SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE STUDY CONSULTANCY — NIGER 60 views0 applications

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In 2018, USAID Food For Peace awarded CARE USA a $33 million, five-year Development Food Security Activity that will directly impact the most vulnerable households accoss three communes in Maradi (Chadakori, Guidan Roumdji, and Guidan Sori) in Niger. The Hamzari Theory of Change (TOC) responds directly to four underlying causes of food insecurity. Purpose 1: Extreme vulnerability reduced for vulnerable women, youth and marginalized households will provide assistance to extremely vulnerable women, men and youth, enabling them to engage in livelihood activities, thereby increasing their incomes and adaptation. It will increase social capital by strengthening platforms, working within and between communities, and building connections to municipalities. This will strengthen coherence between community plans and service delivery. High levels of malnutrition and poor health among women of reproductive age and children under two will be addressed through Purpose 2: Improved Health and Nutritional Status of Pregnant and Lactating Women, Children under Two Years of Age, and Adolescent Girls. Purpose 2 will address gendered social norms among men, women, girls, boys and grandmothers with a Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) strategy to ensure effective infant and young child feeding and care, reduction of harmful practices, such as early marriage and frequent pregnancy, and open opportunities for girls to go to school. Purpose 2 will also work to improve service delivery. Purpose 3: Improved access and use of equitable and sustainable WASH services for all community households will address poor sanitation and hygiene by improving latrine access to increase open defecation free (ODF) status, in addition to improving hygiene in community venues. Hamzari activities will also increase the availability of and access to sustainable water resources. Finally, Purpose 4: Improved sustainable diversified livelihood opportunities and adaptive capacities for women, youth and vulnerable households will increase incomes from crop and livestock production by introducing more adaptive and market based production.

CARE seeks a consultant to lead a Social Behavior Change Study.

Responsibilities:

Identify and understand underlying beliefs and norms, as well as other social dynamics that act as influencers and determinants of behavior change – in other words, people and other factors that motivate and/or inhibit the adoption and sustained practice of new behaviors. To achieve this, Hamzari will undertake comprehensive SBC formative research to understand the challenges, constraints, and opportunities in adopting positive MIYCF and RMNCAH practices, as well as other hygiene and health practices. The results will be used to develop a comprehensive SBC strategy that includes not only prioritized behaviors and the best approaches to use to build their adoption, but also target audiences to be addressed through specific activities and appropriate platforms.

Location of services: Niger

Start date: May 13, 2019

Expected Level of Effort: 50 days