Recruitment of A Consultant Firm to Conduct A Baseline Study for Uburumbuke Iwacu Project
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Call For Proposals Submission
Background
Introduction
SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is seeking proposals from consultancy firms to conduct a baseline study for Uburumbuke Iwacu Project, a new project whose aim is to tackle the root causes of predominant problems against children wellbeing in the location of Nyamiyaga Sector, Gicumbi District, Northern Province of Rwanda. Terms of Reference are attached to this call for proposals.
The main purpose of the baseline study is to provide further insights into the social and economic conditions of the families, the capacity of existing community-based structures and to provide the actual starting values for the indicators of the impact matrix with regard to the selected beneficiaries.
The baseline survey will be based on the following three project subgoals:
• To assess the livelihoods and economic capacity of vulnerable families;
• To assess the capacities of caregivers and community-based structures to support vulnerable children and families;
• To assess the capacities of Governmental and non-governmental structures in Nyamiyaga sector to prevent child separation and to ensure that children's rights are respected.


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Expected outcomes and scope of assignment
In this respect, deliverables of the baseline will assess:
1. The livelihood and economic capacity of vulnerable families in Nyamiyaga sector (including agricultural production, food security and nutrition, source of family income, suitable areas for the realization of business ideas of beneficiaries, health status, children’s education, parents and youth employability, hygiene and sanitation, environmental protection, promising vocation training opportunities in this area).
2. The parenting skills of caregivers and community-based structures (their level of understanding parenting skills and child’s rights, their gaps in parenting skills, the challenges in meeting children’s rights, their best practices in parenting skills (including conflict resolution skills).
3. The capacities of community-based structures to support vulnerable children and families (the existence of community-based structures, how they operate, how they advocate for children and collaborate with existing services in the community, their level of understanding parenting skills, their gaps as structures and how they disseminate the parenting skills and monitor vulnerable children and families in the community, and their best practices as structures).
4. The capacities of Governmental and non-governmental structures at the district level to ensure that children's rights are respected (the existence of Governmental and non-governmental structures, how they identify children’s needs and respond to the rights of vulnerable children, their challenges in meeting the children’s rights, how they respond to advocated needs of children and how they collaborate with existing services, their strategies in meeting the children’s rights and monitoring vulnerable children’s rights in the community and their best practices as structures).


• Interested consultancy firms may obtain more details in terms of references (free of charge) by sending an e-mail to “sos.procurement@sos-rwanda.org” requesting terms of references. Any request for clarification will so addressed to the same e-mail.
• Well written proposals (technical and financial) both in English, must be sent in separate files to “sos.procurement@sos-rwanda.org “not later than 10/10/2022 at 3:00pm, local hours. Late submitted proposals shall not be considered.
Done at Kigali on 26/09/2022.
(Se)
Jean Bosco Kwizera
National Director
SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda