Terms of reference for provision of assistive devices (Eyeglasses) for children with disabilities particularly those with visual impairments.

Background

CARE Somalia in partnership with Mercy corps, and two National partners Daryeel Bulsho Guud (DBG) and Gargar Relief and Development Organization (GREDO) are implementing Consortium based education in Emergency project funded by the Education Cannot Wait - First Emergency Respond (ECW -FER). The project seeks to improve immediate education access for the children from the vulnerable IDP families recently displaced by the prolong 2021/22 drought and renewed conflicts in South Somalia. The overall goal of the project is to expand access to safe & quality education through reduction of both supply and demand-based education barriers to increase (re)enrolment for out of school children and minimize dropouts’ rates for the   drought and conflict   affected children. The action aims to achieve the following two outcomes.

Outcome 1: Expanded access to safe education through reduction of barriers for (re)enrolment of drought and displacement affected children to formal and non-formal education.

Outcome 2: Protected, quality learning is ensured for children affected by drought and displacement, including integrated education - child protection programming.

The response will cover both formal and non-formal learning centres in the project target areas and will prioritizes children who are out of school or recently dropped out of school and displaced by the ongoing crisis. As a secondary target, the project will also support host community learning centers that support the integrated enrollment of both vulnerable IDPs and host community children as well as children who are at risk of dropping out of school from both these groups in line with the do no harm principle. The action will integrate critical EiE pillars and HRP/DRP priorities, including the centrality of protection, inclusion of CVA, gender mainstreaming, enhancing safety and equity for beneficiaries and linking emergency relief to a resilience approach. Special attention is also extended to children with disabilities to ensure they benefit from the response through the adoption of Inclusive education programming approach. 

The project seeks to target a total of 43,000 (31,000 direct and 12,000 intermediate beneficiaries) out of school or at risks of dropping out children from newly displaced families (80%) and vulnerable host communities (20%) affected by droughts and recurring conflicts.  Of these 60% will be girls and 40 % boys while 10% of the overall target (4,300) will be children living with disabilities.

In line with Somalia HRP 2022 requirements, the project adopted the integration of Inclusive Education approach to ensure school aged CLwDs that have Special Education Needs to equally benefit from the response along with the normal ones. This will be done through mainstreaming disability inclusion across all the two outcome areas as well as increase stakeholder awareness on disability inclusion on education programs.

The project has engaged a special need education consultant that has assessed and screened children with disabilities. As a result the consultant has identified suitable assistive devices for children with disabilities and these included 183 boys and girls that require eyeglasses/lenses  and their prescription.

Objectives of the TOR

The objective of this TOR is to provide suitable and eyeglasses to 183 boys and girls with visual impairments in Banadir region depending on the outcome of the screening assessment by the service provider as below list of devices breakdown.