1. Description of the Program to be Evaluated
1.1. Background and Objectives of the Project
The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 is one of the
worst urban disasters in recent history with much of the destruction
centered in the capital city, Port-au-Prince. Approximately three
million Haitians were affected, with more than 222,570 fatalities, over
300,500 injured and a staggering 2.3 million people, nearly one quarter
of the national population displaced. Human-controlled factors such as
poverty, environmental degradation and poor quality homes built in
unsafe areas contributed to the overwhelming devastation wrought by the
earthquake.
As the country looks toward rebuilding, the American Red Cross (ARC)
recognized the need for a long-term integrated urban development
strategy which incorporates social, economic and physical approaches to
neighborhood development. Since September 2012, ARC is implementing an
Integrated Neighborhood Reconstruction and Recovery Program/LAMIKA with
the goal to enhance community and household resiliency while providing
safer, healthier and more secure living conditions. LAMIKA will
contribute to a more hazard resistant Port-au-Prince and a better future
for Haiti.
The LAMIKA program is being implemented in Carrefour-Feuilles, a
typical residential neighborhood north of downtown of Port-au-Prince.
The area sustained extensive damage from the earthquake, and is
characterized by dense housing, poverty and limited access to
infrastructure and services. Under an integrated approach, the LAMIKA
program is conducting activities in social empowerment, economic
strengthening and Physical Renewal to address needs across sectors.
Likewise, activities are designed to respond to needs at various scales,
from the individual household up through to the municipal and national
level.
The overall implementation strategy is driven by a
community-based, participatory approach. This approach includes
sustained community mobilization to inform program design which means
direct participation by local residents in the reconstruction process.
Social Empowerment activities includes those that increase the
capacity of local residents and service providers to promote the health,
hazard resilience and social well-being of the community. These
activities are the foundation for LAMIKA, which helps establish
relationships needed to move the program forward. These activities fall
under Pillar One – Social Empowerment - and is directly implemented by
the ARC-LAMIKA staff.
Economic Strengthening activities are designed to enhance local
markets and household economies and provide opportunities for income and
asset security. They include activities such as small scale business,
production, market linkage building, and capital mobilization through
micro-credit including training and capacity building. Mercy Corps is
the lead partner of Pillar 2 to implement these activities in the
targeted area.
Physical Renewal activities will improve access to and use of
appropriate land, housing, services and infrastructure. In an integrated
approach, each of these activities link to and inform one another for
the improvement of the Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood while providing
greater opportunity to its residents. These activities are planned to be
centered on Campeche neighborhood. Global Communities is the leading
partner of Pillar 3, together with Build Change to implement the
activities.
The Program’s goal and key objectives set out in the PMP and the project proposal are as follows;
Program Goal
Enhance community and household resiliency in targeted communities
through a sustainable and integrated multi-sectoral approach that
provides socially cohesive, healthy, habitable and secure living spaces
and conditions.
Objectives
Social Empowerment Objective 1: Increased knowledge, attitude,
practices, capacities and social responsibility of community and service
providers on social and healthy behaviors.
Economic Strengthening Objective 2: Enhance local market and
household economy providing opportunities for income and asset security.
Physical Renewal Objective 3: Improve access and use of appropriate land, housing, services and infrastructure.
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How to apply:
1.2. Application proceduresInterested candidates or evaluation firms should send their applications to amrc.evaluation@gmail.com . Please put the following in the subject line: “Application for LAMIKA Mid Term Evaluation”. The position(s) is open to both qualified national and international consultants. If individual candidates are applying, ensure that a team of two is proposed, as required for the evaluation.
A complete application will be one with all materials listed above in one single file in either Word or pdf format. The title of this file should be the last name of the Lead Evaluator (e.g. if the Lead Evaluator is named Jon Snow, the title of the application document should be “Snow”.).
Applications received after the deadline and incomplete applications will not be accepted.
1.3. Deadline for applications
11:59PM EST, 8 August 2014
Note: See the complete document attached
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