TERMS OF REFERENCE
Multi-Sector Needs Assessment in Nairobi
Location: Kenya
Duration: 10 days
Start Date: 18th December 2023
Critical interface: Country Office Program Quality, Learning and Accountability Manager
Consultancy type: International/ Local
Travel: Travel required for this consultancy
HIAS KENYA
HIAS protects and supports refugees to build new lives and reunite with family members in safety and freedom. HIAS Kenya integrates best practices based on international standards with a focus on community-based protection and empowerment. HIAS advocates and promotes durable solutions for refugees, including local integration, safe and voluntary repatriation, and third-country resettlement. HIAS operation in Kenya was established in 2002 with the mission to serve the most vulnerable refugees through our key signature programs: Gender and Gender Based Violence-G&GBV (which includes LGBTQII+), Legal Protection (Resettlement and Child protection Safe housing and Transit Centre departments), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), and Economic Inclusion and localization?
Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (CB-MHPSS)
Refugees and forcibly displaced people face adversity and extreme stressors, including losing loved ones, violence, and disruptions to daily life. HIAS community-based mental health programs train community members to recognize acute psychological and emotional distress in children and adults due to crisis and how to respond with empathy and respect. HIAS team of psychologists, social workers, and community outreach workers collaborate with refugees to implement culturally appropriate interventions, activities, and community-based support systems. HIAS Kenya supports the development and empowerment of community support and peer groups, facilitating opportunities for connection in a safe environment and ensuring access to mental health and psychosocial support by training on Psychological First Aid and Problem Management Plus and how to conduct psychoeducation sessions with communities.
Legal Protection
HIAS creates partnerships to protect the rights of refugees and promotes community-based protection by educating refugees and empowering them to speak up for their rights. Additionally, HIAS advocates for favorable policies and legislation for refugees. HIAS also engages in stakeholder coordination and capacity-building activities to advance refugee protection at the policy level. Partners include refugee community leaders, refugee organizations, civil society groups, government agencies, UNHCR, hospitals, schools, universities, lawyers, and other professionals. This coordination and capacity building allows HIAS to refer clients to needed services and training; build capacity in the sector on refugee rights; develop joint initiatives to advance policy change to increase refugee protection; and, as appropriate, support strategic litigation by other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to advance refugee rights. As part of its legal protection work, HIAS also partners with local NGOs, resettlement country governments, and UNHCR to ensure the integrity of the refugee resettlement system and to advocate and promote durable solutions such as local integration, safe and voluntary repatriation, and resettlement.
Safe House and Transit Center
HIAS maintains a safe house for at-risk urban refugees with heightened security concerns. Residents are provided with meals, non-food items, and access to appropriate medical, legal, and psychosocial assistance. HIAS also offers temporary accommodation to new arrivals and refugees with heightened security concerns at the transit center, pending travel to the camps or integration into the community.
Child Protection
HIAS is responsible for the case management of unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) registered with UNHCR in Nairobi. We coordinate with other partners to identify children at risk, either UASC or children within family units. HIAS also convenes monthly Best Interest Determination panel meetings.
Gender & Gender-Based Violence (G&GBV) Prevention and Response
Women, girls, and LGBTQI individuals are disproportionately affected by forced displacement. The needs and the voices of survivors drive HIAS GBV services. Our GBV programming helps forcibly displaced women, girls, and LGBTQI individuals pursue their potential, free from violence and gender-related oppression. HIAS Gender and GBV program in Kenya focuses on building solid and responsive pathways for survivors to access medical, mental health, and legal services. The program works to break the gendered cycle of vulnerability and violence for women and girls by strengthening community response and protection units, developing of prevention models that seek to transform men and boys into allies, and empowering women and girls. Working closely with the local community, HIAS uses an array of strategic interventions to enhance the quality of care for survivors of GBV, including providing financial assistance, mental health and psychosocial counseling, therapy groups, and accessible and comprehensive health services. HIAS coordinates the GBV working group that is co-chaired by UNHCR, a collaboration that includes the collection of data and data management of GBV cases.
