Production of a photovoice report on the contribution of farmer groups in enhancing food security in Kenya and Ethiopia 31 views0 applications

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A. Introduction

Solidaridad is an international solution-oriented civil society organization working through regional expertise centers to transform markets to make them more sustainable and inclusive. Our network consists of seven regional expertise centers: Asia, East and Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America. In East and Central Africa, Solidaridad is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with country offices and programmes in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. We bring together supply chain players and engage them with innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes the benefit for all. We facilitate the strengthening of local capacity in developing countries, support the creation of enabling environments for economies to thrive, and improve market access.

B. Program Summary

Solidaridad, with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is implementing a food security program in Kenya and Ethiopia titled ACTING NOW FOR FOOD SECURITY AND RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS (ACTING NOW PROGRAM). The program has been running since 2023 and will end in 2025. In Kenya, the program intended to reach 70,000 smallholder farmers (of which 60% are women) from Kwale, Makueni, and Taita Taveta Counties. The program also intended to support 15 cooperatives and producer hubs that can deliver production and marketing services in the mentioned counties. In Ethiopia, the aim is to improve the resilience of 20,000 smallholder farmers (of which 60% are women) from Butajira in the Central Ethiopia Region, and 13 cooperatives and 2 farmer unions are supported to deliver production and marketing services.

C. Objective of the Assignment

To implement a participatory Photovoice process with smallholder farmers / farmer groups, and to produce a fully designed high-quality, print-ready report that answers the following learning questions through farmers’ photographs, captions and collective analysis:

  1. How do farmer groups help improve food availability, access, and stability for their members’ households?
  2. How does being active in farmer groups (formal/structured vs. informal) help members get better access to services like extension advice, weather/climate information, seeds/inputs, loans, or insurance?
  3. What do women farmers photograph and narrate about their roles, challenges, and gains in building household/cooperative resilience?

D. The Steps PhotoVoice Methodology

  • Participatory photography

Where farmer(s) take photographs that capture their current farming realities, integration of local food crops, livestock, regenerative practices being introduced, access to farm inputs/services, market linkages, and signs of resilience or change.

  • Captioning and storytelling

Each photograph is accompanied by the farmer(s) own caption, quote or short personal story that explicitly describes challenges faced before joining groups (e.g., low yields, high costs, poor market access), how farmer groups and new practices/technologies are making a difference, and what improved production, quality, income or food security means to their household and community.

  • Group discussion and analysis

Facilitated group sessions where farmers share photos, collectively reflect on common themes, identify shared successes and ongoing challenges, and co-create messages that directly answer the three learning questions.

  • Programme learning

The selected photos and stories are compiled into the Photovoice report to showcase transformation.

E. Key Deliverables

  1. Inception report (work plan, materials, ethical documentation)
  2. Interim field report (participant list, preliminary themes linked to the learning questions)
  3. A draft report for validation by farmers and Solidaridad.
  4. Final print-ready report
  5. Complete digital archive (raw photos, scanned notes, translations, consents).
  6. Short process evaluation report (how the three learning questions were answered and recommendations).

F. Scope of Work

The assignment will be carried out in Kenya (3 counties) and Central Ethiopia.

G. Timeline

Strictly 2 months (8 weeks) from contract signature to final delivery.

H. Qualifications and Experience Required

  • Demonstrated experience with smallholder agriculture in East Africa
  • The team should have graphic design and InDesign expertise with a portfolio of similar participatory reports.
  • Strong background in farmer-group development, regenerative practices and gender-sensitive rural research.

How to apply

  1. Submission of Expression of Interest (EOI)
  • Technical proposal (max. 8 pages) explicitly showing how the Photovoice methodology and the three learning questions will be addressed, team composition, and 2-month timeline management.
  • Financial proposal.

Complete applications should be submitted by email to [email protected] before or on 20.03.2026.

Address to:

Attn: Managing Director

Solidaridad Eastern and Central Africa Expertise Centre

EUROPA TOWER, LANTANA ROAD, WESTLANDS

P.O. Box 42234 – 00100 GPO

Nairobi

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Solidaridad

As a frontrunner in the area of sustainable economic development, Solidaridad seeks to create prosperity for everyone that respects both the people and the planet. With almost 50 years of experience, experts in the field and pragmatic collaboration with influential partners in and around the supply chain, Solidaridad develops smart solutions that bring lasting positive impact.

We envision a world in which all we produce, and all we consume, can sustain us while respecting the planet, each other and the next generations.We bring together supply chain actors and engage them in innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes the benefit for all.

Solidaridad initiates corporate social responsibility and fair trade to combat poverty worldwide.

Solidaridad is an international network organization with more than 20 years of experience in creating fair and sustainable supply chains from producer to consumer.

