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Consultancy, Baseline Survey, The Child Rights and Protection in Cocoa Growing Communities in Ghana Project (Cocoa sector) in the Asunafo North Municipality of Ghana.

JOB SUMMARY

Company Fairtrade Afr...
Industry Agriculture/A...
Category Science
Location Asunafo North...
Job Status Full-time
Salary GH¢ 
Education Qualified
Experience N/A
Job Expires Jan 27, 2019
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Company Profile

Established in 2005, Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is the independent non-profit umbrella organization representing all Fairtrade certified producers in Africa. Fairtrade Africa is owned by its members, who are African producer organizations certified against international Fairtrade standards producing traditional export commodities such as flowers, coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, bananas, mango, and non-traditional commodities including shea butter and rooibos tea. Currently, the organization represents over 1 million smallholder farmers and workers across 33 countries in Africa.
 
Our Vision
A world in which all producers can enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods, fulfill their potential and decide on their future. 
 
Our Mission
  • To support our members to strengthen their organizations in line with Fairtrade standards.
  • To improve and increase our members’ ability to access Fairtrade markets.
  • To empower our members to advocate for their interests and take active ownership of the global Fairtrade system. 
WHAT WE DO
Our Strategic Plan 2016-2020 provides a comprehensive long-term outline towards achieving our commitment to smallholder farmers, workers, and artisanal miners. By working within the Fairtrade system and with strategic partnerships through country and producer networks, we will deliver on the following: 
  • Deliver relevant valued services to Fairtrade smallholders and workers
  • Build, secure, and sustain access to the market for our members.
  • Advocacy.
  • Build a strong, settled producer network as part of a global system 
WHERE WE OPERATE 
We operate four regional networks: Eastern Africa Network (FTA-ECAN) based in Nairobi, Kenya; West Africa Network (FTA-WAN) based in Accra, Ghana and Southern Africa Network (FTA-SAN) based in Cape Town, South Africa. The North Africa & Middle East Network is through partnerships that are coordinated from the secretariat in Nairobi.

Job Description

Baseline Survey, The Child Rights and Protection in Cocoa Growing Communities in Ghana Project (Cocoa sector) in the Asunafo North Municipality of Ghana

1.0 Project Summary

Name of Project: Child rights and protection in cocoa growing communities in Ghana Project
Scope of Project: The project’s final beneficiaries are children from 67 cocoa growing communities in the Asunafo North Municipality including 3,000 girls and 3,200 boys.
Research Type: Baseline Survey 
Purpose: The purpose of this baseline study is to establish qualitative and quantitative baseline data around project goals and indicators of the MFA project. 
Primary Methodology: The study will use mixed methods appropriate for collection of baseline data around project goals and indicators.
Baseline Start and end dates: January, 2019
Anticipated Baseline Final Report release date: 10th February, 2019
Fairtrade Africa Contact persons: At Fairtrade Africa the contact persons shall be
Anthony Bright Kwakugah
Tel: 0244435277
Email: a.kwakugah@fairtradeafrica.net

 

2.0 Project Background

  • Ghana: Child rights and protection in cocoa growing communities in Ghana
  • Focus: Cocoa; Child Protection (Child Labour)
  • Implementing Years: 2018-2021
2.1 Project Description
The agricultural sector remains the backbone of the Ghana with over 50% of the workforce employed in agriculture. Cocoa is the chief agricultural export and the country's main cash crop. Behind Ivory Coast, Ghana is the second largest cocoa exporter in the world. The Ghana Statistical Service estimates indicate that close to 28% of children in Ghana between the ages of 5 to 14 are involved in child labour activities and for that matter are not going to school. Out of this proportion, over 50% are engaged in farm labour with cocoa farms engaging about 65% of them. The Cocoa Labour Survey in Ghana commissioned by the National Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour in Cocoa estimated a quarter of the children working in the cocoa sector are engaged in hazardous work. Enrolment records from the Municipal Education Directorate reveals an increasing decline as pupils’ transition from the primary school to the Junior High School level.
 
The project is strengthening local and national child protection systems to protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. The project is building strong and functional community/district-based structures embarking on child labour and child protection education. The project is advocating duty-bearer organizations/institutions to roll-out programmes and policy on child labour and child protection. Ghana’s Children’s Act 560 recognizes the interest of the child as central in all matters. It emphasis that no child should be discriminated against, welfare of the child must be adhered to and that the child must be heard in all matters. The act sets out to protect the child from exploitative labour, discrimination, torture and degrading treatment, as well betrothal and marriage.
 
