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HiH EA is a registered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Kenya with mandate to operate within the Eastern Africa Region and a member of the Hand in Hand Global Network. Her vision is to reduce poverty through enterprise development and job creation
Background to the Project
The IKEA Foundation funded project; Creating rural opportunities for women and youth through climate resilient entrepreneurship in Kenya, was implemented in four branch offices located in the following counties of Kenya: Embu, Homabay, Busia and Bomet.
HIH EA utilizes an integrated four step approach:
Step 1. Social mobilization and savings: Group formation is a crucial building block, creating mutual support. A total of 43,200 rural poor (of which 80% female; 40% youth) were targeted to be mobilized into groups of 10-20 members jointly trained on group dynamics, leadership and savings mobilization.
Step 2. Enterprise and climate resilient training: Business and financial management training, complemented by needs-based vocational skills training, was availed to members to establish/expand sustainable and resilient enterprises. Modules included the basics of business, bookkeeping, business registration, financial analysis and relevant skills training.
Climate resilient training sensitizes on basic climate change science and scenarios, and promotes environmentally friendly practices at business and household levels, as well as the creation of green businesses. Individuals learnt adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change. Adaptive measures included crop diversification; drought-resistant crops; irrigation and rain harvesting. Mitigation measures included economical use of resources; eco-friendly materials; tree planting to reduce soil erosion; facilitation of organic farming groups and cultivation; and promotion of renewable energy in cooking, lighting and other aspects of household and enterprise development.
Step 3. HiH EA facilitated linkages to government credit funds with formal partnership agreements. 50% of members were targeted to access HiH’s Enterprise Incubation Fund (EIF), which aims to expand members’ access to catalytic business capital. Micro-loan of up to US$100 was availed at an affordable interest rate to eligible members (12-month loan term), after which they transitioned to Micro-Finance Institutions or regular banks
Step 4. Linking of entrepreneurs to markets: HiH EA supported members to improve the value, quality, competitiveness and resilience of products/services. HiH EA aimed to create market linkages and community structures that were to remain beyond exit, such as the formation of associations and cooperatives to aggregate production, increase quality and improve access to investments, technology/inputs, markets and value chains.
Climate Resilient Entrepreneurship Club Component. Separate from the program described above, HiH EA targeted 4,800 primary and secondary school students between the ages of 12-17. Students were to be enrolled in extra-curricular climate resilient entrepreneurship clubs that complemented the Kenyan education curriculum with a forward-thinking, interactive and market-based teaching element. The clubs aimed to i) encourage students to explore new opportunities and consider the potential of rural self-employment, ii) sensitize students on issues of climate change and raise awareness on adaptation practices, and iii) increase leadership skills and self-confidence. Ultimately, the clubs aimed to pave a productive way out of poverty for upcoming youth.
The assignment
Objective and Scope
To carry out an End Term review of the project as described above and outlined in the program logframe to:
Methodology
Applicants should outline suggested methodologies for answering the evaluation questions below which incorporate quantitative, qualitative primary and secondary research methodologies. Currently, the program team has a Management Information System which contains relevant data related to some of the program output indicators. We expect the evaluators to validate the data that we have collected to report on our results.
There are outcome and output indicators that will require primary data collection. We expect the evaluators to build on some of our existing data collection tools to carry out this data collection.
Deliverables
End Term Evaluation core areas of enquiry and questions
Outputs and Outcomes
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Relevance
Target groups:
Relevance of programme activities:
Training
Sustainability
Impact
Gender and Youth
Audience
This evaluation will be shared with the IKEA Foundation. It will also be published externally on the HiH EA and HiHI website and shared with key partners. The report will also be used to improve future program implementation.
Submitting Proposals
HiH EA and HiH I are requesting the consultants to submit proposals to respond to this Terms of Reference outlined above. We expect the consultancy firm or consultant to demonstrate the skills and experience outlined below (or equivalent):
The proposal should include the following:
Electronic submission of proposals will be made to HIH EA through the procurement email address: procurement@handinhandea.org by 19th December 2019 at 18:00 hours EAT. The lead consultant is asked to tender a proposal document of no more than 5 pages.
Suggested End Term evaluation timeframe:
This timeline may be subject to minor change with the successful evaluator applicant. However, the final report for the ETR must be submitted no later than 20th March 2020
Budget and Payment
The consultancy firm will provide a budget summary splitting the consultant’s fees and expenses. The terms of payment will be negotiated with the firm upon signature of the contract.
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