Tenders Are Invited For End Line Evaluation For The Response To Education And Protection Needs Project

Tenders are invited for End line Evaluation for the Response to Education and Protection Needs Project Closing Date: 21 Sep 2026 Type: Consultancy 1. Introduction and Background The Response to Education and Protection Needs (REAP) Project is a USD 1,500,000, 2-year-3-month initiative (01 Oct 202431 December 2026) funded by Save the Children Italy (SC Italy) and implemented by Save the Children in Dadaab Sub-County, Garissa County, Kenya. The projects full award title is Providing equitable, uninterrupted access to resilient, equitable, protective, inclusive, innovative quality education in emergencies and child protection services for children affected by crisis in Dadaab refugee camp by 2026." REAP is implemented across the Ifo Main, Dagahaley, and Ifo2 refugee camps and their surrounding host communities, targeting 25,000 direct beneficiaries (80% refugees and 20% host-community children) and an estimated 40,000 indirect beneficiaries. REAP responds to a context in which more than 42% of school-aged children (aged 417 years) in Dadaab are out of school, compounded by a fresh influx of asylum seekers fleeing drought and conflict in Somalia (nearly 80,000 new arrivals recorded by UNHCR), overcrowding of camps and informal settlements, and constrained protection, WASH, and livelihood systems. The project pursues two results: Result 1: refugee and affected local community boys and girls have access to quality basic education; and Result 2: refugee children are protected from violence, abuse, and exploitation and have access to suitable care arrangements. These results are delivered through five interlinked outcomes: Outcome 1: Improved literacy and numeracy amongst children affected by the crisis in the Dadaab refugee camp and host communities. Outcome 2: Increased access to safe, climate-resilient, inclusive, and quality learning environments. Outcome 3: Strengthened monitoring, reporting, and coordination mechanisms for Education in Emergencies (EiE) and Child Protection. Outcome 4: Fostered resilience and sustainable livelihood outcomes among adolescent mothers and foster parents to withstand shocks and stresses. Outcome 5: Scaled-up capacity of local authority and community structures to prevent, respond to and foster a safe and protective environment for children. REAP is delivered through a localization model in which Save the Children provides overall technical, operational, and financial oversight, while two local partners lead specific components: RRDO leads construction/renovation of climate-resilient school and WASH infrastructure, water-source rehabilitation, and greening activities under Outcome 2, and Somali Lifeline Organization (SOLO) leads the livelihoods and resilience component for adolescent mothers and foster parents under Outcome 4, including Output 4.1. At least 27% of the projects flexible funding is channeled directly to local partners through a participatory budgeting process. Purpose of this document. This Terms of Reference (ToR) sets out the objectives, scope, evaluation questions, methodology, and management arrangements for an independent, third-party endline evaluation of REAP, with a specific and primary focus on Outcome 4 / Output 4.1. It is intended to guide an external evaluation consultant/firm in developing a technical and financial proposal and subsequently in designing and delivering the evaluation. 2. Results Framework and Focus of the Evaluation: Output 4.1 This endline evaluation is focused specifically on Outcome 4 and its associated output, Output 4.1, which addresses the socio-economic resilience of adolescent mothers and foster parents, one of the most vulnerable groups within the REAP target population given their exposure to poverty, unstable livelihoods, and heightened protection risks such as child marriage, sexual exploitation, and abuse. 2.1 Results chain and indicators Outcome 4: Foster resilience and sustainable livelihood outcomes among adolescent mothers and foster parents to withstand shock and stress. Indicator 4.1: % of adolescent mothers and foster parents with improved social and economic ability to meet their essential needs in a sustainable manner (increased income, food consumption, reduced coping strategies). MoVs: Evaluation reports, stakeholder feedback, and policy documents. Output 4.1: Increased participation of adolescent mothers and foster parents in viable and environmentally sustainable enterprises. Indicator 4.1.1: % of adolescent mothers and foster parents with an Acceptable Food Consumption Score (FCS). Indicator 4.1.2: % of adolescent girls and foster mothers trained in life skills and entrepreneurship who demonstrate improved life skills and capacity for protection. Indicator 4.1.3: % of adolescent mothers and foster parents who report being able to meet the basic needs of their households (all/most/some/none) as a consequence of income generated by their business. MoVs: