Training young community facilitators and schoolteachers on “Narrative Theatre Approach” for Peacebuilding

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A LOCAL CONSULTANT

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International Alert (Alert) is an international organization headquartered in the United Kingdom that works to build peace by working with local civil society organizations through research, advocacy, capacity building, inclusive dialogue, and political and civic participation. In partnership with ARCT Ruhuka, International Alert is implementing a four years and nine months USAID funded Dufatanye Urumuri (Light) Project.

The purpose of the USAID Dufatanye Urumuri (Light) Activity aims to improve unity, resilience, and social cohesion efforts in collaboration with other stakeholders and partners at national and local levels. Using a combination of dialogue, media involvement, joint economic activities, and psycho-social support in 30 districts of Rwanda.

This project engages key actors including local leaders, teachers, FBOs to conduct dialogue on promoting unity and resilience. The project particularly targets youth (boys and girls) through dialogue, art for peace (narrative theatre), and media as a way of promoting a positive and peaceful vision of the future as they engage in community level discussions on historical legacies and conflict sensitive development using critical thinking approach.

In this regard international Alert is planning to hire a local consultant to conduct a training on “Narrative Theater Approach” for 120 community facilitators and 60 school facilitators. The training will be done in two rounds, one in the period from August to September 2023 and the second round from April to September 2024.

Purpose of the consultancy and objectives

These training sessions aim to equip community youth facilitators and school facilitators with skills to strengthen the social fabric among youth in the targeted communities and schools by stimulating creative problem solving and lessen the effects historical legacies of the country’s bad history and contemporary issues.

Specifically, this assignment has the following objectives:

• To equip youth forum group facilitators with knowledge and skills on Narrative Theatre approach for peacebuilding
• Assist trainees in crafting unity-oriented contextualized drama scripts via a virtual world where characters “come alive” to animate their stories.
• Youth facilitators (performers) would understand well how to speak directly to the audience to tell a story, give message of peace and constructively advocating for challenges on unity and contemporary issues.

Methodology

The methodology should allow interactions and active participation of trainees using various methods which are capable to gauge the knowledge and skills of participants before and after the training, keep participants active, engaged, motivated, and stimulate everyone while emotionally connected to the task and put them in the driver’s seat. Furthermore, the methodology should allow self-direction of participants, arouse the responsiveness on subjects presented, experience sharing while offering opportunities for practical performance by participants.

Responsibilities of the consultant (key activities) and deliverables

International Alert is seeking a consultant to perform the following activities:

• Development of a Training Guide (Manual) in both English and Kinyarwanda language and power points presentations deemed to be used during training.
• Development and submission of inception report with a well-documented and detailed methodology 2 days after the signing of contract
• Conduct a 3-day training for 120 youth forum facilitators and 60 school facilitators.
• Submit the training report of youth facilitators and school facilitators separately describing participants’ experience of the training and analysis of their performance, and recommendations on the way forward.

Profile of the consultant

Below are the specific skills and competencies expected from the consultants:

• Language preference – fluent in Kinyarwanda and English (oral and written), knowledge of French is an added value.
• Bachelor’s degree in education, creative arts, social work, psychology, development studies, peace and conflict transformation with at least 5 years of professional proven experience working and supporting in social healing, social cohesion or peacebuilding in general. Master’s degree in any of the above domain is an added value.
• Hold a professional certificate in Narrative Theater Approach with at least 5 years practical experience in facilitating youth trainings on Narrative Theater in peacebuilding domain.
• Specialized knowledge/experience in youth-centered peacebuilding initiatives. 

Schedule of the assignment

This consultancy is expected to be completed within 12 months starting from approval day of contract, with consideration of training periods of August -September 2023 and April-May 2024 for both community and school facilitators.

How to apply?

If you have the credentials (above) and interested in taking on this assignment, please send your motivation letter, CV, technical and financial offers to Rwanda@international-alert.org by 5pm Monday 24^th July 2023