Country: Kenya
Closing date: 27 Jul 2016
TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR FARMERS TRAINING, STRENGTHENING AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN GILGIL AND ELBURGON REGIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.**
1.Background
Build Africa is an award winning charity with 35 years of experience working in international development. For the rural communities we work with, education and livelihoods are key priorities, and we therefore aim to improve the quality of education children receive and increase the ability of families to secure a sustainable livelihood. Our education programme supports rural Kenyan and Ugandan children throughout their entire learning journey, from pre-primary and primary education into secondary school and into the working world. Our livelihoods programme complements this by working with adults to make sure they can earn a decent living, feed their families and support their children’s education.
Find Build Africa on http://www.build-africa.org for more information.
2.Consultancy purpose
Train, strengthen and capacity build 9 farmer networks in Gilgil and Elburgon regions onenvironmental conservation.**
3.Tasks, deliverables and timelines
The key tasks within this consultancy are to train and strengthen farmers in the Farmers Network Project (FNP) onenvironmental conservationas well as increase their capacity onenvironmental conservation which includes:**
i. Importance of reaffrorestation
ii. Importance of agro-forestry.
iii. Right trees to plant in agro-forestry in relation to community related livelihood activities particularly bee-keeping.
iv. Soil erosion and mitigation measures e.g contour farming/terracing/cover cropping.
v. Importance of and correct disposal of agro-chemical bottles.
vi. Availability of indigenous and exotic tree seedlings/seeds.
4.Budget
- The budget amount should be all inclusive
- Please note that fees for daily rates should be in line with previous work undertaken. References will be taken to ensure that good value for money is obtained for this study.
5.Skills and qualifications of consultant
We welcome applications from consultants who meet the following requirements:
Experience of training as in part 1 above.
Extensive knowledge and experience as in part 2.
Excellent communication skills (essential);
Experience of working in Kenya (essential).
How to apply:
1.Application process and timeline
To apply, please submit:
a proposal of how you would address the above needs and proposed deliverables in the Terms of Reference (maximum of four A4 pages)
a copy of your CV
a budget in Excel
Please submit all documents by midnight on 27th July by emailing to bak@build-africakenya.org closing date: 27th July midnight