Invitation to Bid: Translation Service – SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia
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SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia
SOS Children's Villages is the largest non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational charitable child welfare organisation in the world. Its mission is to build families for children in need, help them shape their own futures and share in the development of their communities. The first SOS Children's Village was founded by Hermann Gmeiner in 1949 in Imst, Austria. He was committed to helping children in need,children who had lost their homes, their security and their families as a result of the Second World War. With the support of many donors and co-workers, the organisation has grown to help children all over the world.
Currently, SOS Children's Villages offers an effective alternative foster care through its services in the Alternative Child Care and Family & Community Development Programme Units in 134 countries and territories around the world. It also supports educational programmes and medical centres and it is active in the field of child protection and child rights.
SOS Children's Villages started to work in Ethiopia in 1974 with the opening of the first SOS Children's Village in Mekelle. Currently, we are operating in Ethiopia in six regions namely Harari, Tigray, Amhara, Sidama, Somali and Oromia. In addition, we operate in two city administrations: Addis Ababa & Dire Dawa. SOS Children’s Villages Programme work towards its vision of a world where, “every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect and security”. For the past 44 years, we have been working to build families for children in need, help them shape their own future and share in the development of their communities. Everything we do is based on the best interest of the child. We help vulnerable families care for their children, and we work to prevent the breakdown of parental care. When children lose their own parental care, we provide quality alternative care. We support young people in their efforts to become independent adults and succeed in life.
Background and Context
SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. We started our humanitarian work in Ethiopia with the opening of our first Village in Mekelle, the Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. Since then, we have expanded our programs to different regions where there are significant needs for intervention and where we believe we can work in partnership with all relevant actors to bring sustainable positive outcomes for children and young people.
Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those who are at risk of losing it. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community-based organizations across seven program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.
We have been providing alternative care for children without adequate parental care for 48 years. When children lose the care of their family, the state authority tries to find the right placement for them, and for the children placed under the care of SOS Families, SOS parents and other care professionals such as foster parents and youth care workers step into the role of the caregiver. Their aim is to ensure that children receive quality care, based on the development of stable and lasting relationships in a caring family environment.
Caregivers need to be able to support the children entrusted to their care in coping with their adverse experiences, realising their rights and developing their potential. To do this, it is crucial to select the most suitable people and build their capacity in the areas of Child and Youth Care and Protection. Hence, the Organization has been facilitating different ongoing learning, development for care professionals which are the key to developing the required skills and capacity and providing quality care and protection for children in alternative care.
Objective
The general objective of this work is to translate SOS Care Workers’ training materials from English to the Amharic language in order to enable stakeholders to get these documents in the language they understand more and execute what is expected from them.
Scope of Work
Professional and accurate translation service from English to Amharic such that the meaning and understanding of all principles and analysis presented in the documents reflect their true sense. Hence, the consultant is required to ensure that the translated text is technically, linguistically, and grammatically correct, error-free and meets high-quality standards, without requiring further editing after completion of the translation.
Deliverable
A document in Microsoft Word format as a clean copy ensures no language errors and such that the meaning and understanding of all principles and analysis presented in the documents reflect their true sense.
The must-haves
- Legally registered with a Tin number and a renewed license.
- Minimum five years of professional experience in translation and editing
- Experience in translating UN documents related to childcare and protection
- Outstanding translation and editing skills in Amharic