Stakeholders and beneficiary mapping in Laikipia Full Time NEW

1. BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT
   • To conduct a comprehensive survey to identify and map 50 vulnerable partner families in selected locations in Laikipia County who are in need of improved housing and WASH solutions.
   • To profile these families, including their socio-economic status, health conditions, land tenure security, and current housing conditions.
   • To evaluate the current housing conditions of the vulnerable families and identify gaps in housing infrastructure, including the need for repairs, reconstruction, or new construction.
   • To determine the specific housing Situation of vulnerable groups, including the elderly, people living with chronic diseases, orphans, and vulnerable children.
   • To assess the availability and condition of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities among the vulnerable families.
   • To identify community-level WASH challenges, including access to clean water, sanitation infrastructure, and hygiene practices, and propose solutions.
   • To utilize HFHK Selection criteria for selecting the most vulnerable families who will benefit from HFHK’s housing improvement and construction programs.
   • To create a prioritized list of 50 potential beneficiaries based on the severity of housing needs and other vulnerability factors.
   • To identify and map relevant stakeholders, including local government bodies, community leaders, NGOs, and other partners who can support the housing and WASH initiatives.
   • To understand the roles and influence of these stakeholders in the planning, implementation, and sustainability of housing projects.

Habitat for Humanity Kenya (HFHK) is among the 70 country affiliates of HFH International. In Kenya, we were registered in 1982 as Non-Governmental Organization, with the goal of enabling low-income families access decent and affordable shelter. In the last 40 years, HFHK has supported more than 342,000 households across 13 counties in Kenya through housing micro-finance and direct construction. Habitat for Humanity considers housing as a long-term, incremental process which builds on cross-sectorial interventions such as construction, water, sanitation, energy, land tenure, and policy change at different levels of governance, actors and regions. Our Business Plan (2020-2025) has outlined four Programmatic Areas namely: Financing for owner-led construction; Settlement-Based Practice; Secure Land Tenure; Disaster Risk Reduction & Response (DR3). We are currently operating in Laikipia, Homabay, Kisumu, Tana River, Nairobi, Kajiado and Machakos through providing home construction, access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, community infrastructures, advocating for increased access to land tenure security and reducing risk and respond to disasters.

To date, the project has directly constructed more than 177 houses in the Counties we are working with. Notably, the project has constructed 74 houses in Homabay and 103 houses in Laikipia and an equivalent number of toilets. This has been done either directly through contractors or direct construction using Global Village volunteer Programme participants and community members, with supervision from local artisans (fundis). Our WASH component has led to improvement of springs and boreholes for communities in the 5 counties we are working in. While 100+ houses are a notable achievement and has had immense impacts on the households, there is an urgent need to scale the number of households we can reach with our products. There are strong opportunities to build on the successes already achieved and home improvement or rehabilitation and WASH using local materials with community participation offers us the space to reach more households.

HFHK Therefore seeks a consultant to conduct a beneficiary mapping exercise in Laikipia County to develop a database of potential partner households for housing construction support. The mapping will begin by assessing the situation of vulnerable groups to provide demand-driven housing and WASH solutions to households in the targeted county. This will be followed by constructing and/or improving houses through community participation and collaboration with other partners in these regions. From 2025 onwards, HFH Kenya plans to improve housing conditions for vulnerable elderly people, individuals living with chronic diseases, orphans, and vulnerable children in Laikipia County. The vulnerable elderly who are taking care of orphans, as well as widows and child-headed households, and people living with chronic diseases will be the immediate focus due to their double vulnerability.

In partnership with the county government, the project will support the training of identified beneficiaries and/or community members on orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) care, land tenure security, interlocking soil blocks, sanitation, and hygiene.

Laikipia County

Laikipia County is one of the 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya in the Rift Valley Region, with an area of 9,532 km2 and a projected population of 615,925 by the end of 2022 (Laikipia County Statistical Abstract, 2020). The county is largely rural with the main economic activities being agriculture, livestock, tourism, retail and wholesale trade (CIDP, 2018). The county’s Human Poverty Index (HPI) is 57.3, which is very high compared to the national HPI of 29.1.

Laikipia County is located in a predominantly semi-arid area (ASAL, arid and semi-arid land). The areas are characterized by irregular rainfall, which mostly falls as heavy showers and therefore does not percolate but runs off immediately. The average annual rainfall varies between 400 mm and 750 mm (Ministry of Water, 2019). About 20% of the total area of the district is considered high and medium potential land for cropping. This includes grazing, mixed cropping, irrigated cropping and livestock farming (CIDP 2018).

According to the December 2022 National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) bulletin for Laikipia district, most areas have extremely damaged vegetation as a result of low rainfall in recent years. Many illegal settlements have sprung up in Laikipia. The district’s Integrated Development Plan estimates that about 4,712 people have settled on undeveloped land without legal title.