Solidaridad was launched in 1969 by the Catholic bishops as an advent campaign in aid of Latin America. In the 1970s, protestant churches joined Solidaridad and a formal ecumenical organization emerged in 1976. During those days, this model was a unique form of collaboration between the Dutch churches in their programmes for development aid in Latin America.Unfortunately in the 90s, inter-church cooperation came under pressure and the breakdown of ecumenical collaboration started. In the end, the church-based foundation of Solidaridad’s work gradually eroded. The Catholic Church became increasingly inward-looking and less inclined to see responsibility for the world as a task. The growing conservatism within the churches led to breaking of the ties. The era of 40 years of eucumenical cooperation ended in 2010. But still to date, many local Christian communities are committed to Solidaridad’s work.International network organization The developments in the relationships with the churches created new opportunities for Solidaridad. An international network organization is being built up, both in terms of governance as well as in terms of operations. This change of structure will give our partners in the South a prominent say in the policymaking processes. The implementation of that policy will be better underpinned by the knowledge and experience of local partners. Moreover, the implementation of the policies will be decentralized and delegated to the regional expertise centres, thus making a better use of local expertise.Solidaridad The Netherlands is to be one player in a network of nine Regional Expertise Centres (RECs) in various parts of the world. In the process, the organization’s centre of gravity is shifted from North to South. The offices in the South take over the entire project cycle. Solidaridad The Netherlands will apply itself to market development in the North, fundraising to cover the network budget and publicity campaigns to involve consumers, citizens and businessess in the taks of making the international economy more sustainable.Fair Trade In 1988, Solidaridad was the founding father of the Max Havelaar label for coffee for the Dutch market. This was the starting point of Fair Trade certification, directly leading to the international standard of Fair Trade (FLO). After having introduced fair trade coffee Solidaridad initiated in 1996 a fair trade scheme for bananas. For this purpose, Solidaridad set up the fruit company Agrofair. This company is co-owned by farmers and supplies its fair trade labelled fruit to supermarkets across Europe. At the turn of this century Solidaridad established Kuyichi jeans, a trendy sustainable fashion brand that is sold in over than 500 leading stores across Europe.CSR-models Corporate social responsibility is developing at a fast rate. Solidaridad is building on this together with UTZ CERTIFIED, the sustainable label for coffee, cocoa and tea. MADE-BY, the label for clean clothes introduced in 2004, is another of Solidaridad’s initiatives. Solidaridad is also intensively involved in CSR models such as Social Accountability International (SAI) and the Business Social Compliance Inititiative (BSCI), and is active in Round Tables for responsible soy, palm oil, sugarcane and cotton. An increasing number of large and small companies, brands and retailers, all over the world are now working with Solidaridad on sustainable chain development.
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0 USD Ethiopia, Kenya CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Solidaridad

A. Introduction

Solidaridad is an international solution-oriented civil society organization working through regional expertise centers to transform markets to make them more sustainable and inclusive. Our network consists of seven regional expertise centers: Asia, East and Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America. In East and Central Africa, Solidaridad is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with country offices and programmes in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. We bring together supply chain players and engage them with innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes the benefit for all. We facilitate the strengthening of local capacity in developing countries, support the creation of enabling environments for economies to thrive, and improve market access.

B. Program Summary

Solidaridad, with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is implementing a food security program in Kenya and Ethiopia titled ACTING NOW FOR FOOD SECURITY AND RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS (ACTING NOW PROGRAM). The program has been running since 2023 and will end in 2025. In Kenya, the program intended to reach 70,000 smallholder farmers (of which 60% are women) from Kwale, Makueni, and Taita Taveta Counties. The program also intended to support 15 cooperatives and producer hubs that can deliver production and marketing services in the mentioned counties. In Ethiopia, the aim is to improve the resilience of 20,000 smallholder farmers (of which 60% are women) from Butajira in the Central Ethiopia Region, and 13 cooperatives and 2 farmer unions are supported to deliver production and marketing services.

C. Objective of the Assignment

To implement a participatory Photovoice process with smallholder farmers / farmer groups, and to produce a fully designed high-quality, print-ready report that answers the following learning questions through farmers’ photographs, captions and collective analysis:

  1. How do farmer groups help improve food availability, access, and stability for their members’ households?
  2. How does being active in farmer groups (formal/structured vs. informal) help members get better access to services like extension advice, weather/climate information, seeds/inputs, loans, or insurance?
  3. What do women farmers photograph and narrate about their roles, challenges, and gains in building household/cooperative resilience?

D. The Steps PhotoVoice Methodology

  • Participatory photography

Where farmer(s) take photographs that capture their current farming realities, integration of local food crops, livestock, regenerative practices being introduced, access to farm inputs/services, market linkages, and signs of resilience or change.

  • Captioning and storytelling

Each photograph is accompanied by the farmer(s) own caption, quote or short personal story that explicitly describes challenges faced before joining groups (e.g., low yields, high costs, poor market access), how farmer groups and new practices/technologies are making a difference, and what improved production, quality, income or food security means to their household and community.

  • Group discussion and analysis

Facilitated group sessions where farmers share photos, collectively reflect on common themes, identify shared successes and ongoing challenges, and co-create messages that directly answer the three learning questions.

  • Programme learning

The selected photos and stories are compiled into the Photovoice report to showcase transformation.

E. Key Deliverables

  1. Inception report (work plan, materials, ethical documentation)
  2. Interim field report (participant list, preliminary themes linked to the learning questions)
  3. A draft report for validation by farmers and Solidaridad.
  4. Final print-ready report
  5. Complete digital archive (raw photos, scanned notes, translations, consents).
  6. Short process evaluation report (how the three learning questions were answered and recommendations).

F. Scope of Work

The assignment will be carried out in Kenya (3 counties) and Central Ethiopia.

G. Timeline

Strictly 2 months (8 weeks) from contract signature to final delivery.

H. Qualifications and Experience Required

  • Demonstrated experience with smallholder agriculture in East Africa
  • The team should have graphic design and InDesign expertise with a portfolio of similar participatory reports.
  • Strong background in farmer-group development, regenerative practices and gender-sensitive rural research.

How to apply

  1. Submission of Expression of Interest (EOI)
  • Technical proposal (max. 8 pages) explicitly showing how the Photovoice methodology and the three learning questions will be addressed, team composition, and 2-month timeline management.
  • Financial proposal.

Complete applications should be submitted by email to [email protected] before or on 20.03.2026.

Address to:

Attn: Managing Director

Solidaridad Eastern and Central Africa Expertise Centre

EUROPA TOWER, LANTANA ROAD, WESTLANDS

P.O. Box 42234 - 00100 GPO

Nairobi

 2026-03-21

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