INTRODUCTION

A medical humanitarian non-governmental organization (NGO) governed by Swiss law; Médecins du Monde Switzerland (MdM-CH) works to sustainably restore access to healthcare for excluded people. It has been present in Cameroon since 2013 and implements several projects, around three (03) main thematic axes: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Prevention and Management of Violence and Paediatric Palliative Care.

Since March 2023, MdM-CH has been implementing the third phase of a three (3) year project entitled "Strengthening the protection of vulnerable populations in the North-West and West regions of Cameroon", which aims to contribute to the reduction of violence and the optimization of victims' access to integrated victim care services in the North-West and West regions of Cameroon. To this end, like all the organization's interventions, this project is part of a dynamic combining institutional anchoring to facilitate the development of service provision and community anchoring to improve demand, all to reduce exclusion and move towards universal access to care. The effects on development are in line with the United Nations MDGs 3, 5 and 16. To alleviate the difficulties of access to care for victims of GBV, the project will provide free holistic care for victims in hospitals in the North-West region (Bamenda and Santa) and the West region (Bafoussam and Mbouda), with a particular focus on men and boys who are victims of violence. It also includes the implementation of a communication strategy on violence against boys/men, in order to bring about a paradigm shift and promote access to the various services that will be put in place. Médecins du Monde Switzerland is looking for an individual consultant or a team of consultants to carry out a preliminary participatory community diagnosis on the perception of violence against children in schools in 4 target elementary school in the town of Bamenda, accompanied by 3 anthropological monitoring surveys. The aim is to initiate actions that take account of the realities/context, and to ensure that communities identify with and commit to the actions to be carried out.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this consultancy is to contribute to improving the fight against violence against children in schools through:

-        Carrying out a participatory community diagnosis in 04 target primary school in the town of Bamenda on the perception of violence against children and in the school environment.

-        Support for the development of an action plan to improve knowledge of violence against children in schools in the 0 schools.

-        The implementation of 3 monitoring surveys to follow up on the various study resolutions and recommendations.

Specifically, this will involve:

-        Enable communities (including children) to identify the various forms of violence perpetrated against children at school. 

-        Support communities in analysing the socio-anthropological determinants of the violence they have identified.

-        Analyse the different ways in which cases of school violence are managed at both community and institutional levels.

-        Help communities propose solutions to combat violence against children in schools.

-        Conduct 3 monitoring surveys and evaluation mission.

EXPECTED RESULTS

The expected results of this consultation will include:

-        A participatory community diagnostic mission on the perception of violence against children and in schools in 4 elementary school in the town of Bamenda.

-        An action plan to improve knowledge of violence against children in schools is available.

-        Implementation of 3 monitoring surveys.

MISSION SITE

The participatory community diagnoses and 3 monitoring surveys will take place in Bamenda, North West Region.

DELIVERABLES

The selected consultant will provide the following deliverables:

-        A report detailing the planning and execution of the community participatory diagnosis, focusing on methodology, results and recommendations.

-        A work plan for the 4 target schools

-        Monitoring mission reports

All reports, notes and minutes drawn up for this consultancy must be written in French, with a summary in English. Documents should be submitted mainly in Word format. Some files may be submitted in Excel for easier reading and use.

DURATION OF THE MISSION

The consultancy is spread over a maximum period of thirty-five (35) days for the community participatory diagnosis and a maximum of ten (10 days) for each monitoring mission from the date of signature of the contract.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

-        Individual consultant or team of consultants.

-        Mandatory for the lead consultant: University degree (minimum Master's) in social sciences (anthropology, sociology)/

-        Mandatory for the lead consultant: Completion as lead consultant of two (02) socio-anthropological studies commissioned by an international organization (proof of successful completion to be provided).  

-        Have carried out at least one (01) similar assignment for the principal consultant and provide proof of this. 

-        Proven expertise in the field of GBV, with at least 03 years' experience in conducting studies, developing policies/strategies, etc. for the associate consultant (if applicable).

-        Knowledge of the desired context in the North West Region (Bamenda).

-        Knowledge of the GBV context in the North West Region (Bamenda), particularly in schools.

-        Knowledge of vulnerable populations and internally displaced persons is highly desirable.

-        Experience working with children from diverse cultural backgrounds.

-        Experience in workshop facilitation, training, monitoring and evaluation.

-        In addition to the conditions listed above, each candidate must satisfy the administrative formalities required to practice his/her profession in Cameroon.

APPLICATION FILE

Consultants invited to tender must provide the following information to the email address recrutement.cameroun@medecinsdumonde.ch with project-manager.cameroun@medecinsdumonde.ch in copy, specifying in the subject line “Participatory Diagnosis in 4 primary schools in Bamenda 2023-2025.”

-        The Technical Proposal including:

·       A technical approach for the execution of the missions (participatory community diagnosis and monitoring missions) containing the methodology to be used to achieve the mission objectives.

·       The provisional intervention schedule, including availability.

·       References, including proof of execution of similar consultancies.

·       CV of consultant(s)

·       A financial proposal including the total budget including VAT (If applicable), with details of the budget.

The deadline for receipt of application files is the Saturday 15^th July, 2023 5:00 PM local time.