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Project title: Community Based Inclusive development in Juba-Promotion of Human Rights and Access to Services for Persons with Disabilities)**

OVCI la Nostra Famiglia

The Volunteers’ Organization for International Co-operation OVCI la Nostra Famiglia was founded in Como, Italy, in 1982, with the aim of setting-up initiatives to improve the human, social, technical and medical aspects of developing Countries, as well as of promoting the development and autonomy of the people in developing Countries, with particular attention to the integration and rehabilitation of children with disability.

The priority of OVCI is the prevention, the care and rehabilitation of children affected by physical, psychical or sensorial disabilities.

OVCI has been working in South Sudan since 1983, upon request of the Juba Catholic Archdiocese, setting up a Pediatric Polyvalent Centre called Usratuna Rehabilitation Centre.

In 2006 OVCI started rebuilding the Primary Health System of the Capital, creating a network of medical services around Juba. While opening – up to the local communities, and in line with the Community-Based Rehabilitation background of the Organization matured in other Countries, in 2007 OVCI took the chance, in partnership with the INGO CBM, to plan and implement a new community work strategy in Juba, while planning for the human resources needed to give sustainability to the entire intervention.

Background

Decades of conflict in South Sudan, pre and post-independence in 2011, poverty and poor access to services have increased the rate of disability and have amplified the marginalization and the exclusion of people with disability (PwDs), as a result of the several attitudinal, environmental, and institutional barriers they face, and of the lack of concerted efforts towards inclusion at governmental and at community level. People with disabilities are heavily represented among the poorest and most inactive and unemployed in South Sudan. In addition, South Sudanese Authorities have limited capacity to respond to the medical, educational and mobility needs of PwDs. Stigma in South Sudan around disability is common, children with disabilities are especially disadvantaged as they have to face a complete lack of specialized services. Given these premises people with disabilities tend to feel worthless, a burden on their families, limiting their social participation and interactions.

UNICEF (2015) finds that children with disabilities are especially disadvantaged as they ‘have to contend with a lack of specialised services; difficulties accessing mainstream education, health and other services; and stigma within families and in society’.

Traditional gender roles restrict women and girls with disabilities from accessing education or vocational training or finding employment in comparison to men and boys with disabilities. Women with disabilities and mothers of children with disability are also more often target of GBV.

Enrolment rate for most children with disabilities is low in South Sudan because special schools are scarce and mainstream schools are often inaccessible and lacking teachers trained in inclusive education (Faehnders, 2018; Jørgensen, 2018; Legge, 2016, p. 4). According to the 2015 education management information system (EMIS), approximately 21,300 of primary pupils had an impairment, representing 1.7% of all enrolled primary pupils (UNESCO, 2017, p. 67). ‘Girls with disabilities are less likely to access education than their peers without disabilities as well as than boys with disabilities’. Stigma around disability can also reduce parents’ desire to send their children to school and many communities are unaware that children with disabilities can also participate in mainstream education (UNICEF, 2015).

People with disabilities struggle to access healthcare due to the long distances and poor road networks; the lack of ambulance services, inadequate drugs supply in the health centres; negative attitude towards people with disabilities by health workers; inadequate and inaccessible health information and knowledge (lack of sign language, Braille and easy to read information); and inaccessible health physical infrastructure (MoGCSW, 2013, p. 10).

Project Information

The project develops from CBM funded MYP (P3482) “JUBA – OVCI Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) project”, which is itself part of a wider CBR program started in 2007, in partnership with CBM.

Project indicators were established in partnership with local Organization of Persons with Disabilities (DPOs) and South Sudan Ministry of Gender, Child & Social Welfare through meeting sessions and proper assessments.

Indicators may however be adjusted following the elaboration of the baseline survey.

The Project targets Persons with disabilities to benefit from better quality of life through promotion of human rights, access to education, health services and livelihoods schemes in South Sudan (Overall Objective). The overall objective will be achieved through the Improved access to Services and Participation within the society for PwDs and their family members in Juba, Central Equatoria State (Specific Objective). In order to reach its Goals and Objectives the project will adopt a Community Based Inclusive Development approach, promoting Disability Inclusion according to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United Nation Convention on Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) and CBM Global Strategy.

