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 AMREF as the Principal Recipient (PR) for the Civil Society Organisations (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 Organisations which include Private Sector Organisations (PSOs), Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) and Community Based Organisations (CBOs) that will be Sub Recipients (SRs) 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
- Community social mobilisation and advocacy for malaria prevention (Malaria endemic districts as per the MoPHS guidelines)
a. Community social mobilisation 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.
c. Printing and distribution of malaria messages.
- 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 on malaria case management.
c. Collaborate with the DHMTs and other stakeholders in the Implementation of malaria case management at the community level.
d. Printing and distribution of Community Case Management guidelines and monitoring tools.
AMREF invites organisations 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.
Category 2: Regional and Community Based Organisations - must have an established office and verifiable presence in the district of application.
Eligible organisations 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
Downloads:
Global Fund Round 10 Capacity Assessment Questionnaire
Global Fund Round 10 Malaria-Sub Recipient Terms of Reference
Global Fund Round 10 Logframe and Budget Template
Global Fund Round 10 Performance Framework - Kenya
Global Fund Round 10 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix
Application forms and guidelines are also available on the following websites:-
Kenya Country Co-coordinating Mechanism (KCM)
Division of Malaria Control (DOMC)
Forms can also be picked from the AMREF in Kenya Country Office (KCO), Wilson Airport, Langata Road, and PO Box 30125 – 00100 Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday, April 7, 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 April, 29, 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.