PDM reports; baseline and endline survey, participant lists and cash-disbursement receipts, CPIMS+, and psychometric tool. 2.2 Key activities under Output 4.1 (led by SOLO) Conduct a labor market assessment on relevant self-reliance skills for the targeted households. Conduct a market assessment on livelihood opportunities and value chains relevant to refugee and host communities. Provide skills training to identified groups of adolescent mothers and foster parents based on assessment findings. Provide start-up kits to trained groups. Monitor, coach, and market products, including through market fairs and digital marketing. Support groups to register with statutory and regulatory bodies for quality inspection of products. Produce visibility materials (T-shirts, caps, banners/roll-ups). In addition, a biannual tracer study follows program me graduates to track their socio-economic status, employment/self-employment, income, skills development, and job tenure over time. 2.3 Baseline situation (Outcome 4) A baseline survey for Outcome 4 was conducted among 150 host-only-community households (adolescent mothers, foster-parent households, and caregivers of persons with disabilities) in Dadaab Sub-County, using a census approach and structured KoboCollect questionnaires. Key findings included: 82% of female respondents households were female-headed, with an overall household dependency ratio of 65:35 (dependents: working-age members). Heavy reliance on casual labor (31%) and remittances (29%) rather than diversified or stable livelihoods; only 9% relied on small business income. Only 18% of households owned a business, despite 99% having received business-skills training and 96% having received training on business-plan developmenta pronounced knowledge-to-practice gap. Only 35% of households had an Acceptable Food Consumption Score (FCS); 66% were borderline or poor, and negative coping strategies (reliance on less-preferred foods, borrowing food, reducing meal portions/frequency) were widespread. 53% of households could meet only some of their basic needs; only 33% and 28% could meet most of their health and education needs, respectively. Moderate but not full participation, public-speaking confidence, protection-reporting awareness, record-keeping, and help-seeking capacities, with women consistently more concentrated in mostly able and able with support categories than in fully able. Important methodological note. The baseline covered host-community respondents only and did not include refugee households, even though refugees constitute 80% of REAPs overall target population. The endline evaluation must generate comparable data for both host-community and refugee participants and explicitly address this baseline coverage gap in its design (see Section 7.2). 3. Purpose and Rationale of the Endline Evaluation As REAP approaches the end of its award period (31 December 2026), SOLO wishes to commission an independent, third-party endline evaluation to assess the extent to which Output 4.1 has achieved its intended results; generate credible, disaggregated evidence on outcomes for adolescent mothers and foster parents in both refugee and host communities; and produce actionable, evidence-based recommendations and a policy brief to inform current donor reporting and the design of future livelihoods and resilience programming in Dadaab and similar refugee-hosting nexus contexts. The evaluation will fulfill accountability requirements to the donor (SC Italy) and other stakeholders and support organizational learning within Save the Children, SOLO, and RRDO. 4. Objectives of the Evaluation 4.1 Overall objective To independently assess the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability of Output 4.1 of the REAP project and the extent to which gender equality, social inclusion, safeguarding, and child protection were integrated into its design and delivery in order to generate evidence and recommendations for donor reporting, organizational learning and future programming. Specific objectives Assess progress against the Output 4.1 and Outcome 4 indicators relative to baseline values and end-of-project targets, disaggregated by sex, disability, location (camp/host), and refugee/host status. Assess the relevance and coherence of the livelihoods and resilience strategy (labor-market and value-chain assessments, skills training, start-up kits, mentorship, and market linkage) to the needs of adolescent mothers and foster parents and to the wider REAP and Dadaab programming landscape. Determine the effectiveness and efficiency of Output 4.1 delivery, including the extent to which the knowledge-to-practice gap identified at baseline has narrowed. Examine the broader impact of Output 4.1 on household resilience, food security, and protection outcomes for adolescent mothers, foster parents, and their children. Assess the sustainability of enterpri Tender Link : https://reliefweb.int/job/4229264/end-line-evaluation-response-education-and-protection-needs-project