The promotion of human rights, access to service and inclusion, will be addressed through five dedicated Project Result areas, namely: Awareness, Health, Education, Empowerment of DPOs and Livelihood.

Result Areas and Key Indicators:

· Result 01 – AWARENESS: Community is sensitized on Disability and Inclusive Development

o 10.000 Community members reached by disability awareness campaigns from 2019 to 2021

o 80% of Community Members and Persons with Disabilities Perceive General changes in community attitudes towards Persons with Disabilities from 2019 to 2021

· Result 02 HEALTH: Promotion of access to health services and community based services

o At least 95% of 1.000 Persons with Disabilities (including 700 Children with Disabilities) reports a reduction in the barriers experienced due to their impairment/disability, in the area of intervention from 2019 to 2021

· Result 03 EDUCATION: Promotion of inclusive education in the Education Sector

o 20% increase of Children with Disability enrolled in mainstream schools from 2019 to 2021

o At least 70% of Children with Disabilities enrolled in targeted primary Schools regularly attend and graduate from their class

· Result 04 EMPOWERMENT OF DPOs: DPOS are active in promoting Rights of persons with disabilities

o 1 DPOs Umbrella organization is in place and active in promoting rights of Persons with Disabilities within the Community, as well as through Govt. Advocacy.

o 1 project proposal is successfully prepared and submitted by DPOs umbrella, meeting the standards/requirements of an official donor

o 75% of participants to Trainings Initiatives are active in the promotion of Human Rights and Report Positive Outcomes as a result of CBID Trainings

· Result 05 LIVELIHOOD: Persons with disabilities and their carers have an access to sustainable livelihood opportunities’

o 75% of (result) beneficiaries reports benefit from additional savings resulting from IGA activities

Key Stakeholders:

· South Sudan Ministry of Gender Child and Social Welfare (MoGCSW), Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Health (MoH).

· N. 6 Organization of Persons with Disabilities (DPOs) located in Juba.

Objectives of the Baseline Survey

To collect baseline data, both qualitative and quantitative, which will be used to establish clear and measurable starting point in relation to the indicators in the Project Results Areas, allowing proper planning and project implementation. Baseline report will be then compared to project endline survey, in order to capture the changes, fostered by the project, in the public perception of human rights and concerning the inclusion of PwDs directly involved through Project’s Activities. This will allow the elaboration of good practices, ways forward and will facilitate the monitoring of the progress towards the overall objective of the project, and their relevance to SDGs and UNCRPDs.

Methodology

The methodology should include a combination of qualitative and quantitative data collection with a focus on using participatory approaches.

Primary data and data analysis process will be disaggregated by gender, age and disability, in order to provide an Inclusive overview.

Washington Group Questions will be of particular relevance for data collection.

For Qualitative Data Collection, key methods will be focus group discussions and key informant interviews with partners and local stakeholders.

The Consultant will be expected to develop detailed, systematic gender-based and inclusive methodology for data collection and analysis, specifying sampling strategy and data collection tools and approaches for data analysis and report writing. In conclusion, the consultant will be able to recommend inclusive mechanisms for tracking the progress of the project.

Expected Outputs

1) Inception Report, clearly stating proposed methodology, work-plan and data collection tools.

2) Draft Report to be submitted following field-work activities, which shall include a background, approach and methodology used, the detailed findings, recommendations and conclusion, and annexes;

3) Final Report, incorporating comments from OVCI and CBM.

Consultant requirements

• Relevant experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of Disability and Development Programs;
• Experience working in a slow onset emergency environment;
• Good understanding of the political and social situation of South Sudan;
• Experience in participatory approaches to evaluations.

Duration and phasing

Baseline assessment is currently scheduled to be implemented in June 2019.

Workplan/Timelines and Implementation plan TBA by consultant, accordingly.

Costs and payments

All costs should be considered in the bid by the consultant. Total allocated budget of 10,000 (ten thousand) USD.

Payment will be phased upon successful completion of milestones detailed below:

· Submission of inception report (30%)

· Completion of field work (30%)

· Submission and final approval of Baseline Report (40%)