Laikipia County’s sanitation and hygiene efforts include a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) program, the Laikipia Rural Water and Sanitation Company (LURWASCO), and water projects.

Laikipia WASH program

The WASH program is a county government initiative that aims to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene standards for residents. The program includes a baseline survey, community mobilization, and engagement. The program is expected to partner with churches and other organizations. However, the program is at infancy stage and has been hampered by funding deficits.

LARUWASCO

Laikipia Rural Water & Sanitation Ccompany (LARUWASCO) is a county government agency established to promote efficient water and sanitation services in rural areas. This company was established to streamline the water and sanitation service provision and development in the rural areas.The company has a management board but is yet to commence operations.

Water projects

Laikipia County has several water supply schemes that serve communities. The Muthengera Borehole is a solar water pump and storage in Igwamiti Ward, Laikipia West. The Kariunga Dam is a rainwater and storm water storage strategy. The Solio Water Project is co-funded by the County Government of Laikipia and the Water Sector Trust Fund. HFHK has drilled and solarized 3 new boreholes and rehabilitated 3 existing boreholes in Solio under the BMZ-Lions funded climate change resilience grant.The Kurum Borehole was drilled in Mukogodo West and Laikipia North. Tigithi water project in Tigithi ward serves the residents of tingithi and its environs.Urban centers(Nyahururu and Nanyuki) and their environments are served by Nyahururu water and sanitation company (NYAHUWASCO) and Nanyuki Water and Sanitation company (NAWASCO).

Sanitation

Latrine coverage in Laikipia County

In 2018, latrine coverage in the Pastoral livelihood zones of Laikipia County was 46%, compared to 98% in the Mixed Farming livelihood zone. Sanitation access varies across Kenya. In the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) counties, sanitation access is generally below 60%. Latrine coverage is the percentage of households in a community that have access to latrines or sewerage

Sanitation and hygiene in Laikipia County public schools.

According to UNICEF, approximately 80% of hospital attendance in Kenya is due to preventable diseases and 50% of these illnesses are water, sanitation and hygiene related. Most pupils miss attending school due to illnesses related to unclean water and poor hygiene such as diarrhea and stomach upset which can be prevented through consumption of clean water and proper hand washing. Basic education outcomes will be difficult to attain and sustain without safe water in schools, for drinking, hand-washing, food preparation, and general hygiene and sanitation (Unicef,2022).

There is compelling evidence of the positive influence of school water, sanitation and hygiene on educational outcomes. The promotion of hygiene results in a significant reduction in school absenteeism, especially among girls. In Laikipia County, Schools lack basic water services with students having to fetch water from the river and/or boreholes. This results in pupils missing classes and waterborne diseases in this vulnerable population. The schools have no access to adequate toilets, clean water for hand-washing or drinking, and the risk of death from water-borne diseases lurks in these unsanitary and unhygienic conditions. (Unicef,2022).

Overall, Laikipia County loses 267 million KES each year due to poor sanitation4 . This includes losses due to access time, premature death, health care costs and productivity. This estimate does not include some costs that could be significant (such as water pollution and tourism) and is therefore likely to under-estimate the true cost of poor sanitation.

OBJECTIVES

The overall purpose of the assignment is to carry out a situation analysis, beneficiary selection and mobilization and to carry out a Comprehensive Stakeholders and beneficiary mapping in the target areas of Mukima and Kariunga in Laikipia North and Sweet waters in Laikipia East. The target stakeholders include the county housing department, County water department, County health department, County social services department and Civil society organizations (CSOs) working in the area. Specifically, the consultant will also develop family profiles of 50 families .

Specific Objectives for the stakeholders and beneficiary mapping:

2(a) Identify and Map Vulnerable Households:

(b)Assess Housing Situation and Gaps:

(c)Analyze WASH Situation at Individual and Community Levels:

(d)Identify Potential Beneficiaries for HFHK’s Housing Program:

(e)Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement:

3 Apply Criteria for Beneficiary Selection:

• To apply HFHK’s evaluation criteria to ensure that only the most vulnerable households are selected for social housing support, ensuring fairness and transparency in the selection process.
  • To develop a prioritized list of beneficiaries based on the urgency of their needs

4. SCOPE OF WORK

Methodology

HFHK is seeking to hire a consultant to conduct stakeholders mapping in Laikipia County. The mapping exercise is intended to provide HFHK with detailed stakeholder data. All data, qualitative and quantitative, collected through the assessment must be dis-aggregated by Sub-county, Gender, Village, Age and Sex.

Stakeholder mapping research will involve collecting:

Secondary documentation: the consultant will be in contact with HFHK staff who will share key documents and required literature, but may also use any other official documents, national, international, and including existing studies.

