Terms of Reference For Conducting A Three-Day Holiday Camp with Beneficiary Children and Their Guardians in Nairobi, Kenya At Secours Islamique France

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  1. Background and Context

Founded in 1991, Secours Islamique France (SIF) is a French-based international NGO dedicated to responding to humanitarian and social needs worldwide. For over 30 years, SIF has provided emergency relief, implemented development programs, and conducted advocacy campaigns without proselytizing or discriminating against beneficiaries.

  • Vision: A more just and caring world in which the basic needs of vulnerable people are met.
  • Mission: To reduce poverty and vulnerability in France and around the world through emergency relief, development programs, and advocacy, guided by principles of neutrality, impartiality, and human dignity.

SIF implements the Education & Child Wellbeing (ECWB) project in Nairobi (Kenya) and Kismayo (Somalia). Among the activities that SIF undertakes with children and their parents/guardians, SIF organizes a holiday camp for sponsored children and their guardians during the holiday season in a child-friendly setting where they interact and play together.

In this context, many children and caregivers have few opportunities to engage in positive play, strengthen family relationships, or access structured psychosocial support. As a result, stress, emotional distress, family tensions, and social isolation remain common challenges.

The August school holiday period presents a valuable opportunity to bring children and caregivers together through play therapy, interactive games, and group activities that promote psychosocial wellbeing, strengthen family bonds, encourage positive parenting, and create safe and child friendly spaces for learning, healing, and social connection. Such interventions will help build resilience, enhance child protection outcomes, and contribute to the overall wellbeing of both children and their caregivers.

2. Purpose of the Consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to design and facilitate a child friendly and caregiver inclusive 3-day holiday programme that uses play therapy, recreational activities and structured group sessions to promote psychosocial wellbeing, strengthen child-caregiver relationships and enhance child protection outcomes among vulnerable children and families in Mukuru informal settlements.

3. Objectives

The objectives of the training are listed below:

  • Provide life skills education for children for enhanced emotional and social well-being, improved decision-making, critical thinking, self-esteem, and confidence.
  • Conduct positive parenting sessions for parents/guardians to empower them with positive parenting skills for the upbringing of their children, especially teenagers.
  • Facilitate age-specific play therapy and recreational activities that enable children to express themselves safely.
  • Create opportunities for trained facilitators to identify child protection concerns, vulnerabilities, and psychosocial needs among participating children.
  • Strengthen children’s awareness of their rights, safeguarding, personal safety, and help-seeking behaviors.
  • Promote parent-child bonding moments through guided activities.
  • Identify children with protective concerns and provide timely and appropriate support or referral.
  • Provide psychosocial support (PSS) to children and their caregivers.

4. Scope of work & Deliverables

The activity will be implemented over three days within Nairobi’s Mukuru informal settlements specifically Mukuru kwa Njenga, Mukuru kwa Reuben, and Viwandani. To promote meaningful engagement and interaction, the sessions will be held on separate days for each location as follows:

  • August 11th – Mukuru kwa Reuben
  • August 13th – Mukuru kwa Njenga
  • August 14th – Mukuru Viwandani

The holiday camp will target a total of 350 children aged 4–18 years and 252 guardians. These participants will be scheduled in cohorts across the three-day implementation period, with the same overall target population distributed over the three days rather than attending simultaneously. The consultant will be responsible for facilitating the three-day holiday camp, which includes the following key deliverables:

  1. Development of Training Curriculum
    Design a comprehensive, age-appropriate, and culturally sensitive curriculum covering:
    • Life skills education
    • Psychosocial support
    • Positive parenting
    • Child protection
  2. Training Delivery
    Conduct interactive, participatory sessions tailored to the needs of both children and their guardians. Sessions should include:
    • Identification of child protection concerns
    • Psychosocial support activities
    • Play therapy sessions
    • Interactive games
    • Parent-focused sessions
    • Joint parent-child sessions
  3. Provide a detailed list of all necessary play materials and supplies to be procured in advance of the holiday camp dates.
  4. Work closely with SIF staff and community volunteers to ensure smooth implementation.
  5. Submit a comprehensive report summarizing the training sessions. The report should include:
    • Key findings and observations
    • Recommendations
    • Any identified child protection concerns
    • An evaluation of the overall effectiveness and impact of the holiday camp

5. Methodology

The holiday camp should use a participatory, child-centered, andragogic, inclusive and age-appropriate approach designed to ensure meaningful engagement of both children and their caregivers.

6. Required Qualifications and Experience

  • Strong background in child protection, education, psychosocial support, and positive parenting.
  • Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering training programs for vulnerable children and their families
  • Familiarity with the Kenyan context, particularly informal settlements in Nairobi.
  • Knowledge of child rights and protection frameworks.
  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage with diverse audiences.

7. SIF Code of Conduct

SIF applies a ZERO – tolerance principle to fraud, bribery, attempted fraud or acceptance of a bribe, corruption, money laundering, funding of terrorism, moral harassment, sexual harassment or abuse, or violence of any kind whatsoever. This principle applies to all SIF stakeholders, including consultants. This consultancy is subject to respect and commitment to SIF code of conduct, Anti-Fraud/Anti-Corruption Policy, and Conflict of Interest Policy. Consultants are required to declare any conflict of interest prior to the start of the consultancy.

8. Child Safeguarding Statement:

SIF commits to respect the “Do no harm” humanitarian principle and ensure child safety is paramount in all its activities. SIF implements a Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP) at head office and for every mission. Therefore, we implement all necessary measures to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with vulnerable people, with children, engage with our organization. This consultancy is subject to respect and commitment to SIF Child Safeguarding Policy throughout the implementation period. We have zero tolerance for harmful practices and will take any allegation or report of child abuse very seriously.

How to apply

Application Process

  • A brief understanding of the assignment and approach to delivering the scope of work.
  • Methodology and proposed activities for the 3-day holiday camp.
  • Profile of the consultant/organization, including relevant experience.
  • Number of personnel to be engaged for the event
  • A detailed budget proposal, outlining the estimated costs for their services, including any required materials, and consultancy fees. The budget should be submitted along with the proposal.
  • To apply for the consultancy, please email a technical proposal and financial proposal to*, apply.ken@secours-islamique.orgput in ccdriver2.ke@secours-islamique.org*by 16th July 2026