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Consultancy Service for co-creation and Proposal Development of a community resilience programme within the Lake Chad Basin region, to scale up response efforts bridging humanitarian relief to recovery to community resilience and peacebuilding in face of disasters, food insecurity crises and climate change.
Background
The humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) continues to be severe, with more than 11 million people requiring wide-ranging life-saving assistance, protection, and resilience-building interventions. The Lake Chad region is one of the world’s most protracted conflict and crisis environments. Despite some positive developments, high levels of violence continue to have a devastating impact on millions of people in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. Conflict and climate change continue to fuel large-scale human suffering in north-east Nigeria and parts of Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Some 5.6 million people are expected to be severely food insecure during the 2022 lean season – the highest figure in four years. Furthermore, 3.0 million people are internally displaced (IDPs), including 2 million in Nigeria alone. Instability and armed violence in the Lake Chad Basin have disrupted the population's lives, making displaced people (refugees and IDPs) and local communities vulnerable to a range of protection risks. Over 5.3 million people have been forced to flee within or outside their countries.
Climate change and extreme weather events are increasingly causing vulnerable families to fall into crisis. Heavy rains and floods in late 2022, have significantly affected the Lake Chad Basin causing loss of human life, property, farmlands, and livestock, affecting 866,000 people, killing over 250 and displacing 214,000. Some 122,000 houses and over 131,000 hectares of agricultural farmland were damaged or destroyed. Many affected regions already struggled with high food insecurity, malnutrition, instability, and violence.
The LCB is a highly complex protracted crisis context where Humanitarian, Development, Peace and Stabilisation efforts should complement each other in areas such as local development, community resilience building, social cohesion, community engagement and accountability (CEA), Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI).
The National Red Cross Red Societies are present throughout the Lake Chad Basin in each of the five countries; Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic and Chad as auxiliary to their governments. The IFRC has presence of its delegations in 4 countries (Cameroon, CAR, Niger, and Nigeria). The Red Cross’s ongoing humanitarian activities, the extensive network of local volunteers, branches and unique mandate and capabilities to serve hard-to-reach communities provide a unique comparative advantage for Building Community Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change in Lake Chad Basin.
Organizational Context
In dialogue with the Lake Chad Basin Commission, the IFRC and its member National Red Cross Societies, are looking to jointly develop community resilience programme within the region, to scale up response efforts bridging humanitarian relief to recovery to community resilience and peacebuilding in face of disasters, food insecurity crises and climate change.
The programme is envisaged to significantly contribute to the humanitarian response plans, the Lake Chad Basin Commission Regional Strategy for the Stabilisation, Recovery and Resilience and Strategic Action’s Plan. Programming design will also benefit from integration with the IFRC’s existing humanitarian response activities and Pan African Key Initiatives and the joint AU-IFRC Food and Nutrition Resilience Programme (FNRP), which seeks to enhance food security of the most vulnerable people through investment in sustainable agricultural practices, water management, health and nutrition, and by strengthening economic potential of small-scale food producers and their communities. Close collaboration between National Governments and Red Cross/Red Crescent National Societies; will support tailored analysis and programme design with national needs and aligned with the broader regional objectives of this initiative.
Purpose of the consultancy
In close collaboration with the Lake Chad Basin Commission, national governments, RCRC national societies and other stakeholders, IFRC is seeking to:
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Timeframe
The consultancy will be for up to 60 days, to be delivered between October 2024 and January 2025 or until final submission is completed, if earlier.
Qualification of the Consultant
Interested, experienced and qualified consultants are requested to apply on the IFRC website through the link below, on or before 07 October 2024.
Consultant, Community Resilience_IFRC & LCBC