About Water Aid
Water Aid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. We have been working with government and non-governmental partners to ensure that these essential services are available to poor and marginalized communities, especially women, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable groups.
Water Aid employs a public health and climate adaptation approach to addressing current water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) service requirements and sustaining them for the future. Hygiene behaviour change, menstrual hygiene, rural and urban sanitation and safe water systems, WASH in institutions (healthcare facilities, schools, public places) and nature-based solutions for water conservation, groundwater recharge and waste-water treatment are some of the interventions used for achieving our objectives. We also work with sector partners to support and influence the behavioural, institutional and policy mechanisms for accelerating progress toward achieving safe and sustainable WASH access for the poor and marginalized communities.For more information, please visit (www.wateraid.org)
Background
Adequate WASH services improve public health and significantly lower the morbidity burden. Access to improved WASH services can prevent up to 36.4% of underweight cases in Punjab alone correlated to bacterial and diarrheal infections. Improved water sources reduce diarrhoea morbidity by 21% and washing hands at critical times can reduce the number of diarrhoea cases by 35%. Progress in childhood mortality indicators presents positive outcomes.
Lady Health Workers (LHWs) are integral to delivering community-based health interventions in Pakistan, particularly in rural areas. Their training and curriculum are critical in addressing public health challenges, including Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), climate resilience, and gender equity. With emerging climate-related challenges and the need for gender inclusivity in health interventions, it is important to evaluate how well the LHW curriculum, particularly in Punjab and Sindh, incorporates these critical topics. This study will focus on reviewing the curriculum from a user-centered perspective to identify gaps and opportunities for integration of climate resilience and gender-inclusive WASH practices.
Purpose of the assignment
The objective of this assignment is to conduct a user-centered review of the Lady Health Workers’ curriculum in Punjab and Sindh to assess its current coverage of Climate Resilient and Gender Inclusive WASH topics and to identify the needs for further integration of these areas into the curriculum.
Scope of Work
The consultant/firm will:
Methodology:
The consultant will conduct desk review, field visits, and meetings with key stakeholders. In doing this work, the consultant will develop tools to collect and analyse the needed information, which will be vetted by Water Aid prior to utilization.

• Document Review: Analyze the LHW curriculum and related training materials from Punjab and Sindh with respect to the inclusion of WASH, climate resilience, and gender inclusivity.
  
• User-Centered Research: in each province Conduct minimum 30 Key informant interviews with LHWs to assess their experiences with the current curriculum and its application in their fieldwork, focusing on WASH, climate resilience, and gender sensitivity.
  
• Stakeholder Consultations: in each province Hold minimum 5consultations with curriculum developers/LHW trainers, 10 KII with LHW supervisors, and 05 KII health department officials to understand their perspectives on the integration of these topics and the practical needs for curriculum improvements.
  
• Gap Analysis: Perform a gap analysis by comparing the curriculum content with the practical challenges faced by LHWs, particularly related to WASH, climate resilience, and gender-sensitive practices.
  

Deliverables:
Supervision
WASH and health specialist Water Aid Pakistan will be the focal point for this assignment and will provide technical oversight on the deliverables, provincial managers will give operational support if required.
Duration of assignment
Water Aid intends to receive the services of a selected consultant with total level of efforts of 50 working days spreading over 3 months commencing from the agreement signing date.


Evaluation criteria
Each candidate shall submit technical and financial proposals in two separate sealed envelopes. Technical offers will first be evaluated according to the “Evaluation criteria” below and the technical qualification threshold point is “70”.



For financial offer, each deliverable must be included in the financial offer. All deliverables MUST be completed within the assignment duration.
Standard Contract Terms & Conditions
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• The vendor shall not without first obtaining the consent in writing of Water Aid, permit any of its duties or obligations made under the Agreement to be performed or carried out by any other person or reassign his/her interest in the Agreement.
  
• The vendor shall not hold Water Aid liable for any accident or misadventure befalling them whilst on duty or pursuing activities to fulfil the Agreement.
  
• Water Aid reserves the right to accept and reject any proposal without assigning any verbal and or written rationale whatsoever.
  

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Application Process and Closing date
Please send your one sealed bid having Technical & Financial proposal in separate envelopes inside through registered mail/courier or by hand to the following address on or before November 15, 2024, COB.
Please write the subject
“WAP/01651/30-10-24/Consultany User Centered Review LHW Curriculum Punjab Sindh Health
Department Assess Coverage Needs Integration Climate Resilient Gender Inclusive WASH” on the envelope
Water Aid reserves the right to accept or reject any bid or part of any bid without assigning any reason to it.
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