Diploma Thesis from the year 2003 in the subject Social Work, grade: 1,0 (A), University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am Main (Social Work and Health), language: English, abstract: Migration to urban areas is seen as a big contributor to the infrastructural problems in the cities. But, people do not migrate to the cities just because of the bright city lights; they also face problems in the rural areas which drive them to migrate. Social work is active in working with people and it shall be found out how the situation of rural out- migration and urbanisation is and what the impacts of social work can be in the rural areas as cause oriented intervention.