Professional Photographer, Writer and Video Maker at Integrity Action

Background

Integrity Action works with communities to promote integrity-based values and behaviours through collaborative problem solving, supported by an autonomous and transparent tech tool used by citizens to drive value for money and report the percentage of problems resolved to their satisfaction.

Our approach helps communities take ownership of local development projects and supports constructive engagement between citizens, the private sector and public officials to work together on improving the provision and performance of public services and infrastructures. Our mission is to empower citizens to act with and demand integrity, actively taking part in building institutions that are open, accountable and responsive to their needs and expectations. Our vision is for a just and equitable world, where citizens are empowered and integrity is central to vibrant societies.

In the past decade, Integrity Action have trained and supported citizens to voluntarily monitor services in their communities as a means to promote greater government accountability and responsiveness, ultimately improving services.

Our Community Monitors are people living in communities where projects are implemented and they come from all walks of life regardless of sex, age, gender, sexual orientation, background or economic status. They are selected by and from among their peers on the basis of their attitude and aptitude, and a commitment to integrity and the public welfare of their community.

Our final beneficiaries are women and men, boys and girls living in communities with extensive poverty, weak governance, and a high failure rate of development projects.

Elimu Bora project

Integrity Action in partnership with the National Taxpayers Association are implementing a Comic Relief funded project in three counties in Kenya on the use of School Report Cards (SRCs) in 100 schools. Parents and teachers were trained on how to use School Report Cards to monitor schools in their communities in order to improve school services and infrastructure. Our ultimate aim is to improve educational attainment of students. Findings will be shared and discussed with the Kenyan Ministry of Education, and will be used to advocate for increased financial support education as envisaged in the Basic Education Act 2013. The project will soon come to an end, with the National Launch of the School Report Cards report at the end of June 2017.

Deliverables

1. To visit some of the project locations (in Tana River, Taita Taveta ad Marsabit County) and interview stakeholders (project beneficiaries, parents, pupils, teachers, and others).

2. To attend the national launch of the SRCs report in Nairobi on 22 June 2017

3. To produce a portfolio of good quality,usable images which portray project activities and beneficiaries and are able to ‘tell a story’

4. To produce a minimum of 3 short videos which portray beneficiary voices and their view on the project

5. To produce a case study on the project which highlights personal stories, challenges, successes and learning from the project

Method, design and process

The consultant will closely collaborate with the Integrity Action and National Taxpayers Association staff members in charge of the project. Additionally, the following sources will be consulted:

· Project proposals and reports

· Interviews with IA staff

· Interviews with NTA staff