographic area to another and it can be either temporary or permanent. A person or group moving from a highly rural area to a town is known as rural to urban migration. The purpose of this study is to investigate the opportunities and difficulties encountered by Wag Himera Sekota rural migrants who have relocated to Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, with a particular emphasis on the Kotetina Kebele region. The researchers used a qualitative research approach and phenomenological case study design were employed in this study with a variety of data gathering tools, including focus groups, field observations, and key informant interviews. The researchers choose the informants via purposive sampling. The researchers developed themes based on the codes, and the data were analyzed in a thematically organized way by pursuing the original descriptions of the interview and field note and narrate the life story of the participants by using narrative analysis mechanisms. The social difficulties that most migrants face when they publicly solicit charity from the local community include embarrassment, shame, and guilt as well as other significant issues. The study revealed that there were varieties of challenges but the major challenges was getting food. The finding revealed that migrants have their own survival strategies to cope up their challenges. The most frequent survival strategies and coping mechanisms they use are minimizing the frequency of meals per day, eating cheaper foodstuffs, living in a group in Veranda and sharing clothes. The government should have improving the Socio-economic infrastructures of rural people. The government should have also developed new agricultural technologies to improve agricultural products in the rural area.