Hagadera Refugee Camp Child Protection Baseline Survey Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference – Baseline Survey (Child Protection Project)

Summary of Context

Title: Hagadera Refugee Camp Child Protection Baseline Survey
 

Project location: Hagadera camp
 

Project duration; 20 days
 

Start Date: 11/04/2016
 

Reporting to: Child Protection Programme Manager
 

Purpose: Conduct Child Protection Baseline Survey to serve as a basis of gap analysis to improve child protection gaps in Hagadera camp.

 

Background: Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an international NGO focused on Child Rights and Child Protection.

Since 1960, Tdh has focused programming in healthcare and child protection in more than 30 countries around the world. 

In Kenya Tdh has presence in Garissa and Nairobi Counties where it seeks to influence the policies and ways of working of government, international organisation like the UN and multinational companies, to help to build a better future for disadvantaged children and their communities with an innovative approach and practical, sustainable solutions.

Since October 2012, Terre des hommes (Tdh), alongside 18 other main aid agencies, has been involved in a major emergency response operation in favour of Somali refugees in the North-eastern part of Kenya. 

According to UNHCR (2014), more than 350’000 refugees are registered in the five major camps. Tdh has worked to strengthen child protection systems in Kambioos improving its approach to take into account the consolidated presence and acceptance in the camp, as well as the growing capacities and interest of community members.

 In January 2016, in coordination with UNHCR and other stakeholders, Tdh has replaced Save the Children (SCI) as Child Protection agency in Hagadera. Owing to a series of operational challenges, in-depth assessments expected prior to the takeover did not happen. 

However, Tdh worked with SCI and community leaders to delineate the context of intervention and identify priority needs.

In addition, Tdh utilizes the community dialogue opportunities to further assess beneficiaries’ needs (most recent dialogue in the two camps: January 11, 2016) and conducts monthly analyses of its case management conferences and database (latest review: January 20, 2016).

The key problem this project seeks to address is Unaccompanied and separated children still represent the most significant group handed over from SCI, prioritized because of their sheer number and their increased vulnerability to sexual exploitation and abuse, military recruitment, and child labor

Child marriage is also widespread and under reported and it involves mostly girls. Tdh social workers noted various cases of young girls disappearing from Kambioos and re-emerging in Hagadera, married into a new family. 

The movement from Kambioos to Hagadera is also noticed when analyzing the involvement of children in labor. Hagadera is the biggest market in the Dadaab complex and possibly the entire region and attracts children from all the camps. 

Tdh social workers regularly report the departure of children, especially Bantu, from Kambioos to Hagadera, where they can find employment more easily. 

SCI child labor assessment , does not help to explicitly define the scope of problem, but confirms anecdotal accounts of children employed as shoe shiners, shop attendants, waiters, or transporting loads. 

Girls are also affected by the phenomenon, but are mainly employed in the household. Community members in Hagadera told Tdh about various ‘spontaneous’ raids on the market, to try and stop the employment of children, but the main result of those raids seems to have been the arrest of children, while their employers walked free. 

In Hagadera, primary school enrolment is well below 40%, Looking more closely at the services in the camps, Tdh realized that duksi (religious schools) attendance is preferred by parents and often delays the enrolment in formal school, but also that private schools cater for a need for better education in Hagadera. Tdh believes that this factor has been greatly underestimated until now.

At least three large schools currently provide official certifications to thousands of children whose parents want better student/teacher ratio and increased focus on marketable skills such as English proficiency. 

The phenomenon is confirmed by recent discussions with LWF and by community leaders’ complaints about the scarce services for those who want to pursue education. 

This particularly applies to adolescents, who remain greatly underserved. The two high schools in Hagadera are greatly overcrowded. 

Adolescents participate in activities at Tdh community centers and attend available vocational trainings when they are admitted to them, but many complain of the idleness in the camps.

Anecdotal information concerning children being recruited in the camps, especially in Hagadera, regularly emerge and is investigated, but it does not seem to constitute a concrete threat, at the moment, and the risk of recruitment is part of the awareness campaigns regularly conducted in the camps

1. Purpose of the baseline study
 

The purpose of the baseline study is to determine quantitatively and qualitatively the current situation in relation to the main elements of the project.

The survey will establish the baseline of the project for the project’s key indicators and constitute the basis to measure the project performance. 

Even though the baseline study is intended primarily to facilitate the project monitoring and evaluation, it will also be used as an evidence-based lobbying and advocacy tool.

2. Methodology and scope of work
 

The study design and methodology will be discussed and agreed with the project team and with the implementing partners at the beginning of the consultancy.

The consultant will use different data collecting methods; desk review, direct observation, quantitative survey, interviews, and focused group discussions, to establish a baseline for the project’s key indicators. 

The indicators have been locally developed with a representation of the target beneficiaries in a participatory manner.

The methodology will follow the following steps:

• Preparatory phase; Key documents of the project will be submitted to the consultant, together with draft questionnaires for the quantitative survey.

