CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Our approach to consultancy in program development and support
TICH consultants normally examine in detail the client’s request as a team, develop a comprehensive technical proposal and, jointly with the client, work out modalities for implementing the proposal.  The major aim is to make every consultancy a capacity building process, a meaningful learning experience for all stakeholders and thus promote the possibility for long-term partnership.  The purpose of such a partnership is to enhance the effectiveness of each program we are involved in to maximize the impact on people’s lives, building on the capacities of all partners involved.  Our strength goes beyond a short term “hit-and-run consultancy” to a shared responsibility for program development and success.  We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our work and ensure every assignment is an opportunity to demonstrate this commitment.

Diversity of Engagement 
The organization is made up of members, associates, consultants and regular staff who have held key positions in government and non-government agencies and organizations, both locally and internationally.  The professionals distinguished themselves in the following fields, making it possible for TICH to provide technical assistance in almost every field of community health and development. 

Health
Community-based Health Care and related disciplines; Health Informatics; Health Behavior; Health Economics; Health Services Planning, Management, Policy Analysis and Development; Maternal and Child Health; Reproductive and Adolescent Health; Management of Essential Drugs; Communicable Disease Management and Control; Relief and Refugee Health; Disaster Management; Environmental Health; Health Systems and Operations Research.

Social sciences
Sociology; Anthropology; Participatory appraisal in Community Development; Participatory action research for Community Based Transformation.

Human resource sevelopment
Formal Education (Early Childhood and Adolescent); Informal Education; Community Partnerships in Health and Development Education; Training and Skills Development; Learning Materials Development; Personnel Management including Development in the work place.

Environment and food security
Water and soil conservation; Productivity and fertility enhancement; Small scale irrigation; Horticulture development; Subsistence and security crop production

Micro-financing and enterprise development
Agribusiness management; Micro-financing schemes management; Enterprise development and management. 

2.     CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS 

Period	Assigning Agency	Type of Assignment
November 2003	Health Unlimited	Mid-term evaluation of Radio health communication project for Great Lakes Region, Rwanda
October 2003	CARE Kenya	Final Evaluation of Nyanza Household Livelihood Security
October 2003	Health Unlimited	Assessment of Health Communication Strategies in Namibia
April 2003	CORDAID	Evaluation of CBHC projects in Kenya CBHC Programme Evaluation
March 2003	UNICEF, Malawi	Baseline on Safe motherhood programme in Tanzania
Feb - April 2003	Tanzania Red Cross	Baseline on Reproductive Health Programme (Kenya and Somalia)
Feb – April 2003	Health Unlimited	Evaluation of HBC project.
Dec 02 – Feb 2003	Catholic Relief Services	Multi-country study on HIV/AIDS care policy and practices (Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia).
Sept – Dec 2002	UNIFEM	Role of FBO in prevention and control of HIV.
Aug 2002	DIFAM, Germany	Baseline on PMTCT Siaya project.
June 2002	Care Kenya	Analysis of CICSS Programme for Model Development.
Oct. - Nov. 2001	Care Kenya	Evaluation of Program
October 2001	Danish Red Cross	Evaluation of Program
September 2001	Danish Red Cross	Training Needs Assessment.
Aug.- Sept. 2001	AMREF	Evaluation of Programs.
August 2001	UNICEF, UNDP	Evaluation of Programs.
July 2001	ACROSS	Baseline Survey/Training
July 2000- Sept. 2001	UNICEF	HIV/AIDS Review
January - March 2001	IFRC	Evaluation of obstetrician / Reproductive Health Programs
June - July 2000	UNICEF	Health Program Evaluation
April - June 2000	CORDAID	Development of Health Policy
Jan - April 2000	PUNTLAND	Review of PHC Programmes
January, 2000	World Relief	Baseline Survey
February 2000	Catholic Relief Services	Evaluation of Community Based Primary Health Care
Feb - April, 2000	UNICEF	Development of Community Dialogue Tool Program Evaluation and Development
February 2000	UNICEF	Evaluation of Health Programs of PCAT, providing guidance for sustainable localization.
Nov- Dec, 1999	Ministry of Health, Lesotho	Baseline Survey
February, 1999	PMU, Sweden	Participatory Development of a District Health System
February 1999	Care Kenya	Evaluation of Regional Health Program (11 countries)
March, 1999	WHO	Evaluation of a Community Based Health Program.
April 1999	International Federation of Red Cross	Situational analysis and programme development (Health, Nutrition, Education)
October, 1998	Action Africa / EZE	Baseline Survey on Early Childhood Development
September, 1998	World Relief	Evaluation of Community Based Health Care
May 1998	Catholic Relief Services (CRS)	Impact Evaluation of HIV/AIDS programme
April 1998	ACROSS / ICCO
February 1998	Plan International