CONSULTANCY: UNPACKING THE NEXUS BETWEEN VIOLENT CONFLICT AND PERSISTENT ACUTE MALNUTRITION IS SAMBURU AND TURKANA COUNTIES IN KENYA

Brief Summary:

Despite significant investments to address acute malnutrition in Kenya’s ASALs over many years, acute malnutrition rates frequently remain at, or above emergency levels and often fail to improve, even when households’ access to food and quality healthcare increases. USAID Nawiri is a five-year development and food security activity (DFSA) funded by USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) that began on October 1, 2019. The project goal is to sustainably reduce levels of persistent acute malnutrition (PAM) in Samburu and Turkana.  This will be achieved through addressing the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition while seeking sustainable solutions that go beyond humanitarian assistance. 

Through collective experience and a commitment to learning in the first two years, the project has significantly deepened its understanding of the local context and honed its ability to anticipate and act on challenges and opportunities that maximize progress towards its goal. Mercy Corps, in partnership with Save the Children, Research Triangle Institute (RTI), The BOMA Project, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Center for Humanitarian Change (CHC) and Caritas Lodwar is looking to transition local, context-specific, and sustainable solutions into action.

Mercy Corps Kenya is seeking for a consultant to unpack the nexus between Violent Conflict and Persistent Acute Malnutrition in Samburu and Turkana Counties in Kenya