Qualitative data: The Consultant is required to assist in collecting qualitative data from beneficiaries, community members and county government leaders on the individual housing and community WASH needs of the selected locations in in Laikipia. This Consultant should undertake Focus Group Discussions and Key Informant Interviews with different segments of the community including community opinion leaders (chiefs and county government officials), child headed households and widows/widowers, physically challenged and extremely economically vulnerable individuals, caregivers and those affected/infected by HIV/Aids/Chronic diseases.

The Consultant shall need to use participatory rapid appraisal tools for the discussion with opinion leaders. Informed by HFH Kenya areas of focus, the Consultant shall develop questions around housing vulnerabilities and perception of communities, challenges of WASH at household level and communities, types of support they receive from community members and well-wishers/local government, support required for home improvement and WASH, traditional construction practices and culture related issues related to housing among others.

Quantitative data: The Consultancy firm is required to assist in developing and implementing a questionnaire in order to generate the socio-economic data and profiles of the vulnerable beneficiaries and complete the selection of at least 100 beneficiaries in the targeted County. The design of the survey questions shall revolve around the following: Demography: gender, age, family size, number of dependents, marital status, disability if any); economic/Livelihood (type of work/occupation, source of income, income vs daily needs, seasonality/frequency of access to income generating work); housing and land (condition of the floor, wall and roof, space/area, stability of the structure, ventilation, materials used in the construction, locally available materials, land ownership and size); WASH (household level-source of and access to water, toilet/latrine facilities, community level-existing water points, potential water points, access to water points, sanitation facilities, sanitation and hygiene practices etc), community WASH (sources and needs), energy (cooking and lighting-type and source of energy)

Triangulation of information gathered during the quantitative and qualitative research is crucial in this mapping exercise, with reflection on how the findings relate to the secondary documentation.

5. CONDUCT OF WORK

The Consultant will work in close collaboration with HFHK team including MEAL Officer, Programme Director and the Project officers in all our respective areas. Time spent on the design will be accounted for and detailed tasks listed alongside.

DELIVERABLES AND TIMING

The consultancy is expected to start working on the study on the ( Insert date) for a duration of at least 21 days. Before heading out to carry out the assignment, the consultant is required to submit an inception report and defend the delivery plan through presentation to HFH Kenya management team as shall be scheduled by HFH Kenya during contracting of the assignment. The consultant is expected to work very closely with the HFH Kenya management, Laikipia County government, and local national government administration officials in carrying out the study.

6. OUTCOMES AND DELIVERABLES

The outcomes and deliverables of this assignment are.

• Stakeholders mapping survey questionnaire.
• Discussion guide for focus group discussions.
• Key Interview Guide for Key Informants
• Transcripts for all focus group discussions.
• Profile of all respondents (Age, gender, employment status etc.);
• Comprehensive list of 50 beneficiaries selected for inclusion in the social housing database
• A stakeholder mapping and management matrix ranking various stakeholders in order of need and priority as well as management strategies.
• Key recommendations based on the magnitude of issues identified.
• Detailed stakeholder report that explores each need in detail, presenting excerpts of respondent discussion “verbatim” to support various points made. The report should have a separate section on issues of water and sanitation at community level.
• Soft copies of all data sets both quantitative and qualitative.
• Abridged stakeholder report (10-15 pages long).
  • A master’s degree or higher in Social Sciences, Public Health, Development Studies, Disaster Management, Urban Planning, or a related field.
  • 10 years of professional experience in conducting situation assessments, needs assessments, and beneficiary mapping, particularly in housing, WASH, or disaster response sectors.
  • Demonstrated experience in data collection and analysis, using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
  • Previous experience working in similar geographic or thematic contexts (e.g., rural or disaster-prone areas).
  • Proven experience in developing assessment tools and conducting extensive baseline and impact surveys in Local Markets, Livelihoods/Income Generation, Cash Transfer Programs, WASH, Protection, and Education.
  • Proficiency in data collection tools and software (e.g., Kobo Toolbox, ODK, SPSS, GIS mapping).
  • Expertise in assessing vulnerabilities, land tenure, housing conditions, and WASH needs.
  • Knowledge of humanitarian and development standards such as Sphere Standards, core humanitarian standards, Humanitarian standards partnership and SDGs.
  • Strong quantitative data entry and analysis skills, with experience in statistical analysis software.
  • Ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable reports.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the capacity to present findings to diverse audiences.
  • Ability to respond promptly and appropriately to comments and questions.
  • Familiarity with local socio-cultural, economic, and political dynamics of Laikipia County.
  • Experience working with diverse stakeholders, including the county government, community leaders, and vulnerable groups.
  • Understanding of ethical issues in research, including child protection, adult safeguarding and experience using participatory methodologies for data collection and analysis.
  • Proven experience managing and coordinating evaluation and research exercises, delivering outputs on time and within budget.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage teams effectively.
  • Knowledge of food security, water, smart farming, and climate change adaptation & mitigation.
  • Previous experience working with communities, with an advantage for those who can communicate in local languages.

7. Qualification and Experience

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7.5 Cultural and Contextual Awareness:

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