1. Do desk review of all documentation


2. Prepare a work plan jointly with the project team


3. Finalise methodology of the study, including but not limited to the finalisation of the sample size.

• Adopt a systems approach that takes a holistic view of all areas of children’s rights and child  protection in particular


• Assess gaps in the child protection centre services including case management and process of care (identification, reporting, investigation, assessment, psychosocial support, referral, reintegration, outreach services and follow-ups) data management, quality of data management, analysis and evidence generation; advocacy and staff capacity development


• Examine child protection and child rights as they are supported or not supported within the camp paying special attention to the specific child protection and child rights concerns, data availability and analysis;


• Examine trends of child protection issues in the camp ensuring to provide an understanding of directions of change and implications for current and future child protection programming


• Pay special attention to rights-deprivations and protection concerns of children due to cultural practices, individual, community, and institutional knowledge and practices, especially in as far as they impact on the protection of children with disability, children with health problems, children born out of wedlock children, those not living with biological parents, and children with different ethnic and linguistic backgrounds;


• Examine the underlying issues, causative factors, as well as the supportive factors


• Examine gender social norms and behaviours affecting the realization of equal protection opportunities for boys and girls in the camp;


• Analyse and identify gaps in implementation of the existing legislative and policy framework addressing child and adolescent rights and protection needs at the camp level.


• Analyse the capacities of duty bearers in fulfilling their accountabilities vis- ‘a- vis child rights and child protection; specifically analyse the role of the Department of Children’s Services in fulfilling its child protection mandate in the camp; the role of the Child Protection Network


• Analyse the capacities of right holders in participating in the realisation of child rights and the protection of children;


• Conduct mapping services and analysis of and budget allocations relating to children’s rights and child protection in within the camp.


• Field work, will take place in Hagadera camp, with the support of the project team, partners and community stakeholders, the consultant will;

1. Train data collectors.


2. Field test the questionnaire


3. Supervise data collection


4. Supervise data entry

• Final report, taking into consideration two rounds of comments from the project team and partners. Creative ways to present the findings would be encouraged.

Work Assignments (Tasks)		Deliverables	Responsible
Desk Review
1	Provide an annotated outline of all research available within Dadaab	Annotated outline of research in Dadaab	Terre Des Hommes
2	Ensure all annexes to the Baseline Survey are available (on data and hardcopy) for the SitAn Consultant;	Electronic/hardcopy annexes	Terre Des Hommes
3	Establish catalogues of areas of information available within entities that provide data, analysis and information relevant to children (such as universities, think tanks, partner UN agencies, int. organizations NGOs etc.);	Catalogue of areas of information available	Consultant
4	Establish sets of data required from government and nongovernment counterparts and follow up on retrieval of data;	List of data needed	Consultant
5	Review all the data submitted from government and non-government counterparts and define data gap, identify where further disaggregation of data is needed, and follow up with partners to secure this additional information;	List of data gap and disaggregated data needed	Consultant
Report Writing
1	Draft individual sections and parts of the report (i.e. Summary of publications, Conceptual Framework, Inception Report, Analytical Paper, and the 1st Draft of the Baseline, Key Findings Report, and Policy Briefs) agreed with the SitAn Consultant	Drafted reports	Consultant/Tdh
2	Proofread all written reports/products for spelling mistakes and provide other cosmetic changes to finalize reports/products;	Finalized reports	Consultant
3	Prepare PPTs to summarize key findings of the Baseline Survey;	PPT of Key Findings	Consultant
4	Create graphs, tables, figures or other types of visual content for data analysis for reports and presentations;		Consultant
Partner discussions and consultations, Workshop facilitation
	Consult with relevant partners, Tdh staff, and the Baseline Survey Consultant to coordinate venue, time, location, logistics, etc. for discussions, consultation sessions, or the validation workshop;	Written checklist of coordination functions	Consultant
	Produce minutes of outcomes of focus-group discussions and face-to face consultations	Minutes	Consultant
	Provide any other logistical and administrative assistance in preparing for and conducting partner discussion, consultations and workshops;	Written memo of logistical and administrative tasks conducted	Consultant/CPPM
Coordination
	Report to or consult with Tdh staff on any developing circumstances or situations that may affect the course of the exercise	Written note/email	Consultant
	Provide Tdh with weekly updates on progress and any concerning issues	Weekly update (written report)	Consultant

Reporting: The Consultant for the Baseline Survey shall report to the Child Protection Program Manager based in Nairobi.

Additional control and verification of deliverables will be done by the senior management within Tdh Dadaab Office. 

The Consultant will provide an update on a weekly basis with regards to progress, challenges encountered, support required and proposed solutions.

Qualifications and Competencies

The required background and experience for the Consultant is as follows:

• Master’s Degree in the Social Sciences (Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies) or related fields relevant for the assignment.


• At least 5 years of research and other relevant professional experience;


• Demonstrated experience with Human Rights Based Approach to Programming (HRBAP) and the principles of gender mainstreaming and promotion of gender equality


• Proven knowledge and skills on quantitative analysis


• Institutional knowledge of INGO (Preference in Child Protection Programming)


• Proven experience in writing analytical papers on children and gender issues


• Excellent facilitation and coordination skills and excellent analytical skills;

The specific competencies and qualifications required of the Consultant are as follows:

• Excellent knowledge of social political environment within Garissa County and North Eastern Counties.


• Excellent knowledge of the recent developments in the area of human rights in general and of children’s rights in particular in Kenya


• Proven ability to deliver quality reports/analysis and results in line with established deadlines;


• Proven experience of having participated previously in a Baseline Survey or a SitAn or similar analytical work will be a Plus.


• Fluency in Somali language is a plus

How to Apply
Interested consultants should send an Expression of Interest (EOI) which should contain
technical and financial proposal. 

The technical proposal should include consultants understanding of the TORs, methodology, and work plan and activity schedule. 

A detailed CV of the consultant and a sample report should be included as annexes.

The financial report should include professional fees and other expenses required to undertake the study.

The Expression of interest should be emailed to: kenya@tdh.ch

Deadline: 6th April 2016