1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. With a mission of inspiring breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives Save the Children works both in the development and humanitarian contexts. Under the child protection program, Save the Children Ethiopia is responding to ensuring child protection by prioritizing four areas of intervention: children without appropriate care, protecting children from violence, child labor and child protection system strengthening.
As part of the child protection program, Save the Children Ethiopia has received grant from Save the Children Italy to implement a project entitled “Strengthening System for the Prevention and Response to Unsafe Child Migration”. Building on the previous Children on the Move project in Amhara region (2014-2017), Save the Children has implemented the extension of the previous project in Amhara regional state to further strengthen prevention of unsafe child migration in 30 new kebeles in the same targeted districts (Este, Dara and Adabet) of South Gondar zone. This project has also scaled up and supported coordinated response services for children on the move in transit towns, namely Hamusit town in Dara district within South Gondar zone, Gondar town and Metema district (10 kebeles) in North Gondar zone. The project has also supported the capacity of Bureau of Women and Children Affairs (BoWCA), Bureau of Labor and social Affairs (BoLSA) and other stakeholders on psychosocial support through guideline development, and further adoption and scale up Save the Children’s Best Interest Assessment (BIA) tool and Best Interest Determination (BID) procedure at different levels. The project targets are children (aged 7 to 18 years) who are at high risk of unsafe migration and children on the move, their parent’s/care givers, school and out of school clubs, community based structures (Community Care and support Coalitions (3C) and Community based organizations (CBO)), kebele managers, health extension workers and community volunteers (para-social workers). The total budget allocated for implementing the project in three years is 920,000 (Nine Hundred Twenty Thousand) EURO.
The project aims at contributing to the protection of children who are at risk of unsafe migration and children on the move from abuse, exploitation and violence within improved child protection systems in targeted districts. This is mainly by focusing on improving access to quality prevention and response services, increasing the knowledge of children and communities on the risks of unsafe migration and strengthening adequate and responsive systems. The project was designed to specifically address unsafe child migration through targeting schools, community structures, children’s families and other key stakeholders. The actual project implementation started on
1st January 2018 and ends 31st of Dec 2020.
Conducting terminal evaluation by external consultant is one of the activities to be accomplished at the end of project implementation. Thus, this term of reference (TOR) is prepared to guide and manage the whole process of project terminal evaluation by external consultant.
1.2 Understanding of the Project
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the protection of children who are at risk of unsafe migration and children on the move from abuse, exploitation and violence within improved child protection systems in targeted districts of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Specific objectives of the project are :
- Improved access to quality prevention and response services including economic strengthening, school support and psychosocial, integration, rehabilitation services for children who are at risk of, and affected by unsafe migration
- Increased children and communities’ information and understanding of conditions and risks of unsafe migration
- Strengthened institutional capacity and coordination among mandated government offices, community based structures and other service providers to prevent and respond against unsafe child migration
Expected results of the project are:
- 8,610 at risk children (4,550 girls and 4,060 boys) and 300 families (200 F and 100 M) have access to family support services depending on their needs in areas of origin to decrease the need for risky movement
- 450 (150 boys and 300 girls) below age of 18 who are on the move received relevant protection services responding to their needs and vulnerabilities
- 7,560 children (3,830 girls and 3,730 boys) and 4,500 community members have acquired knowledge and understanding of protection risks and adverse effects of unsafe child migration and child trafficking, children are aware of their rights and the existing protection services
- 1,500 children (750 boys and 750 girls) between ages of 10 - 18, who are on the move and at risk of unsafe migration, and 1,500 parents/caregivers benefited from the child/ youth resilience activities that resulted enhanced capacity to have positive decisions in their life
- 2,100 parent’s /care providers (900 M and 1,200 F) developed positive parenting skills resulting in safe family environment for children
- Community level structures such as Community Care and Coalition (CCC), CBOs,
Religious Institutions, Child Rights Committee (CRC), have increased capacity to take action against unsafe child migration and trafficking, Gender issues related to migration
- Mandated government and nongovernment service providers effectively coordinate their interventions to ensure adequate and accessible prevention and response services for children on move and those at risk of unsafe child migration in the targeted origin, transit and destination areas
The project interventions mainly focus on improving access to quality prevention and response services, increasing the knowledge of children and communities on the risks of unsafe migration and strengthening adequate and responsive systems. The project was designed to specifically address unsafe child migration through targeting schools, community structures, children’s
families and other key stakeholders. With direct prevention and response services, the project will reach to 10,620 Children and 7, 545 adults. Besides, the project targeted to reach about 7,500 children and 4, 500 adults with indirect services in those targeted districts.
2. PURPOSE, OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF TERMINAL EVALUATION
2.1 Purpose
The purpose of the terminal evaluation is to assess the impact of the project on the targeted children and community at large as well as to document lessons learnt and recommendations in order to suggest strategies for future programming. The findings of this evaluation will primarily be shared with targeted children, communities, key government partners/stakeholders, relevant SCI staffs and the member/funding agency. The final document will also be disseminated to other internal SCI staffs who work on similar projects.
2.2 Objectives of the terminal evaluation
Terminal evaluation is among the activities planned to be accomplished at the end of project implementation. This term of reference (TOR) is prepared to clearly guide the project terminal evaluation that will assess the results of the project against th e project objectives and expected results as well as to document learning and recommendations in order to suggest strategies for future project designing and implementation by adhering government and SC COVID-19 protocols. Terminal evaluation also enables to judge or give insights on the impact of the project in ensuring the protection of migrant children (children on the move) at different levels.
Specific objectives of the terminal evaluation:
- Assess project’s progress against baseline value of respective outcome/objective indicator
- To know how and to what extent the level of awareness, attitude and practices of the community (including children and parents) on unsafe child migration and its consequences have been improved within the target areas
- Assess whether capacity of families have been improved to avail services to their children for preventing unsafe child migration in source districts
- Assess the extent to which resilience of girls and boys have been improved and contributed to reduce child migration by creating supportive environment at family, school and community level
- Assess the level of improvement in accessing to quality prevention and response services for migrant children and their families in the target areas
- To know how and to what extent the capacity of government and non-government duty bearers have been improved to provide prevention and response services to children on the
move and their families in target areas
- To assess the level of prevalence and reduction rate of unsafe child migration in project target areas. (Terminal evaluation will only assess magnitude and reduction rate of unsafe child migration that were identified in baseline study.)
- To identify the lesson learnt and best practices drawn from implementation of the project
2.3 Scope of the Study
The terminal evaluation will be conducted in six project sites (three source districts, two transit towns and one destination district) of South Gondar and North Gondar Zones by complying government and SC COVID-19 protocols. Representative Kebeles for source, transit and destination sites will be selected for data collection using appropriate sampling procedures. The sampled Kebeles would cover both rural and urban as required. The evaluation will assess awareness or knowledge and practice of the community, children & parents or care givers on prevention of unsafe child migration and its consequences; accessibility of quality prevention and response services for children on the move as well as child protection structurers and coordination mechanisms at different level to prevent and respond unsafe child migration.
3. PROFILE OF THE CONSULTANT
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