Terms of Reference

MIDTERM REVIEW for “Natwe Turashoboye (We Can Also)” Project  

Reporting to:  Senior Program Manager & Disability Inclusion Advisor 

Geographical Location of the Project: Nyabihu District

1.  About Chance for Childhood

Chance for Childhood is an award-winning charity working in Africa to support the most vulnerable children, such as street children, disabled children, children affected by conflict and kids behind bars. Our vision is to fight for every child. We work with African visionary community leaders to implement locally relevant yet far-reaching projects that create lasting change within the justice, education, and social protection sectors. This enables us to focus on ‘hard to reach’ children, both in terms of their complex needs (e.g., street children with learning difficulties) and location (e.g., urban violent slums or remote rural areas). Together we make ideas and impact both sustainable and scalable to protect, educate and empower even more of the world’s most disadvantaged children.

Our interventions in Africa are in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

2.  Project background

The Government of Rwanda is strongly committed to ensuring that all children can achieve their full potential in a safe and protected environment. In March 2012, the Strategy for the National Child Care Reform was endorsed with an aim to set-up and strengthen a national child protection system that provides optimum protection to all children.[1]  

In order to support this initiative Chance for Childhood in partnership with MindLeap and Empowering Children with Disabilities (EmCD) are implementing the project entitled Natwe Turashoboye meaning 'we can also' in Kinyarwanda  aims to improve inclusion, participation & protection of D/deaf girls in Rwanda at 3 levels. Individual: dance therapy, safe spaces, agency building, girls’ participation in local decision-making; Community: shift values that perpetuate exclusion & violence; Institutional: strengthen accessible referral pathways. In this project we work with students (Deaf girls and boys, with their hearing peers), parents, teachers, Local leaders, health nurses and Isange One Stop Centers,

In the current project we want to learn which groups benefit most from the intervention (hearing and non-hearing groups) using disaggregated data, and we want to know whether positive behaviour and attitudinal changes persist even after dance training has ended.

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We also want to learn whether by improving safeguarding services, we can increase participation amongst girls with disabilities. We also want to see the impact of explaining ‘inclusive safeguarding’; what this means in our context and the value it adds on the project given its uniqueness here in Rwanda.

Using the evidence generated, we want to see how this project feeds into wider systems like referral pathways and making a sustainable change to inclusion of deaf girls in the wider societal decision making.

We also want to test whether improved confidence and self-esteem leads to improved agency to participate in decision-making events which could otherwise be intimidating for D/deaf girls. We want to confirm further if knowledge gained through community engagement translates into changes in attitudes and behavioural practices.

3.  Assignment

3.1 Project midterm review

The consultant will be expected to produce a 20-page (maximum) midterm report.  The project midterm review should be a comprehensive package reflecting the following key dimensions:

• Dance training/therapy for Deaf girls
• Community advocacy events about the rights of a Deaf Girl
• Training primary teachers about Inclusive Safeguarding.
• Training Health centre nurses and Isange One Stop Center local leaders and parents in Rwandan Sign Language.
• Inclusive message delivery at school general assembles
• Inclusive message delivery in community forums by Deaf girls
• Meetings held with district officials about protection and participation of Deaf girls in community decisions.

4.  Purpose of the Project midterm review  

4.1.  Rationale

It is vital to consider creative techniques to offer benefits for Deaf girls and their families to successfully accomplish their protection and safety. It is therefore important to provide information to stakeholders working on child protection to obtain various options, particularly those that have been proven effective in assisting in the development of a tailored & comprehensive package of interventions aimed at supporting Deaf girls to participate in community forums and take the lead in advocating for their rights dues to high self-esteem they developed through dance.

4.2.      Objectives

Midline surveys in CfC projects serve the three-layered and mutually reinforcing objectives of planning for responsive intervention, monitoring, and evaluation for “We can also project” project in Nyabihu District.

• Planning – The Midline survey will assess and report on the context that families of CwDs and their communities live in as a result of the current programme.
• Monitoring– The Midline survey we guide the next phase of the project implementation by ensuring that the remainder of activities specifically respond to the needs of CwDs and their families as well as their communities as identified in the first year of the project.
• The Midline survey will help in the dual and mutually underpinning points like accountability and learning as well as directing efforts where they are most needed.

4.3.   Target audiences

Several stakeholders both internal and external to CfC have interest in the programme review in which they will be asked to play a role.  Table 1 below provides a preliminary stakeholder analysis, which should be deepened by the consultant during the documentation of the programme.

Accountability to targeted populations, is tied to CfC commitments to include people we work with as key stakeholders in their work. As such, CfC is committed to ensuring the involvement of Deaf girls, their guardians and parents and members of the support system including families of CwDs and respective communities.

Table 1: Target audiences

4.4. The primary users of this project midterm review

-CfC will use the findings to enhance decision- making notably related to programme implementation and/or design, Organizational Strategy, and partnerships. It will also be used to decide on changes in the project’s design and implementation as well as to inform the scale-up of the Natwe turashoboye approach.

