About BSF

 Founded in 2007, Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (BSF) is an NGO that empowers vulnerable populations by promoting access to culture, education, and information. BSF implements inclusive and innovative projects in over 20 countries, enabling people affected by crisis and insecurity to rebuild their lives. Thanks to its innovative tools, content library, and mediation expertise, BSF and its partners tackle the major challenges of the 21st century, such as education, culture, citizenship, community building, psychosocial support, health, employment and entrepreneurship.

To achieve this, BSF uses three types of tools:

-Ideas Cubes: the Ideas Cube is a local battery-powered mini server that creates a Wi-Fi hotspot where users can connect via smartphone, tablet, or computer to access thousands of educational, cultural, and training resources. In a rural library, school, or medical dispensary, the Ideas Cube makes content available in the form of text, video, or online courses, and allows up to ten simultaneous connections. When connected to the Internet, the Ideas Cube can be updated with new content.

– Kajou cards : Kajou cards are micro – SD cards full of smart content (video, text, audio, websites) that fit into smartphones, and thanks to the Kajou app, turn into an offline library.

– Ideas Boxes: is an energy-sufficient media library kit that can be set up in less than 20 minutes. It features tablets and computers, a library with books, a cinema, project-specific equipment (creative and educational materials, etc.), and all the furniture (tables, chairs) needed to accommodate up to 50 people. To get around the problems of slow Internet access (and the cost of data), the Ideas Box enables children and adults to learn, create links, and build their future. The Ideas Box is accompanied by the Ideas Cube.

 

Context of the program  

 Since 2022 BSF, with its partners, has been implementing activities in Afghanistan that aimed at strengthening access to education for children under 12 as well as youth resilience through life skills training opportunities. BSF’s programs are based on two pillars:

• Education in emergencies with integrated child protection for children aged grades 1 to 6: BSF has already set up a digital library of around 500 educational digital content (videos, texts, audios).  Understanding that children’s well-being and environment is a predominant factor in learning, BSF wishes to integrate psychosocial and Social and Emotional Learning content and mediation materials into its project.

• Learning opportunities for vulnerable young people, especially young women: In addition to the content already provided on life skills such as literacy, numeracy, computer, BSF wishes to deepen its structured activities around PSS and social and emotional learning. These activities could take the form of radio, theater, videos, games, etc

 

 Mission objectives

The aim of the mission is to dub educational videos into Pahsto so that they can then be programmed into our tools. The videos are educational videos dealing mainly with science and mathematics grades 1 to 5.

As part of this assignment, the consultant will provide the videos dubbed in Pashto, with the right pace and tone. This involves around 75 videos in Pashto.

Once recorded and integrated into the videos, the contents will be downloaded to BSF’s content database for all projects in Afghanistan.

 

Deliverables

At the end of this assignment, the expected deliverables are the recordings of each of the video scripts in MP4 format.

Each document must be named as follows:

Grade_ subject_Title in English_Title in Target language

 

Working methods

The Consultant will be coordinated by BSF Head of Programs for Afghanistan and BSF Technical Advisor for Afghanistan.

• A kick-off meeting will be held at the start of the mission
• Two mid-term follow-up meetings
• A feedback meeting (linked to the presentation session) will be held at the end of the assignment to jointly validate the recommended orientations and deliverables.

Outside these delivery times, the organization of follow-up will be defined by the BSF team.

 

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Modalities

The mission will start as soon as possible and will be carried out remotely.

The schedule of deliverables will be communicated at the beginning of the mission. However, a revision step after 15 and 50 videos are dubbed is required. The precise modalities of this stage will be communicated to the consultant.

Remuneration for this assignment will be fixed by mutual agreement with the parties following a financial proposal from the candidate. The total amount will be paid by bank transfer in two instalments, according to the following conditions:

• 50% at the start of the assignment
• 50% upon validation of all deliverables by BSF.

 

Payments will be made in EUROS from France

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Contact

 

To apply for this consultancy or to obtain further information, please follow the instructions available on the BSF website.

 

The application must include a technical note describing the proposed methodology, a price proposal and the resume of the consultant who will be working on the assignment. Please send your application via an e-mail to marie.lebelle@bibliosansfrontieres.org and  manon.tanguy@bibliosansfrontieres.org by 10.01.2025

 

All incomplete applications will not be considered.