Kenya has for a number of years been a beneficiary of the Global Fund (GF) to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The country has once again been awarded the Global Fund Round 10 Grant to cover Malaria and HIV & AIDS interventions in the next five years.
To facilitate the management, coordination and implementation of the grant, the Kenya Country Coordinating Mechanism (KCM) appointed African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) as the Principal Recipient (PR) for the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).
It is in view of this that AMREF as the PR in consultation with the Division of Malaria Control (DOMC) and KCM is putting this call for expression of interest to the Civil Society Organizations which include Private Sector Organizations (PSOs), Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) that will be Sub Recipients (SR) of the grant to enable the success of this project.
This call for the expression of interest focuses on Malaria in the following priority areas (as per the GF round 10 proposal objectives to be implemented under PR 2)
1. Community social mobilisation and advocacy for malaria prevention (Malaria endemic districts as per the MoPHS
guidelines)
guidelines)
a. Community social mobilization to create demand for increased uptake of key malaria control interventions.
b. Documentation and dissemination of BCC best practices to inform the review of future BCC-mass media
activities.
activities.
c. Printing and distribution of malaria messages.
2. Strengthen community case management of malaria (Nyanza and Western Provinces)
a. Support the Establishment of functional community health units in Nyanza and Western Provinces.
b. Training of Community Health Workers (CHWs) on malaria case management.
c. Collaborate with the DHMTs and other stakeholders in the Implementation of malaria case management at the
community level.
community level.
d. Printing and distribution of Community Case Management guidelines and monitoring tools.
AMREF invites organizations with 3 years experience in implementing malaria programmes in the above priority areas to submit expression of interest for consideration of inclusion in the implementation of activities under the Global Fund Malaria Round 10 Grant.
Categories of Implementers
Category 1: National Level NGO’s/FBO’s/PSO’s. Must have an established office and verifiable presence in the region of
application.
application.
Category 2: Regional and Community Based Organizations. Must have an established office and verifiable presence in the district of application.
Eligible organizations should meet the following requirements:
· Experience in implementing activities in malaria
· Strong linkages to communities in which the organisation proposes to implement activities
· Strong organisational governance and management skills
· Sound financial management capacity and internal controls
· Technical capacity to plan, organise, implement and report on projects
· Adequate number of skilled staff
· Adequate core physical infrastructure
Application forms and guidelines are available on the following websites:-
· African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) www.amref.org
· Kenya Country Coordinating Mechanism (KCM) www.globalfundkcm.or.ke
· Division of Malaria Control (DOMC) www.nmcp.or.ke
· KeNAAM www.kenaam.or.ke
Forms can also be picked from the AMREF Kenya Country Office (KCO), Wilson Airport, Langata Road, and P.O. Box 30125 – 00100 Nairobi, Kenya from Thursday, 07th April to Monday, 11th April, 2011 between 8.30 am – 4.30 pm.
Hard copies of the completed application forms and all required attachments should be submitted to AMREF KCO at the above address on or before 5.00pm on Friday, 29th April, 2011.
Soft copies can be emailed to globalfundmalaria@amref.org
Applications should not be submitted to any other address except to the addresses provided above.
Country Director
AMREF Kenya Country Office
P.O Box 30125 – 00100 Nairobi
Tel; +254 – 20 699 4000
Fax; +254 – 20 606340
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