Company/Organization to Provide Parenting Skill Training for Vulnerable Women

1.  Introduction

MCNV is a Dutch NGO working with Vietnam since 1968. In 2004, MCNV started a program that focused on providing comprehensive care and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children.

By the end of 2012, the program supported more than 2000 women and 1000 children infected and  affected  by  HIV  in  seven  provinces  in  the  North  of  Vietnam  (Hanoi,  Quang  Ninh,  Thai Nguyen, Ha Giang, Yen Bai, Dien Bien and Cao Bang) to receive health care as well as livelihood, socio?psychological, and legal support. 

The  program  helped  to  empower  the  women  by  establishing  a  network  of  self?help  groups called  the Sunflowers, where women  living with HIV can gather and share their experiences  in living with HIV, and  learn more about prevention and  care. Through  these developments,  the children should also receive better care from parents and families. 

On  the  request of  these women,  and  to provide  further  support  for  the women  and  children affected by HIV/AIDS, MCNV plans  to provide  training workshops on parenting  for mothers  in the Sunflower groups. The training  is expected to provide mothers who are  living with HIV the knowledge and skills to understand their children, to support them in their daily lives as well as when specific trauma might occur. 

2.  Objective

The  assignment  is  aimed  to  provide  training  for  mothers  living  with  HIV/AIDS  to  give  them better  knowledge  on  child  development  and  the  skills  to  provide  solid  support  for  their children’s development and to deal with specific problems the children might have.  

3.  Expected outputs

The agency to be selected for this assignment is expected to provide:
?  A detailed training curriculum for a 3?day training workshop, with content and methods that are appropriate for adults who do not have a high level of education 
?  A report on the training courses after completion, with recommendations for future needs

4.  Time planning and location

The training workshops with the women’s groups will take place in the provinces of Nghia Lo and Tran Yen (Yen Bai), Ha Long (Quang Ninh) and Hanoi during the months of August,
September in 2013. 

5.  Qualifications

Interested agencies or teams are expected to:
?  Have expertise and experience in child development theory
?  Have strong experiences in training about parenting
?  Have knowledge on vulnerable groups, preferably children affected by HIV and women living with HIV
?  Be professional in creative training methods appropriate for adults

6.  Contact

Interested agencies are requested to send their proposal, including a tentative plan and explanation of approaches, proposed staff, and CVs, via e?mail to: [email protected]
before June 10th, 2013