EXTERNAL EVALUATION: IMPROVING FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY OF CONFLICT AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEAST NIGERIA
ORGANIZATION: ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM
POSTED: 02 FEB 2021
CLOSING DATE: 12 FEB 2021

PROJECT BACKGROUND

Rationale for the Project
The protracted humanitarian situation in Northeast Nigeria has negatively impacted the well-being, dignity, and security of civilians. There are 2.1 million IDPs in Nigeria of whom 1,566,011 are in Borno State and 142,425 are in Yobe State, and 78% of the displaced population are women and children (IOM DTM, Round 33 August 2020). Some, 76% of surveyed IDPs cite food as their main unmet need. Moreover, 1.7 million returnees are at various stages and lack inputs, assets and income to rebuild their livelihoods. Repeated mass displacement – 91 percent of IDPs have been displaced more than once – has impacted affected population’s self-sufficiency and ability to meet their food and basic needs.

Mass displacements and rising food insecurity adds strain on already scarce resources. Projections from the October 2020 Cadre Harmonisé (CH) update indicates that during the 2021 lean season about 2,673,293 people are projected to be in phase 3-5 an increase in the number of people in need from 3.7 to 4.3 million as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, 10.6 million people require critical lifesaving humanitarian assistance in the Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States (BAY region), including 2.1 million (19 %) women, 2.3 million children (21 %), and 0.9 million (8 %) persons with disabilities (PWDs) (Nigeria, Humanitarian Response Plan 2020, UNOCHA). Populations in need of humanitarian assistance have more than tripled from 0.7 million in 2019. Protection issues linked with sexual exploitation are faced by IDPs, children, women, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.

Project Goal

In an effort to continue critical lifesaving assistance support to the most food-insecure populations Action Against Hunger proposed the provision of ten (10) months food assistance project in six of the most conflict-affected LGAs of MMC, Jere, Monguno, Nganzai, and Magumeri in Borno, and Gujba LGA in Yobe States. AAH continued to provide support to the existing registered beneficiaries, which include:

6,622 households in MMC/Jere LGA in Borno State

14,654 households in Monguno LGA in Borno State

6,255 households in Nganzai LGA in Borno State

4,885 households Magumeri LGA in Borno State

4,502 HHs in Gujba LGA in Yobe State

Additionally, 1,500 Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (PLWs) in MMC/Jere in Borno state continued to receive assistance for 8 months and 500 new arrivals households have been supported through Cash/food Vouchers for 5 rounds as a contingency plan.

Geographical scope covered by the analysis

The geographical scope of the evaluation will cover six of the most conflict-affected LGAs of MMC, Jere, Monguno, Nganzai, and Magumeri in Borno, and Gujba LGA in Yobe States.

CIVIL SOCIETY-SCALING UP NUTRITION IN NIGERIA (CS-SUNN)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR A CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVOCACY TOOLS ON THE CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES OF NUTRITION
REFERENCE No: CS-SUNN/2021-01/0005

BACKGROUND
The Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) is a non-governmental, non-profit making coalition, made up of organizations with a shared vision to transform Nigeria into a country where every citizen has food and is nutrition secured. CS-SUNN pursues this lofty goal by engaging and mobilizing Government and Non-state actors to advocate for relevant policy implementation, raise awareness, generate evidence, build capacity and stimulate communities to scale-up nutrition in Nigeria, with special focus on maternal and child nutrition. The organizational capacity of CS-SUNN to become a leading voice on nutrition advocacy in Nigeria led to the implementation of the SUN Movement Pooled Fund Project.
The Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Pooled Fund (The Pooled Fund) is a source of funding of catalytic and innovative projects to support Multi-Sector/Stakeholder Platforms in SUN Countries to increase the effectiveness and impact of national efforts to end malnutrition in all its forms. Pooled Fund grants will promote engagement of additional relevant actors in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder national plans for nutrition, at national and sub-national level.
The objectives of Window II of the Pooled Fund is to strengthen linkages and joint collaboration within the Multi-sector/Stakeholder Platform at both the national and sub-national level and to improve the delivery of multi-sectoral nutrition activities that impact nutrition outcomes for nutritionally vulnerable groups including: women, girls and adolescents, and communities at the local level. The Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) is implementing the Pooled Fund project in the five focal states (Kaduna, Gombe, Kano, Oyo, and Enugu).

CALL FOR TENDERS

BROT FÜR DIE WELT is looking for consultants to provide consultancy and support services to our partner organisations in Nigeria and Ghana.

The service to be delivered is geared towards building the capacities of partner organisations to comply with funding requirements. This will be done through advice, training and coaching in the area of financial management (Lot 1) and outcome-and-impact-oriented planning, monitoring and evaluation (Lot 2).

CHRISTIAN AID
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
PRODUCTION OF INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATION MATERIALS

Background and Contextual Understanding: Evidence for Collaboration and Inclusive Development (ECID) is a data-driven project that will contribute to reducing poverty and improving the wellbeing of over 600,000 marginalised people in Kaduna and Anambra States.

The project is funded by UKAid from the UK government and is implemented by Christian Aid Nigeria in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations which will support civil society and marginalised groups to collect and use data as evidence for effective engagement with government and participation in policy and decision-making.