5. Project midterm review approach

5.1.  Scope

The programme Review will focus on the 18-month project that CfC has so far implemented in Nyabihu district from May 2021 up to November 2022. 

5.2.   Data Availability

The consultant will go to the field and collect data based on the project objectives however, the consultant may also use the project annual and monitoring reports in addition to the field data.

Concerning the quality of data and information, the consultant should:

1. a. Assess data availability and reliability as part of the inception phase expanding on the information provided  
2. Systematically check accuracy, consistency, and validity of collected data and information and acknowledge any limitations/caveats in drawing conclusions using the data.

5.3. Methodology

To respond to the above-mentioned deliverables, the consultant shall use the data from interviews with families, community-based service providers, and community/ local leaders, which will contribute to an understanding of the current context as well as the experiences of these key stakeholders. This, in combination with desk research, will provide a comprehensive understanding of how the project based on supporting Deaf girls was developed and implemented.  

 5.4.  Cultural Sensitivity of project review

The consultant should have a wide and being familiar with local traditions and particularities.

Further details can be discussed during the inception phase.  

 5.5. Quality Assurance

This quality assurance process shall not interfere with the views and independence of the consultant but ensures the project review provide the necessary evidence in a clear and convincing way.   

The consultant should be assured of the accessibility of all relevant documentation within the provisions of the acceptance disclosure of information procedures.   

5.6 Ethical Clearance

The consultant doesn’t need to look for Ethical clearance since CfC has obtained it at the very beginning of this intervention. Additionally, the consultant should be aware of the no faces and Overexposed campaign which were recently launched by CfC. However, the consultant is also expected to have a flexible mentality and willingness to closely collaborate with COMIC RELIEF throughout the consultancy time if need be.

6.  Phases and Deliverables

The project review writing will proceed through the following phases (please note the timeframes are not indicative of the no. of days needed throughout each stated period):

  Desk Review and elaboration of a work plan (up to 1 week):  

  Looking at different reports, proposal, and action plans.

-Discussion of the plan with CfC. Incorporation of adjustments if needed (2 days)

1-2 days (Kigali):  Debriefings in Kigali and clarification of some questions

-Field Visit to see what activities have taken place in the community and talk to some stakeholders (1 week)

-Elaboration of a draft of the project midterm review report (2 weeks)

CfC shall review the draft to ensure that it meets the required quality criteria and planned objectives.

-Elaboration of the final midterm review report (1 week)

7.  Communication and budget

 7.1. Communication 

The consultant team shall provide weekly email updates to CfC on progress made against expected targets. Emails and inquiries from consultant should be answered in a turnaround period of two working days.

7.2. Budget and application guidelines

The total budget for this consultancy is RwF 3,380,000 which is inclusive of all related costs including 15% withholding tax. 

Applicants are requested to provide a proposal in line with the details provided above.

7.3. Terms of payment

This should be discussed and agreed on during contract signing time. However, 10% of the total cost should be advanced upon signing and the remainder should be paid upon completion of the assignment.

7.4 Key skills and Competence requirements

• Experience in conducting of project/program evaluations/reviews.

• A demonstrated strong awareness and understanding of Inclusive development concepts both in Rwanda and Globally, is strongly preferred

• An excellent command of standards English mainly in writing and speaking

• Solid experience as a lead in data collection, analysis and evaluation report writing

• Adherence to COMIC RELIEF and Chance for Childhood’s Values
• Ability to operate under strict time limits and apply high production and technical standards for the purpose of maintaining high level of professionalism.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Be flexible and responsive to changes and demands.
• Be client oriented and open to feedback.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are requested to submit a proposal outlining the following in line with the details provided in the tender above:

• A detailed CV
• Brief letter, describing previous experience on similar projects. Creative ideas and suggestions are encouraged.
• Technical proposal.
• Financial proposal with detailed budget breakdown 

Eligibility

• Three links to work samples demonstrating most relevant previous productions
• Three references (with contact information) from previous clients
• Detailed list with technical information of the equipment intended for use, including camera, light, sound, editing software etc.

Brief presentation of the team, with CVs and functional responsibilities of the key people to be engaged in the production of the documentary

Please submit your application to apply@chanceforchildhood.org with subject line “Natwe Turashoboye project”. The deadline is midnight GMT on Friday20^th January 2023.  Only strongest candidates will be contacted due to anticipated high volume of applications.

8. Safeguarding

Chance for Childhood promotes and upholds the principles of equal opportunities and its policies. Chance for Childhood has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or a child by any of our staff, representatives, or partners. Recruitment to all jobs at Chance for Childhood includes criminal record checks/police background check and the collection of relevant references. Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do.

The successful candidate will therefore need to review, agree, and sign Chance for Childhood’s Child Protection Policy (CPP) prior to starting the post.

Cabinet Brief: Strategy for National Child Care Reform (n.d.).