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1. BACKGROUND
1.1 Sense International Kenya
Sense International Kenya is part of Sense International, a global organization supporting children and adults with deafblindness and those with complex disabilities in Kenya, India, Bangladesh, Peru, Romania, Nepal, Uganda, and Tanzania. Sense International Kenya is the only organization in the country which works exclusively to help persons with deafblindness to connect with their families, and to the world around them. We work to ensure that persons with deafblindness have the emotional, health and educational support to become active and valued members of their communities.
1.2 The Project
Since October 2021, Sense International Kenya has been working on a three-year project in Kwale and Garissa Counties to implement the sensory screening and Early Intervention model. This is implemented in two county referral hospitals and two sub-county hospitals in Garissa and Kwale counties. Through this project, children under four years will know if they have a disability, and those found to have complex disabilities, including deafblindness, will be enrolled and supported through a comprehensive early intervention programme which will help improve their function, acquire activities of daily living and prepare them for enrolment in school.
The project adopts a multi-level approach to identifying infants with multi-sensory impairments, including deafblindness. This ranges from engaging Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) to raise awareness at community level and to conduct a risk factor screening using a risk factor screening questionnaire, to screening new-born babies in maternity wards and infants aged 0-4 years in immunisation clinics at health facilities. Currently Sense International Kenya implements a two-step screening process: the risk factor screening questionnaire (1st-step) followed by equipment screening for those identified with risk factors (2nd-step).
After the child is identified with a multi-sensory impairment or complex disability, (sensory) assessment reports are aligned with an appropriate and individualised Early Intervention programme that is implemented by the Occupational Therapists (OTs) at the four hospitals. The Early Intervention programme consists of weekly scheduled therapy visits at one of the four Early Intervention units and home-based therapy services. The OTs make regular home visits for each infant enrolled in the Early Intervention service to conduct periodic assessments of the infants’ intervention activities at home and to advise parents/carers on providing home-based therapy support as well as adapting their home environment to aid the mobility and independence of their child.
2. PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION
I. To assess the extent to which the project Outcomes and Milestone targets have been met by the end of the project through a wide-ranging consultation.
II. To measure the project against key assessment criteria of Relevance; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Sustainability; Impact (example questions below).
Relevance:
- To what extent were the activities undertaken relevant to the project objectives?
- Did the actions/activities undertaken respond to the needs of the target population?
- To what extent has the project contributed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
- To what extent has the project targeted, reached, and benefited the poorest and most marginalized?
Effectiveness
- Did the achievements meet the expected results of the project?
- To what extent has the project delivery provided Value for Money (VfM)?
Efficiency
- Has the project managed to obtain the expected results on time and within the budget available?
- Has the budget available been used efficiently?
Sustainability
- What strategies did the project implement to contribute to sustainability? Will the project activities be sustainable after the project ends?
Impact
- To what extent has the project built the capacity of organizations and people involved?
- What has been the impact on the target population (please include some individual examples)?
III. To document lessons learned, challenges encountered, and approaches used to mitigate these.
IV. To account to beneficiaries, partners and donors on the achievements and challenges.
V. To make recommendations for future projects and strategy (short-term, medium term, long-term), including priorities for potential future investment.
VI. The evaluation should cover the full duration of the project implementation.
3. PROPOSED METHODOLOGY
The evalution will consist of the following suggested components:
Analysis of documentation/literature review: For evidence of success, change, learning, barriers to implementation and access to services. This will include periodic project reports, donor reports, minutes from Steering Committee meetings, training reports and a sample of individual child development plans (IDPs). It will also include detailed monitoring data sets of both quantitative and qualitative information for analysis.
Key Informant Interviews for project staff: Initial meetings with the project team to explore issues and lessons learned relating to successes, challenges, and impact from a range of perspectives. It is expected that the project team will be involved throughout the review.
Fieldwork – Key Informant Interviews (KII) and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) for project stakeholders: Meeting with a number of key stakeholders in both Garissa and Kwale for Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions in order to gather evidence of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact of the project.
Data analysis and reporting: Analysis of the results will identify and provide evidence to key indicators as highlighted above, which should come together into a comprehensive and concise report, including an executive summary.
4. KEY DELIVERABLES
1. A set of tools to be used for the evaluation exercise, including KII guides, FGD guides.
2. A draft report with clear sections to culminate to a final report after feedback. Sections of the draft should at least contain the following sections:
- Contents page
- Abbreviations and acronyms page
- Executive summary (which can be made available to share separately).
- A short introduction to the project
- The evaluation methodology used.
- Findings of the evaluation against the key assessment criteria.
- Recommendations (short-term, medium-term, long-term).
- Conclusion
- Annexes (e.g., reference documents, itinerary, consultations etc.)
3. Final Report – not exceeding 25 pages (not inclusive of annexes).
4. Presentation to relevant Sense International Kenya staff and partners of the evaluation report.
5. TIMESCALES
The whole exercise will take 21 working days.
The table below indicates the total number of days available for the evaluation exercise
- Analysis of documentation, and drafting of tools - 4 days
- Briefing and field work - 8 days (4 in Garissa / 4 in Kwale)
- Analysis and report writing - 6 days
- Travel - 3 days
- Consultant working on first draft of the report - 2 days.
- Presentation of first draft to SIK team - 1 day
- Consultant working on final version - 2 days.
Total - 26 days
The Consultant, in liaison with Sense International Kenya, will develop a detailed work plan on the exercise, including start dates.
How to apply
Applicants should submit a technical proposal showing a clear understanding and interpretation of the assignment, a work plan and professional fees to be send to info@senseint-kenya.org on or before 13th August 2023, and include a not more than 2-page-CV and a 1 page cover letter clearly outlining the experience in project evaluations by the candidate(s). The application should highlight evidence of having performed similar tasks before.
Sense International Kenya is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women and persons with disabilities to apply.
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