Somalia: Terms of Reference to Conduct a Child Protection in Emergency Rapid Assessment in Somaliland

Background

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Since July 2015, Save the Children Somalia /Somaliland (SCSOM) has been implementing an emergency response in the drought-affected areas of Awdal and Waqool Galbeed regions of Somaliland. In 2015, SCSOM was the first organization to raise the alarm and to respond to the drought by addressing the food security, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and primary health needs of the most affected populations. With the worsening situation of drought conditions, SCSOM is implementing an emergency child protection project, which aims to undertake a range of child protection interventions focusing on essential front line services that are critical to the physical survival and psycho-social well-being of children affected by the drought.

This was also coupled with a Tropical Storm Sagar made landfall on the Western edge of the Somaliland coastline on 19^th May near Lughaya district in Awdal Region. The storm, which originated from the Gulf of Aden on May 15^th brought with it heavy rainfall of 200-300mm an hour, strong wind with speeds of up to 120km per hour and flash floods. The Storm system had a radius of approximately 300km resulting in extensive damage in coastal towns of Somaliland. The Tropical Storm has resulted in the loss of lives, crops and livestock as well as destruction of property and infrastructure. The coastal regions of Awdal are some of the most vulnerable in the country remaining in IPC 4 and having not seen rainfall for five successive seasons.

In the ongoing assessments, child protection has not been prioritised. From the description of the situation above, and as has been the case in emergency situations, children are exposed to serious protection issues.

Assessment of these child protection needs will help the programme, other humanitarian agencies and the governments of the respective beneficiary region to plan and effectively respond to the needs of the affected children. The assessment will further enable SC to understand the present situation of children’s rights, the nature of violations or denials of rights, the degree of vulnerability, trends and scale.

This assessment is therefore a fact-finding and identification assessment in search of needs and potential areas of intervention for SC. The assessment will also elucidate any existing interventions and major gaps that need to be addressed.

Objectives of the Child Protection Rapid Assessment

The main objective of this rapid assessment is to determine the scale of the needs and protection risks for children affected by the drought in Awdal and Marijeeh regions, and to determine the needs and appropriate response within the communities.

Specific Objectives

1. To identify immediate, short and medium-term protection needs of the affect populations.

2. To gather data and information that will enable child protection actors and the government to have a better understanding of the protection risks for children in the aftermath of the drought

3. To provide detailed recommendations for coordinated and effective response by SCSOM and other relevant actors.

The Scope of the Assessment

To achieve the above listed objectives, the assessment will entail gathering information on child protection issues related to the impact of the ongoing drought from selected target in Awdel Region.

The consultant will train on data collectors with the tools and methodology and will be responsible for the overall supervision and technical backstopping of the data collectors. The consultant will also be responsible for producing the final technical report of the assessment. In addition, s/heThe Supervisors on the other hand will be required to induct the data collectors on the interpretation and application of the tools, as well as lead in actual data collection in their respective areas.

The proposed districts to be visited, the proposed time frame and the structure of the will be agreed in the inception report.

Methodology

The Interagency Child Protection Toolkit will be adapted for this study. The tool will be discussed with the technical team to create a common understanding. The consultant will be required to come up with other most suitable methods for data collection based on the different contexts of the selected sites. Some of the proposed methods will include but not limited to the following;

§ Site visits and observation

§ FGDs and Interviews with children, parents, camp officials, community representatives etc

§ Meetings/discussions with the local and international organizations

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables:

· A technical report outlining the risks facing IDP children in the camps, key protection needs and their scale, trends since January; analysis of the key issues for children, which categories of children are affected (sex, age breakdown, disability), any clan dimension etc.

· An indicative list of proposed programming priorities in the visited camps

· Existing interventions by other actors and gaps

· Key recommendations on how best SC can intervene in the crisis and recovery phases of the affected children

Specific Criteria Requirement

The consultant (s} is (are) required to have the following set of skills and competencies:

· University degree in social sciences or related technical field.

· At least 5 years progressive and professional experience in conducting assessments related child protection and humanitarian emergency

· Demonstrated experience in leading teams, training local staff in quantitative and qualitative data collection tools including entry template

· Demonstrated experience in designing survey methodology, data collection tools, processing and analysis of data.

· Strong organizational, analytical and reporting skills, presentation skills, attention to detail, ability to meet deadlines, and proficiency in SPSS or other statistical packages, Microsoft Office and qualitative data analysis software/tools.

· Experience and understanding of the Somaliland contexts

· Evidence of delivering on similar assignments

· Demonstrated ability to produce compelling, concise and high-quality reports.

· Excellent verbal and written communication in English required.

· Knowledge of Save the Children and relevant actors in the CP field

Duration of CPRAexercise The assessment is expected to be completed within 18 days. This will include travel days, training, actual data collection and compilation of the information.

Candidates interested in the position will be expected to provide the following documentation to save the children’s somaliland.procurement@savethechildren.org latest on Wednesday17^th October 2018 -

• Cover letter
• Detailed technical proposal to ToR, with specific focus addressing the scope of work, methodology to be used and key selection criteria
• CV(s) of consultant(s) with minimum of 3 traceable and recent references and/or Company’s profile (Firms Only)
• Detailed financial proposal based on expected daily rates
• Initial work plan and availability of the consultant
• Sample report of the same activity previously done Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.