
ChildFund International
1. Background
ChildFund Kenya is implementing the “Strengthening Partnerships for Nurturing Care Project II” project from March 2023 to February 2026 in Busia and Homabay Counties. The project builds upon learning and promising results on what works for responsive caregiving through group parenting sessions using existing community platforms.
The goal of this project is to improve the development of children aged 0-3 years in priority locations of Mozambique and Kenya by February 2026. To achieve the goal and objectives of this project, the team will work with the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB), county stakeholders, implementing partners, other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and community stakeholders.
Specifically, the objectives of the project are:
2. Purpose of the Assignment
ChildFund is seeking the services of a film production company to team up with its technical staff to undertake the production of a video and photography that tells the story of this project.
3. Location of the assignment
The video and photography will be shot in various locations within Homabay and Busia counties and the Nairobi ChildFund office.
4. Filming days
7 days. The entire assignment must be completed by June 10th, 2025
5. Scope of Work
This entails two parts – filming and post-production.
PART A: FILMING
INTERVIEWS AND LOCATION/ACTIVITY FOOTAGE
These questions have been broken into various parts. It is recommended that these parts guide the sequence of the video. Location footage should supplement each part, so that there are shifts between the interviewee and location, showing participants engaged in the project, as well as the impact of the partnership
a) Homabay site
b) Interview with Multi-Sectoral Team (MST) members (County government department of gender/health/education/children’s services)
Interview with Lake Region Development Programme (LRDP) CEO, Project Officer—Implementing partner for the Nurturing Care project
(to camera, supported by miscellaneous footage)
• Tell us about this project – when, how and where did it start working together?
• What is the key focus of this partnership today?
• How has your departmental involvement contributed to the success of this project?
• What lessons has your department learned from working on these projects in partnership with ChildFund
• Can you highlight any specific successes of the projects?
• What is your take on the future of nurturing care interventions and partnership with ChildFund?
• Please share a saying/quote you love on partnerships/why working together with other people is important.
c) Frontline worker—Health care worker/children’s officer/nutritionist/mentor/facilitator/media practitioner (to camera, supported by miscellaneous footage)
• Tell us the story of this partnership – when, how and where did you start getting involved in the project ?
• What is the key focus of this project today?
• How has the project benefited your department/sector/community/household
• What has been the most significant impact of this project in the communities you serve?
• Why should we embrace nurturing care interventions, in your opinion?
• What challenges have you encountered while implementing this project, and how have you addressed them?
• Please share a saying/quote you love on partnerships/why working together with other people is important.
d) Community members/parenting groups (caregivers (Female, Male , teen mum,grandparent)
• How has the project impacted your life or your community?
• What changes have you noticed since the start of the Nurturing Care project?
• Please share your personal story or experience on how this project has helped you and your community.
• What challenges do you or your community still face, and how can the project address them?
• What are your hopes for the future of this project?
• Please share a saying from your community on why working together with other people is important.
e) Ask ALL participants the same question (Quick compilation of sound bites on partnerships/working together)
Travel Days
Day 1 (Full day filming and photography) – Homabay team- Ndhiwa field interviews
o Community level interviews
Interview 3 Parenting groups facilitators 1 in each ward (Film 3 parenting session as well one in each Ward). Include issues of Nurturing Care Management Information System(NCMIS) usage for reporting.
Shots of the parenting session in progress.
Interview of Household participating in session
Shots of the Livelihood project for the caregivers- Poultry/ Pig value chain
Interview with 3 caregiver groups doing livelihood intervention with caregiver
Day 2 (Full day filming) – parenting / Livelihood interventions
• Interview with Subcounty Ministry of Health(MOH)/ Nutritionist/ Community strategy focal person/
Interview mentors – 3 (one per ward).
Shots of community level activity either outreach or birth registration or medical camp.
Interview project officer.
/ CEO LRDP/ Project coordinator
Interview with Media practioners on their involvement in nurturing care messaging.
