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  • Posted: Apr 22, 2022
    Deadline: May 2, 2022
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    The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, not-for-profit international development agency, which was founded in 1967 by Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV. AKF seeks to provide long-term solutions to problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy and ill health in the poorest parts of South and Central Asia, Eastern and Western Africa, and the Middle East...
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    Call For Expression Of Interest-Coast Based CSO's

    Contextual project background.

    AKF has committed to working with and through likeminded CSOs in our geographies. The Foundation is currently in the process of scaling up its interventions in the Education Improvement Program and in the coming months, will be rolling out initiatives in Kilifi and Kwale counties. It is this breadth that AKF seeks partnership with Civil Society Organisations that work around Women empowerment, Gender Based Violence and Education to deliver both Value Based Education and, facilitate the process of HCD.

    The design of this partnership will be one where AKF firsts builds the capacity of successful CSOs in Value Based Education and HCD approach before jointly developing a pool of competent facilitators capable of rolling the same to target teachers and educators.

    While this is not a grant opportunity, CSOs that will successfully demonstrate ability to cascade both Value based Education and HCD process will be contracted to provide training services and manage training related logistics at agreeable service charge.

    Overall, the basis of this initiative is as described under the Foundation for learning Project which seeks to reduce gender and social barriers to the utilization and uptake of education and other sustainable development services in targeted counties. AKF will thus be working with the identified CSOs to provide Gender-responsive professional development to primary school educators and pedagogical leaders. Working with the identified CSOs, AKF through this project will:

    • Deliver Value Based Education (VBE) course (3 modules) to primary school teachers and school leadership in project schools
    • Deliver gender-responsive play-based learning module to all primary school teachers in project schools
    • Deliver the Value Based Education (VBE) Master Facilitator Course to teachers who have demonstrated aptitude and application of the VBE principles
    • Design and deliver the Gender Responsive, play based Pedagogies Champion course to teachers who have demonstrated aptitude and application of the Gender Responsive Play Based (GRPB) principles
    • In addition, AKF through this project will support the establishment of professional networks and gender responsive peer-to-peer support platforms for primary educators and school leaders through:
    • Conducting Human Cantered Design (HCD) process with pedagogical leaders and teachers to determine how teacher owned networks of learning could function at the intra-school and interschool levels
    • Providing budgetary support to enable cost-effective delivery of community of learning networks
    • Disburse funds to government officials via investment mechanism to enable them to conduct high quality support visits to all schools in their jurisdictions
    • Support the establishment and implementation of Education information application to inform planning and learning improvements.
    • Further, the project will will work with the CSOs and other contacted professionals to provide targeted institutional strengthening to government departments in target counties.

    Purpose of the expression of interest.

    By responding to this Call for Expression of Interest (EOI), eligible Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are encouraged to apply. Specifically, AKF will work with the successful organisations to embrace VBE and HCD processes at the institutional levels before embarking on rolling out the same in targeted communities. This will entail going through both the VBE and HCD processes as organisations and, agreeing on joint plans for training and logistical management.

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    Organization particulars (1 page)

    Address, locations, and point of contact information; including the specific location of operations and how they relate to target areas.

    • Ownership/Type of Entity
    • Description of the organization and its main activities (history of operation, milestones)
    • Management Team
    • Targeted geography (ies)

    Organizations wishing to apply should meet the following criteria:

    • Be registered in Kenya.
    • Previous and/or current interventions in the target counties for this initiative.
    • Demonstrated experience in delivery of supporting targeted gender training and programmes in Kenya.
    • Institutional capacity for delivery of the technical support.
    • Demonstrates value for money.

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