ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES
The primary objective of this assessment exercise is to identify, map and analyze the overall humanitarian needs in Kenya’s refugee camps. Secondly, it is intended to provide an analytical insight into where different needs lie and to what extent, so that relevant program areas of CARE Kenya can prioritize, plan and respond.
The specific objectives are:
To provide an empirical overview of the status and developments of humanitarian needs across Kenya’s refugee camps, especially regarding the accessibility to basic services.
To enable evidence-based engagement with the donors and partners in the humanitarian sector.
To feed and strengthen advocacy efforts.
To support better planning and implementation of emergency and longer-term programs by allocating scarce resources based on needs and community capacity.
METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLING
Assessment methodology will be mainly household quantitative surveys and to a lesser extent Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions in camps targeted for the exercises. The formula to calculate sample size per individual target camp is 95% Confidence level, 10% margin of error. The sampling frame will be made up of ‘People affected by displacement’ i.e. IDPs, Host Communities, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Returnees. The sampling formula will be applied exclusively to each camp and not to the aggregate population of the target camps.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
All questionnaires and interviews will open with a statement aimed at obtaining the consent of the interviewee(s). Potential respondents will be briefed about the purpose of the survey, the confidentiality and anonymity and that it is 100% voluntary. The interviewer will then expressly seek their consent to participate in the survey. Respondents who decline to participate will respectfully be left out.
KEY PRIORITIES /AREAS OF INTEREST FOR DATA COLLECTION
The assessment will be centered around the core humanitarian competencies of CARE in order to maintain relevance with CARE’s overall program policy. Below are key priorities for each of the competencies based on which data is to be collected.
The multisectoral needs assessment (MSA) should include data on:
the context of intervention and priority needs, preferences and capacities of people affected by the crisis;
the risks and vulnerabilities to which the population is exposed; and
analysis of possible responses.
Overall, all data collected, and the needs identified should be analyzed according to gender, age, disability, and household status (returnees, displaced persons, returnees, hosts, etc.) and should include data on the following elements:
Assess the humanitarian situation in the targeted localities, confirm the presence of displaced persons (IDPs/returnees, returnees), the situation of host families, and identify the different vulnerabilities suffered by the different categories of targeted populations, with their impacts on the different groups disaggregated by sex, gender, age and disability;
Assess the security situation (forced displacement, inter-communal conflicts, attacks by armed groups) as well as accessibility to areas of displacement and return, with the impact on different groups disaggregated by gender, age and disability;
Assess potential and observed protection problems in the targeted health areas, disaggregating the impact on different gender and age groups (identification of problems and victims), with a particular focus on the specific situation/vulnerability of women and girls; and
The sectors to be assessed under this MSA are as follows:
Food security: main food crops, proportion of food produced and obtained on local markets, proportion of food obtained through humanitarian distributions, size of cultivated plots, estimation of harvested quantities (no. of months of reserve) and of food stocks, mitigation measures and survival strategies adopted by the most vulnerable groups;
Nutrition: access thealth and nutrition services for vulnerable groups (children under five, pregnant/lactating women, elderly, people with disabilities and/or special needs);
Livelihoods: access tland and water for agricultural production, ownership of productive assets (means of production for agriculture (tools and seeds), livestock, processing, transport, etc.), main sources of income (in normal times) and alternative sources of income (other than agriculture), access temployment (most frequent activities, evolution of supply/demand on the labor market, evolution of the price of daily work), evolution of labor migration, evolution of the level of indebtedness;
WASH: access tsafe water in quantity and quality (sources of supply, drawing, transport, storage, use/consumption, food preparation, food and water conservation, hygiene, etc. ….);
Protection and gender (especially SGBV): main threats and violations of fundamental rights, access tessential protection services, endogenous measures tprevent conflicts and violence against people, existing community services and possible referrals; people most affected by the crisis, specific needs of each category of people (women, men, girls, boys, etc.), socio-economic interaction between different categories of people within the household and in the community, rates and instances of SGBV and existing care services; and
Health: access tessential and emergency health services, capacity of health care providers, status and gaps in health care facilities, response tcommunity and infectious diseases/epidemics, status and services for child and maternal health, and sexual and reproductive health.
CARE’s Responsibilities
Adherence to the contract terms and conditions
Oversight of the exercise
Develop jointly with the service provider assessment questions and refine indicators
Work with the service provider on the preparation of tools, selection of sampling and data gathering methodologies.
Sign-off technical plan/proposal
Sign-off tools before deployed for fieldwork
Participate in validation workshop to give feedback and endorse assessment findings
Assign a focal point that regularly liaises with the service provider
Expected Deliverables
Technical Proposal including work plan
Assessment indicators
Desk review report including the sources used
Data collection tools
Preliminary findings for initial review
Validation Workshop
Raw data for storage with CARE Kenya; including Maps of visited location, Mapping of other stakeholders/actors in the assessed locations; List of stakeholders (NGO representatives/staff, authorities etc.) contacted
Final report issued and provided in the result of which;
CARE Kenya team can identify community needs and priorities in targeted locations to be used as a basis for immediate response programs and strategy revision.
CARE Kenya obtains first-hand representative information on IDPs, Host Communities, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Returnees in targeted locations, that can be used for programming and advocacy efforts.
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
The deliverables will be approved by the CARE Country Office PQLA Manager. The consultant/firm will be expected to arrange and cover the costs of consultancy fee, field work and other logistics associated with the assignment. CARE Kenya will provide useful project documents that will inform this exercise.
DURATION OF WORK
The work is expected to be completed in 45 working days – the exact timing will depend on the final agreement with CARE Kenya.
QUALIFICATIONS
The consultancy firm/individual must be registered with all relevant authorities and specializes in conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
The consultancy firm/individual must have more than 7 years’ experience of conducting a variety of surveys in Kenya.
The consultancy firm/individual must demonstrate ability to lead experienced teams to conduct face-to-face interviews in Kenya.
The consultancy firm/individual has impeccable record of confidentiality and sensitivity and is able and willing to handle sensitive information, ensuring anonymity of respondents whilst safeguarding access to the raw data for partners stated in this Terms of Reference.
The consultancy firm/individual can demonstrate sound financial accountability.
The consultancy firm/individual is able to use to a high level data entry and data analyzing software such as CS Pro and SPSS, and can produce visual graphics from data, such as charts produced in Microsoft Excel. Experience in graphic design will be an advantage but is not required.
The consultancy firm/individual has a good track record of working with international organizations such as international NGOs or the UN in Kenya;
SCHEDULE
Inception Meeting with CARE Kenya
Inception report
Desk review of relevant project documents
Development, pre-testing and validation of the survey questionnaire
Finalization of assessment tools including scripting of questions on
ODK/Kobo tools, if applicable.
Data collection
Data analysis and preparation of the draft report
Validation of draft report
Final Report and PowerPoint presentation
All applications should be addressed to email: KEN.bids@care.org on or before 10th April 2022, referencing ‘*Multi-Sector Survey in Kenya*’ in the subject of the email.
Apply via :
KEN.bids@care.org