The project is targeting SPOs, traditional leaders and other community opinion leaders, municipal assembly and its departments, other community level stakeholders. At regional and national levels, the project is targeting the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Parliamentary-select committee on women and children and National Child Labour Unit. The project’s final beneficiaries are children from 67 cocoa growing communities in the Asunafo North Municipality including 3000 girls and 3200 boys. 
 
In the project’s initial brainstorming the following objectives and main activities were identified:
Project Goal: Improved Child Protection
 
Expected result of the project is:
Strengthened child protection systems in the Asunafo North Municipality communities to adequately prevent, respond to and manage child rights and protection issues.
 
The following are the project outputs 
  • OUTPUT 1: Increased access to safe and friendly school environment for children in cocoa growing communities
  • OUTPUT 2: Increased community capacities to raise awareness on child rights, participation & protection, monitor and report cases child rights violations. 
  • OUTPUT 3: Increased CSO’s capacity, voice and influence on child labour and child protection 
  • OUTPUT 4: Increased knowledge, capacities and resilience of children to report and manage child rights, participation and violations at schools and in communities.
  • OUTPUT 5: Increased Duty-bearers’ platform at the national and sub-national level (district) to ensure child-rights promotion
The project also covers the following Cross-cutting objectives:
  • Climate change 
  • Environment
  • Disaster Risk Readiness (DRR)
  • Gender
  • Vulnerable people
The project is implemented in cooperation with ActionAid, Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of Ghana, Community Empowerment Associates (CEA), Nature Aid Ghana and Centre for the Empowerment of the Vulnerable (CEV).
 
3.0 Study purpose and Objectives
The purpose of this baseline study is to establish the project baseline based on the data around project goals and indicators to enable future measurement of project impact, and to appraise the current project design.  
 
4.0 Methodology
The consultant is expected to develop a suitable methodology, design survey instruments (which must be approved by FTA before use), administer these instruments and conduct data analysis. The proposed methodology should meet the expected deliverables of the research, taking into consideration the implementation of the project in the 67 communities.
 
5.0 Baseline Scope 
This baseline should represent the beneficiaries from 67 cocoa growing communities under the Asunafo North Municipality. This includes 3,000 girls and 3,200 boys, their families, the community leaders and all relevant CSOs in the region. 
 
Indicators to be included in the baseline
The list of indicators to be baselined will be given out once a consultant is selected for this task.
 
6.0 Baseline Stakeholders  
The stakeholders involved in the baseline will be the MFA project staff, Fairtrade Africa – WAN staff, the Asunafo North Municipal Cooperative Cocoa Farmers’ Union, the Asunafo North Municipality Assembly, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Employment & Labour Relations, Relevant Departments at the District and Regional levels, traditional leaders, communities and farmers in the cocoa. In terms of direct and indirect stakeholders, the following are the specifics: 
 
6.1 Direct stakeholders
The direct target groups include: 
  • Households of target communities (male, female, adolescents and children)
  • Children whose parents are engaged in the cocoa farming sector (Boys, Girls, adolescent)
  • Cocoa farmers from target communities
  • Youth groups if available 
  • Chiefs and land custodians of target communities
  • Available women groups in target communities 
  • Community level volunteers and existing farmer-based groups/organisation 
6.2 Indirect stakeholders:
  • Social / Religious & community leaders
  • Government of Ghana decentralised representatives
  • NGO/CBO representatives
Key informants
  • Community members of the 67 project communities of the Asunafo North Municipal Assembly (including consultation with different segments of the communities stratified by gender, age, education, occupation etc.)
  • Local partners with Environment, Agriculture and Labour related expertise (e.g. could include government extension staff, educational institutions etc.) 
  • Fairtrade Africa staff with experience in Agriculture, child labour related or employment related projects in other regions of Africa.
7.0 Expected Outputs/Deliverables
The consultant will be required to produce the following outputs:
  • An inception report detailing the baseline survey design and plan outlining the execution phase with clear time-frames;
  • Set of data collection tools;
  • Draft report
  • Final report
8.0 Reporting Requirements
The draft and final report is expected to be organized as follows:
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction and Background
3. Methodology
4. Data Synthesis and key findings
5. Conclusions and Recommendations 
6. Annexes:
a. Data set
b. The Study Team Members
c. Questionnaire, Guides/ tools
d. Terms of Reference

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