Economic Inclusion
HIAS Kenya has created programs that promote resilience using proven sustainable models, such as the scalable social and economic support program, and household economic strengthening models, such as the Graduation Model Approach, which provides cash assistance, seed capital, access to savings, and vocational and technical training (TVETs), and intensive coaching. HIAS Kenya also works on capacity building of community-based organizations; savings matches for entrepreneur women and girls; promotion of savings groups in refugee communities; and creating safe community spaces for peer mentorship and networking for girls.
Localization
HIAS Kenya has experience in implementing community-based protection activities for refugee and host communities. This experience is rooted in building equal partnerships with local and national organizations to protect and support refugees in building new lives in the country of asylum. This is done through localization practices. HIAS conceives localization as a process where the capacities and comparative advantages that HIAS as an international non-governmental organization and local actors bring to humanitarian response is leveraged in a synergistic and mutually supportive manner to strengthen the delivery of humanitarian assistance to refugees. Hence, HIAS has undertaken activities to strengthen the capacity of these local organizations to respond to the needs of refugees and has supported inclusion and meaningful participation of refugees in humanitarian programming.
Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK)
The Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) established in 1998 to respond to an increasingly complex and deteriorating refugee situation in Kenya, the Great Lakes, and the Horn of African Region. The organizations purpose has evolved over time since its establishment but has remained relevant for the displaced and host populations.
Since 1998, the organization has influenced government, partners, and donors to invest in changing social attitudes and norms, policies, laws, and public opinion with the aim of protecting and promoting the well-being, voice, and dignity of displaced and host populations.
We aim at attaining our mission through strategic programmatic pillars of legal aid and governance; peace and social justice; women and girls empowerment; mental health and psychosocial support; and organization development. We have also invested in delivery pathways with wide-range strategic approaches including advocacy and thought leadership; innovation and learning; capacity building and support; partnerships and localization; and strategic communication to realize our overall organizational goal.
Legal Aid and Governance
During the next five years, we will build on the success of the legal aid programme which has become the hallmark of our organization in advising and representing the displaced populations on legal matters related to their welfare and rights. Particularly, we will advocate for the development and implementation of the displaced and host population-inclusive laws, policies, and systems to guarantee their rights across all sectors, tracking implementation and holding actors to account. Specifically, we will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the Refugee Act 2021 and the development of the requisite regulations. We will ensure that the policies, plans, and budgets enacted at the county, country, and regional levels respond to the needs of the displaced and host populations. We will ensure that our partnership with the institutions responsible for the administration of justice and governance is strong while at the same time seeking efforts at Alternative Dispute Resolution. We will ensure that our advocacy efforts are evidence-based through research, knowledge management, and learning. Particularly, we will enhance our legal support to community institutions and broaden our legal services through venturing into areas such as paralegals and the engagement of pro-bono advocates. As part of our capacity-building efforts, we will organize legal practitioners training, and continue to institutionalize internships for young graduates to create a community of legal practice in Kenya. In addition, we will strengthen legislation work with County Assembly and National Assembly to ensure inclusive governance for the displaced populations. We will conduct internal legal aid and mobile clinics, provide legal advice, and organize stakeholder forums on various laws as part of our legal information drive. We will share education materials as we set up community forums and legal information hubs.
Women And Girls Empowerment
In terms of Women and girls, we will endeavor to promote positive attitudes and behaviour toward women and girls, ensuring their contribution is valued and are treated fairly and with respect. We will challenge violence, abuse, and neglect and will expose the risks of violence, abuse, and neglect women and girls face. We will be keen to ensure no women or girl is left behind, especially women and girls with disability and the most vulnerable. We will take a stand against the discrimination against women and girls. Particularly, we will engage all stakeholders including duty bearers, the wider community, women, and girls themselves to ensure immediate action. We will support the economic empowerment of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) survivors, skilling of survivors in relevant trades, and provide support to Brand Ambassadors and refugee women in leadership. We will support Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) activities, especially Menstrual Health Management (MHM)/Menstrual Health Hygiene (MHH), and sex education at the county and national levels.