Shots of the community level activity in progress- outreach session/ birth registration
Interview with birth registrar/ children officer
Day 3 (Morning hour filming) – Homabay county level film (Interview with Multisectoral teams for Nurturing care for ECD)
Interview MST chair Homabay county/County Executive Committee Member(CECM) gender/ Health
Interview MST members from Health/ Early Childhood Development(ECD)/ gender/Communications/ Children services/ CSO network representative/
Interview Office of the Governor/ County Secretary
Afternoon: Travelling to Busia County.
Day 4: Interview with the County government of Busia
• Interview with the Office of the Governor/ County Secretary
• Interview with Busia MST chair/CECM education
• Interview with MST members from Communication/ Trade/ Gender/ Health/ Education
• Shots of the MST meeting in progress. / Shots of the Busia childcare facility influenced by MST work.
• Interview with media practitioners on their involvement with Nurturing Care (NC) activities.
Day 5 – Bunyala field interviews.
Interview with project officer – James
Community level interviews
Interview 3 Parenting groups facilitators 1 in each ward (Film 3 parenting session as well one in each Ward). Include issues of the Nurturing Care Management Information System. (NCMIS) usage for reporting.
Shots of the parenting session in progress.
Shots of the Livelihood project for the caregivers-(Clementina and Francis groups for Poultry farming / Pig value chain shot for Melisaa and Caroline’s pig farms demonstrating progress of livelihood.
Interview with opinion leaders on child protection issues in Bunyala and involvement of the project, especially the Children’s Advisory Committee (CAC) meetings.
Interview of Household participating in session- teen mum/ male caregiver/ female caregiver
Day 6 – Bunyala field interviews.
Interview with groups/facilitators – cohort 1 from flood-prone areas- (Rukala, Runyu areas)
Shots of the flood-prone community and their involvement in the project.
Shots of a community outreach session – dialogue or health days.
Interview with a Livestock officer who has supported the trainings and technical support to groups for livelihoods.
Interview with Children officer/ MOH/Nutritionist/ religious representative e.g Muslim leader who has parenting sessions.
Day 7 – ChildFund CO interviews – Alice/Caroline/ Damaris/ Adede/
PART B: POST PRODUCTION
The contracted firm will edit the material from the 2 project counties (Homabay and Busia) and include footage from the Country Office (CO) team in Nairobi to produce a cohesive and compelling video that highlights the impact of the project. The result will be a professionally polished video that effectively conveys the story and impact of the nurturing care project in communities.
5. Filming and photography Specifications/instructions to follow:
• Video specs. 4k/25fps video quality is greatly preferred but 1080×1920 is minimum acceptable quality. Horizontal format, LOG capture preferred.
• Ensure that all staff appearing in videos have ChildFund-branded shirts, hats etc. LP staff should have co-branded uniforms.
• Capture high-resolution still photographs in RAW format, deliver captioned photographs in both RAW and JPEG format
• Proper consent forms should be obtained from all participants in the video. Indicate photo file number on the consent for proper tracking. (Consent form attached). Scanned consent forms should be included with the submission.
• Non-English language interviews will need to be transcribed and translated in the attached interview format. Frequent timestamping is a must to ensure accurate subtitles.
• Capturing drone footage of the area is a plus.
6. Deliverables
ChildFund will expect the following products:
• Raw video footage with audio and visual as per agreed specs with the filming team.
• Location/ project activity/ B-roll footage.
• Transcriptions, where applicable.
• 8-10 minutes final project video
• Produce 40 photos from each site and event attended in each county.
7. Terms of Payment
Upon completion of the assignment, the contracted vendor will be paid in full (100%) in Kenyan shillings. Payment will be made within 30 days of receiving a proper invoice.
How to apply
Interested individuals and/or institutions are requested to provide, at a minimum:
• A financial proposal that includes daily rates, including taxes. ChildFund will provide transport, accommodation and meals.
• Company profile
• Samples of previous works—at least 2 videos.
• Reference contact information of at least 2 individuals or institutions in the past similar assignments.
Please send your proposal to [email protected] by 9th May 2025.
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