Tenders Are Invited For Prospective Partnerships For The Mental Health And Psychosocial Support, Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence Prevention And Intervention Services Component In The Palestinian Camps And Gatherings In Lebanon

Tenders are invited for Prospective Partnerships for the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Intervention Services Component in the Palestinian Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon. Closing Date: Thursday, 27. Feb 2025 Intervention Sector(s): Gender issues, Mental Health, Refugees Call for prospective partnerships for the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence prevention and intervention services component in the Palestinian Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon. Call for prospective partnerships for: the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Child Protection (CP), Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and intervention services component in the Palestinian Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon. The purpose of the call is to have a pool of local NGOs interested in partnering with MAP in the frame of the project with the abovementioned components to achieve common goals and objectives. Local partners will manage and run the daily operations and activities under MAPs overall guidance and supervision. Eligible local organizations who have the capacity and resources to deliver the program activities described below are invited to submit proposals. About MAP MAP is a UK based charity, registered with the UK Charity Commission. It was established over 30 years ago and works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living in occupied Palestine and in Lebanons refugee camps and gatherings. 1.General overview about the Program services The program encompasses the following. Multi-layered MHPSS: Psychosocial Support (PSS) Focused Psychosocial Support (FPSS), Child Protection Case Management (CPCM), Mental Health Specialised Services, in continuum of care setting based on ISAC MHPSS pyramid of four layers. Layer One and Two: community-based psychosocial support structured and unstructured activities aimed at building skills and strengthening resilience and coping mechanisms for children and families. Children and youth have the opportunity to regularly attend various module-based activities which aim at: supporting their cognitive, social, and motor skills; enhancing their self-esteem and life skills; raising their awareness about potential risks and exploring ways to deal with them and seek trusted support as needed; understanding their emotions and developing skills to deal with them constructively; engaging in and developing positive relationships; recognizing gender roles. The activities also provide opportunities for socialization and peer support. Parents and adults have the opportunity for regular attendance in group support, parenting skills structured modules. These activities aim at enhancing confidence around positive parenting skills, helping parents understand the possible effects of distressful events on them and consequently on their children, providing guidance and support, and others while providing opportunities for socialization and peer support. This layer is an entry point to individual support layers three and four as needed through safe identification and referral mechanisms. Layer Three: Focused psychosocial support and case management services. Referrals to these services take place within the centre to offer focused individualized support for children (and their families) who experience mild difficulties in socialization or learning, emotional difficulties, health problems, or who may be experiencing more complex psychosocial, health and protection problems. These children include boys, girls, and families who are facing specific protection concerns such as risks of violence against children- physical and sexual violence and abuse, emotional abuse and bullying, girls at risk of child marriage, child labour, involvement in armed conflicts, etc.) and SGBV case management services for women, girls, men, and boys facing specific gender-based violence protection concerns, Referral to allied external services are offered as needed. Layer Four: Services at this level take place through referrals within the centre to offer specialised mental health (MH) services for children (and their families) who are experiencing more complex emotional, behavioural, relational and/or developmental difficulties and whose daily functioning has been significantly affected and are in need of specialized support. Services at this level include individualized and family support, psychological and psychosocial assessment, counselling, and therapy, and others. SGBVCM specialized case management services for women, girls, men, and boys facing specific gender-based violence protection concerns. Referral to allied external services are made as needed. These four MHPSS layers of service are delivered through The Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) at community centres. These CFSs are used as gateways for delivering multi-level MHPSS services, i.e., information, registration, immediate response, recovery and stabilization, preparedness, prevention activities and response services. The CFSs are an entry point for further continuum of care. Groups are formed according to specific characteristics (e.g., age group) and needs and are offered activities that follow validated structured and unstructured PSS methodologies for children and caregivers. Focused individual non-specialized, and specialized MHPSS services are also offered for children and adults experiencing more complex emotional, behavioural, and relational difficulties. Child protection case management (CPCM) is offered to children facing specific protection concerns, other particular risks and violence. Applicant Local NGOs/CBOs must have experience and required staffing, i.e., PSS animators/facilitators, PSS Senior officers/ Social workers, child protection Case Managers/ Case Workers, Psychologists/ Psychotherapists, etc. Please refer to Annex I MAP Prospective Partner Summary Form / Part 7: Thematic Area(s) of Intervention, Services and Geographic Locations The GBV Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSSs) in community centres. These centres are used as gateways for delivering Gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and intervention services. This includes Sexual, and Gender based Violence (SGBV) response and prevention services offered at Women and Girls Safe Spaces. These services give individuals the opportunity to attend life-skills building programs, GBV awareness sessions, psychosocial support activities, and other awareness and education activities to explore topics related to sexual and reproductive health, GBV, gender equality, womens rights, addressing stigma and taboos related to psychological support and mental health, and others. Activities are run in a way that allows discussions, listening support, and provides a general orientation to the range of services available both within the frame of the project and externally. This component also includes engaging men and boys in Gender Equality program cycles which represent entry points to individualized support offered by the GBV Specialists if needed. The GBV prevention and intervention services include individual support and counselling services for survivors of SGBV, support groups, and SGBV case management including access to referrals for other allied services which might offer legal counselling and other complementary women empowerment services. Applicant local NGOs/CBOs must have experience and staffing required, i.e., SGBV social workers, SGBV Case Managers/ SGBV Specialists/ Psychotherapists/ SGBV supervisors. Please refer to Annex I MAP Prospective Partner Summary Form / Part 7: Thematic Area(s) of Intervention, Services and Geographic Locations The Child developmental multidisciplinary specialized services community centres. These centres are used as gateways for delivering Special Needs/disability services, child developmental multidisciplinary specialized services. This includes specialised developmental services, boys and girls with more complex developmental difficulties and disabilities. The services include psychotherapy, psychology service, speech therapy, special education, occupational therapy, psychomotor therapy and physiotherapy and other developmental conditions. Applicant local NGOs/CBOs must have experience and staffing required, i.e., social workers, multidisciplinary special needs specialists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, special educators, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and could offer medical assessment and tests, and assistive devices through referral. Please refer to Annex I MAP Prospective Partner Summary Form / Part 7: Thematic Area(s) of Intervention, Services and Geographic Locations NGOs interested in providing services under one or more of the above-mentioned domains: PSS Child Friendly Spaces, SGBV Women and Girls Safe Spaces, and Special Needs services/ Child developmental multidisciplinary specialized services are invited to apply. Please refer to Annex I MAP Prospective Partner Summary Form Note: Programmatic priorities addressed might require modifications in the program priorities, outcomes, outputs, and activities respectively during g process. 2. Beneficiaries: Underserved vulnerable women, girls, boys, and men across all program locations and gateways from all nationalities who are living within targeted Palestinian camps and gatherings. 3.Geographic scope, localities gateways. Please refer to Annex I MAP Prospective Partner Summary Form/ Part 7: Thematic Area(s) of Intervention, Services and Geographic Locations The program will run in 5 regions hosting Palestinian refugee camps and gatherings including: In Akkar: Nahr el Bared camp In Tripoli: Beddawi camp In Bekaa: Saadnayel and Bar Elias gatherings In Baalbek: Wavel/Al Jalil camp In Mount Lebanon: Shatila, Burj el Barajneh camps, and Wadi El Zeini gathering In South: Ein El Helweh, Rashidyeh, al Bass, and Burj Sh Tender Link : https://daleel-madani.org/civil-society-directory/medical-aid-palestinians/calls/call-prospective-partnerships-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-child-protection-gender-based-0