BACKGROUND
BBC Media Action is the international development charity that uses the power of media and communication to help reduce poverty and support people. Its aim is to inform, connect and empower people around the world. Since 2001 BBC Media Action Ethiopia has been working to provide information about health and livelihoods to contribute to improving the living standards in the country. BBC Media Action has started implementing one year Baby WASH social and behavioural communication change programme in Bensa woreda (one of the focus districts for UNICEF’s current Baby WASH programme in SNNP Region). The Project aims to enable the exposed mothers, fathers and care givers practice at least two healthier Baby WASH behaviours; safe disposal of child faeces and washing hands and face of children being among many.
In order to achieve the stated objective; BBC Media Action will use different strategies including production and dissemination of mini-dramas, PSAs and discussion programs; providing capacity building trainings to media partner station staffs and enable more community outreach by training HEWs and woreda WASH team members on Baby WASH issues, communication skills and using IPC toolkits to be developed by the project besides establishing and running Listeners Groups (LGs) in selected kebeles of the Bensa Woreda. In line with this, BBC Media Action is seeking a consultant to develop illustrations on WASH/ Baby WASH issues.
PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTANCY WORK
BBC Media Action Ethiopia Office seeks to hire a consultant illustrator who could be illustrate on WASH/Baby WASH issues (use of improved and clear latrine, proper disposal of child faeces, avoid open defecation, wash hands and children hands with soap or ash and clean water at critical times, proper and safe food handling, follow hygienic practices during food preparation, washing children’s faces (especially eyes and noses), separate housing for family members and animals and ensure cleanness of playing area for children under 3 years)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT:
This Consultancy is to develop illustrations that provide visual expression of WASH/ Baby WASH activities in respect to the culture and norm of the titrate community
to achieve the project objectives of:
Enabling HEWs & HDAs to understand, analyse and interpret WASH/Baby WASH that they will receive from BBC Media Action through IPC materials (toolkit), radio and other feasible communication channels
Enabling HEWs to communicate the WASH/Baby WASH to the health development army (HDAs) communities they serve in an understandable and user-friendly manner. HEWs are also expected to further discuss the information with community members with the aim of converting public health knowledge to improved practices and habits.
OBJECTIVES
To develop an easy understandable, interactive, and culturally acceptable illustration which could well express WASH/Baby WASH issues (use of improved and clear latrine, proper disposal of child faeces, avoid open defecation, wash hands and children hands with soap or ash and clean water at critical times, proper and safe food handling, follow hygienic practices during food preparation, washing children’s faces (especially eyes and noses), separate housing for family members and animals and ensure cleanness of playing area for children under 3 years).
To conduct/ how it could be incorporated in training manual, poster, leaflet and other IPC materials on a WASH/ Baby WASH activities which could be help HEWs, HDAs, households and other stockholders to converting public health knowledge to improved practices and habits.
ACTIVITIES
Working alongside with the Project Manager and Outreach Officer to illustrates contents like hand washing at critical times that meets the objectives of the project. The content & design of the illustrations will be mutually agreed. The illustration should include:
The consultant will undertake the following tasks, within the allocated time period. The major activities include:
DELIVERABLES
The consultant expected to deliver on the following:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
The consultant shall possess:
LANGUAGE
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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