THE TRANSLATION OF ISLAMIC RELIEF KENYA POLICIES TO LOCAL LANGUAGES CONSULTANCY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LIVELIHOODS, EMPOWERMENT AND RESILIENCE SUPPORT (DELIVERS) PROJECT.

ISLAMIC RELIEF KENYA TENDER NOVEMBER 2025 

THE TRANSLATION OF ISLAMIC RELIEF KENYA POLICIES TO LOCAL LANGUAGES CONSULTANCY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LIVELIHOODS, EMPOWERMENT AND RESILIENCE SUPPORT (DELIVERS) PROJECT.

IRK/CO/CONS/DELIVERS/001/11/2025

1. BACKGROUND

IR Kenya started operations in Kenya in 1993 through a local CBO in Mandera District, Northern Kenya. It opened its fully-fledged office in March in 2006 at the height of drought in the Horn of Africa. Since then, it has been providing humanitarian and development assistance to vulnerable communities. Over these years IRK has remarkably changed the lives of the vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. In January 2010 and October 2011, IRK extended its operation to Wajir county and Garissa County; to serve both the local community and Refugee at Dadaab Camp. Islamic Relief Kenya is currently implementing programmes in the following sectors: Health and Nutrition; WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene); Sustainable Livelihoods and Disaster Risk reduction (DRR); Child Welfare/Protection & Education; and Emergency Response. Over the years, IR Kenya has implemented various development and relief activities which have remarkably changed the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Kilifi, Marsabit and Kajiado Counties. IR Kenya has a commitment to standards which ascribe to program quality and improved programming. This obliges us to conduct an end line evaluation study for the LDP project in the specific areas of the project interventions to help in documenting intended and unintended changes that have been realized that can be attributed to the project.

2. PROJECT SUMMARY

The Development through Livelihoods, Empowerment and Resilience Support (DELIVERS) Project is a twoyear Project targeting the vulnerable communities in Kilifi & Mandera counties through inclusive and accessible education, improved alternative Economic Empowerment to the target households and increased availability of water for household use and food production. The project intends to achieve in the following ways: –

• Increased equitable Access to clean drinking water for drought-prone households to use for domestic, livestock uses and crop production through construction of two dams, solarization and rehabilitation of 4 boreholes.
• Increased access to food security and household income among smallholder farmers and youth through livestock vaccination campaigns, provision of goats, training on climate resilient farming, strengthening early warning and response systems and livelihood diversification techniques.
• Improved learning environment and learning outcomes through provision of learning materials, solarization of schools, girl’s mentorship programmes, strengthening gender and child protection structures, awareness raising on CRM, trainings on policies & translation of policies in local language, and provision of psychosocial support.

The project is being implemented directly by Islamic Relief Kenya in collaboration with other stakeholders in Mandera and Kilifi Counties notably the government departments of education, special programmes, child protection, gender and social services, environment, trade and economic planning, water and sanitation at the county level.

Through this Integrated WASH, Education, Livelihoods & food security project, IR Kenya will help reduce school dropout rates, increase retention and enrolment of child/ girl in school through provision of friendly environment, supply of clean water for domestic, livestock use, and crop production, supply of sanitary / dignity kits for the girl child so that they don’t miss classes when they are on their menstrual period. Furthermore, it will help the community form and strengthen existing structures for child/girl education, child/gender rights and protection.

Project Impact: Improved quality of life and household resilience to recurrent shocks in Kilifi South SubCounty, Kilifi County & Mandera East and Mandera North Sub County, Mandera County through the provision of improved access to water, sanitation, livelihoods, and education services.

Project Outcomes

• Outcome 1: Increased equitable Access to clean drinking water for drought-prone households (HCs) to use for domestic, livestock uses and crop production in Mandera and Kilifi Counties.
• Outcome 2: Increased access to food security and household income among smallholder farmers and youth in Mandera and Kilifi Counties
• Outcome 3: Improved learning environment and learning outcomes for marginalized boys and girls to support learning and progression to next grade

Purpose and Scope of The Translation of Policies

Purpose:

The purpose of translating the Child Protection, Gender, Safeguarding, Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH), Code of Conduct, and Community Feedback and Response Mechanism (CRM) procedures into Kiswahili and Somali is to strengthen understanding, 4 ownership, and implementation of key safeguarding and accountability standards among community members and stakeholders. By making these policies available in the most spoken local languages, the activity seeks to:

• Enhance accessibility and comprehension of Islamic Relief Kenya’s protection and safeguarding commitments by all community members, including those with limited literacy or English proficiency.
• Promote community ownership and accountability by ensuring everyone  staff, partners, and rightsholders clearly understands their rights, responsibilities, and available reporting mechanisms.
• Strengthen inclusive participation and protection outcomes for children, women, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups.
• Foster trust and transparency between Islamic Relief Kenya and the communities it serves, ensuring safeguarding messages are consistently communicated and upheld throughout programme delivery.

Scope:

This assignment entails the professional translation, validation, and dissemination of key institutional safeguarding and accountability documents from English into Kiswahili and Somali, to enhance accessibility and community ownership in Kilifi and Mandera Counties. The scope of work will include:

1. a)Translation of the following policy documents (approximately 36 pages in total):

• Child Protection Policy
• Gender Policy o Safeguarding Policy
• PSEAH Guidelines
• Code of Conduct
• Community Feedback and Response Mechanism (CRM)

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