RFP - Communications training of Tuberculosis-affected communities

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About the Organization

Resource Group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health (REACH), established in 1999, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB) in India. The mandate of REACH includes providing high-quality treatment, care, and support for those affected by TB as well as advocacy, research, and education to improve public understanding of TB.

About the Proposal

REACH is currently implementing the Unite to ACT project, supported by the Global Fund through FIND as the Principal Recipient, in ten states - Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Unite to ACT (Amplifying Community action to eliminate TB) prioritises TB Care and Prevention through Community TB Care Delivery. Through the project, community representatives from key affected populations, women, TB survivors, and their family members are engaged and trained to support people with TB, educate communities, and link them to TB services.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the TB response is well documented. In this context, engagement with TB-affected communities and strengthening their communication skills to convey key messages on TB and COVID to their communities is critical. To address this need, in 2020, REACH developed and piloted a communication skilling package for TB survivors-Champions, with support from USAID. TB Champions were trained and equipped with a range of communication skills including public speaking, writing, the use of songs, poems, slogans, wall writing, mobile photography, videography, etc. Post-training, the TB Champions created various communication products, using approved messages on TB and COVID-19.  REACH is currently scaling up this activity under the Unite to ACT project and is looking to partner with an external agency to train and equip 960 TB Champions across 80 districts

Existing Package

• Agenda for 2-day training
• PowerPoint sessions in Hindi
• Communication Booklets for TB Champions in English and Hindi

Scope of Work for This Rfp

Activity 1

• Translate the booklet and powerpoint slides available in Hindi and English into Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi. The communication booklet has approximately 14000 words.

Activity 2

• Based on the training package, develop and facilitate a virtual Training of Trainers workshop for the REACH project team at national, state and district levels (approx 100 participants). The objective of the TOT is to equip the team with the knowledge and skills to provide handholding support to TB Champions to in-turn develop quality communication materials. This will include developing a training agenda and PPTs for the virtual TOT.

Activity 3

• Build the capacity of TB Champions to communicate effectively on TB and COVID-19 through in-person, state-level communication skilling workshops across ten states

Number of Communication skilling Workshops to be conducted	24
	Bihar - 2 Delhi - 2 Haryana-1  Gujarat -3 Madhya Pradesh -3 Punjab- 1 Rajasthan- 3 Uttarakhand - 1 Uttar Pradesh -4 West Bengal - 2 Punjab/Haryana Combined - 1 Uttrakhand/UP combined  - 1
Number of TB Champions to be trained Number of	960
days for each communication skilling workshop	2 days

 

At the end of the training, it is expected that the TB champions would be skilled in:

• Identifying and choosing appropriate communication mediums to convey messages related to TB /COVID-19
• Formulating clear messages and communicating these through different means such as wall painting /slogans/poems/ etc
• Using mobile phones to record photographs and videos for documentation of success stories / to showcase their efforts or efforts of other stakeholders in the community
• Confident use of storytelling skills for public speaking and interpersonal communication
• Identifying audiences on social media and using social media to communicate messages related to TB / COVID

Deliverables

 The following are the key deliverables that the agency will be expected to submit:

• Revised training modules and slide decks for communication skilling of TB champions in Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Bengali      
• Revised communication booklets in Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Bengali
• Inception report detailing overall approach to the assignment, training methodology and content, learning outcomes and methods
• ToT Module on communication skilling for project team (with agenda and slide decks)
• Training of trainers for the project team
• Report on ToT done for the project team
• Delivery of 24 trainings to 960 TB champions across 10 states
• Training report, Pre-test and post-test assessment, reflections of the trainers, overview of most common issues of concern, recommendations for improvements and results of trainee feedback forms.

Deadline

23rd May 2022

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