Our capacity building will target community elders, law enforcers, partners, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs), etc. to be able to prevent and respond against FGM and early marriages. We will create awareness and education through radio talk shows, campaigns, and the provision of materials on SGBV. Building on the good partnership that we have developed with the institutions involved in the administration of justice, we will provide technical support to courts, police, SGBV survivors, gender desk, and child support units. We will partner with other organizations to establish a Toll-free line on SGBV and campaign around body positivity targeting schools. We will advocate against SGBV and harmful cultural practices. We will document SGBV cases and champion the elimination of FGM amongst the displaced and host communities.
Peace and Social Justice
In terms of Peaceful co-existence, we will promote peace and equitable coexistence as part of our peace and social justice efforts. We will support efforts aimed at civic education and awareness creation, mediation, and conflict resolution, and establish paralegal schemes. We will strengthen and support community peace structures with more focus on youth-driven and owned peace initiatives, including peace ambassadors and women for peace. Our capacity building will include promoting new skills and approaches in peacebuilding by organizing peace training with a focus on an alternative justice system. We will organize leadership training as we monitor and promote county legislation on peace issues. All these efforts will be aimed at ensuring a strong partnership for peaceful coexistence. We will conduct research on conflict and mediation, organize media engagement and convene meetings as part of our thought leadership.
RCKs core mandate is the provision of legal aid services to refugees, engaging in advocacy for policy change and development of legislation in line with international instruments and standards on management of refugees and other forced migrants, and through research and information dissemination for awareness-raising on the plight and rights of refugees in Kenya and the East African region.
ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT
In view of the above HIAS Kenya and RCK intends to conduct a multi sector needs assessment to propose intervention modalities in line with the needs, realities and access context, preferences and capacities of the refugees and the host communities in Nairobi.
During the needs analysis phase, particular attention will be paid to the protection and gender dimensions, which will be integrated in a cross-cutting manner (analyzed across all sectors) in the intervention strategy and implementation methods. Equally, the needs analysis will also be particularly attentive to the environmental aspects and the impact of the foreseen activities on the environment.
The primary objective of this assessment exercise is to identify, map and analyze the overall humanitarian needs of refugees and asylum seekers in Nairobi. Secondly, it is intended to provide an analytical insight into where different needs lie and to what extent, so that relevant program areas of HIAS and RCK can add value, prioritize, plan and respond.
The specific objectives are:
The methodology used to carry out the needs assessment will be rooted in a mixed methodology, combining the collection of both qualitative and quantitative data through a cross-sectional study design. The study aims to target 200 respondents (140 HH & 40 FGDS and 10 KII) on household quantitative surveys, Key Informant Interviews targeting local humanitarian Aid organizations operating in Nairobi, government departments and UNHCR and Focus Group Discussions with refugees in Nairobi. The sampling frame will be made up of refugees, asylum seekers and the host communities. To assess the environmental risks and impacts, the NEAT+ tool Rapid and simple project-level environmental screening for humanitarian operations will be used.
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, 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.
Consent will also be sought to share information gathered from the needs assessment with partners.
KEY PRIORITIES /AREAS OF INTEREST FOR DATA COLLECTION
The assessment will be centered around the core humanitarian competencies of HIAS and RCK to maintain relevance with HIAS and RCKs overall program policies. 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:
Overall, all data collected, and the needs identified should be analyzed according to gender, age, disability, and household status (refugees, asylum seekers and host communities etc.) and should include data on the following elements:
and
Joint Responsibilities
10. PowerPoint presentation: Describing the assessment process, results, and recommendations. The findings will be presented in a validation meeting with key staff and stakeholders.
11. Summary Report of findings (3-5 pages).
The work is expected to be completed in 10 days commencing on December 18, 2023.
SCHEDULE
ODK/Kobo tools, if applicable.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS
The consulting firm/individual interested are expected to provide following documentation:
SUBMISSION
All applications should be addressed to HIAS Kenya on or before December 13, 2023, referencing multi-sector survey in Kenya in the subject of the link.
AI: Hello human, I am a GPT powered AI chat bot. Ask me anything!