Marsabit Impact Evaluation Job Vacancy at Solidarités International
Job ID: 50502
Location: Marsabit, Kenya
Job Description
Terms of Reference
Evaluation of the impact of specific activities on increasing resilience to drought for communities in Northern Marsabit
Country: Kenya
Location: North Horr (Marsabit)
Title of evaluation: Assessing impact of specific activities on increasing resilience to drought for communities in Northern Marsabit
Starting date: 15th May 2011
Duration of the field mission: Subject to proposed methodology (estimated at about 8 working day for desk review and developing the methodologies, approximately 14 working days field work and 5-8 working days on analysis and report writing)
Under responsibility of: Deputy Country Director for Kenya
Funding Sources for the evaluation: DFID
Presentation of Solidarités
Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian organization which provides assistance to populations affected by natural disaster or man-made crisis.
For over 30 years, SI has concentrated its actions on meeting three vital needs: Water, Food and Shelter. In the Horn of Africa, SI is currently implementing Food Security, Water and Sanitation projects in Somalia and Kenya.
SI has 2 areas of intervention in Kenya (Northern Marsabit and Nairobi informal settlements) and 3 areas of intervention in Somalia (Gedo, Lover Juba and Adaado). This consultancy focuses exclusively on North Horr program.
Purposes of the evaluation
SI has implemented three drought response and drought resilience interventions in Northern Marsabit since 2007, with the third one currently being implemented. SI intends to document and assess the impact of the implemented activities and approaches in terms of increasing households and community resilience to drought, quantifying this impact as much as possible.