Life Skills and Financial Literacy Training for Start-Up Capital (KITs) Support to Vocational Certified LNYB Project Participants

Who we are

SOS Children’s Villages in 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, 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’s and young people. 

Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those that are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community-based organizations across eight program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.

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We cultivate an environment of trust and accountability where every voice is heard and respected. All successful candidates will be expected to champion our holistic safeguarding principles, actively upholding our Child & Youth Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct, and regulations against sexual misconduct, fraud, and corruption.

By joining our team, you commit to integrating these vital standards into your work, ensuring the highest levels of safety, ethics, and integrity in every action and partnership.

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Join Our Mission:

We are looking for training institutions who provide  Life Skills and Financial Literacy Training for Start-Up Capital (KITs) Support to Vocational Certified LNYB Project Participants under the LNYB(DANIDA) Project.

Introduction

SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is a child-focused and youth-serving organization committed to ensuring that children and young people grow in a caring environment and become self-reliant members of society. Through its various development and humanitarian interventions, SOS CVE promotes child safeguarding, youth empowerment, economic resilience, and sustainable livelihoods. The Leave No Youth Behind (LNYB) Project is one of the strategic interventions implemented by SOS CVE to support vulnerable and unemployed young care leavers through vocational skills development, entrepreneurship promotion, financial inclusion, and access to economic opportunities. As part of the project intervention, vocationally certified youth participants are planned to receive start-up KIT support to establish or strengthen their own Income Generating Activities (IGAs). To ensure effective utilization of support and improve sustainability of businesses, LNYB Project plans to provide Life Skills and Financial Literacy training to eligible project participants before the distribution of start-up KITs.

Background

The LNYB Project targets vulnerable young care leavers, including unemployed young care female and men, care leavers at risk, and economically disadvantaged care leaving groups. While vocational and technical skills are important for employability and entrepreneurship, many young care leavers still face challenges in managing finances effectively, developing business discipline and saving culture, managing stress and workplace relationships, building self-confidence and communication skills, understanding budgeting, record keeping, and loan management and sustaining small businesses and income generating activities.

To address these gaps, LNYB project intends to conduct integrated Life Skills and Financial Literacy Training for selected LNYB project participants who are eligible for start-up KIT support.

The training is expected to strengthen participants’ entrepreneurial readiness, improve responsible financial management, and enhance the sustainability of supported IGAs.

Objectives for the training

General Objective

To strengthen LNYB project participants’ life skills, entrepreneurial capacity, and financial literacy to effectively manage and utilize start-up kit support for sustainable income-generating activities (IGAs)

Specific Objectives

The training specifically aims to:

• To improve participants’ understanding of personal financial management and strengthen culture saving and budgeting practices;
• To enhance knowledge on business planning and basic entrepreneurship and build participants’ life skills including communication, decision-making, self-confidence, and problem-solving;
• To improve participants’ understanding of responsible loan and debt management and enhance business ethics, customer handling, and workplace behavior;
• To promote gender-sensitive and safeguarding-oriented business practices by increasing participants’ readiness to establish and manage sustainable IGAs.

Expected Outputs

At the end of the training, participants are expected to:

• Demonstrate improved life skills competencies and prepare simple business and financial plans;
• Apply budgeting and saving practices and manage start-up KIT support responsibly;
• Improve confidence in managing IGAs and demonstrate understanding of safeguarding and ethical business conduct; and
• Increase readiness for self-employment and entrepreneurship.

Training Methodology

The training will use participatory and adult-learning approaches to maximize engagement and practical learning which includes interactive presentations, group discussions, experience sharing, role plays and simulations, case studies, practical exercises, business scenario analysis, question and answer sessions and individual and group assignments. Training materials and facilitation approaches shall be youth-friendly, gender-sensitive, and inclusive.

Training Topics

The training shall cover, but not be limited to, the following areas:

1. Life Skills Training; - self-awareness and self-confidence; communication and interpersonal skills; decision-making and problem-solving; goal setting and time management; stress management and resilience; teamwork and leadership; workplace ethics and discipline; gender equality and social inclusion and child safeguarding and PSHEA awareness.
2. Financial Literacy Training; - Introduction to financial literacy; Personal financial management; Budgeting and expense tracking; Saving culture and saving mechanisms; Record keeping and bookkeeping basics; Business planning fundamentals; Loan management and debt control; Introduction to SACCO and financial institutions; Profit calculation and cash flow management and Customer handling and marketing basics.

Category of Training Participants

A total of 54 young care leavers and vulnerable youth enrolled under the LNYB Project, specifically project participants who have: -

• successfully completed vocational skills training and obtained certification,
• passed need-based assessment conducted by external expert based on developed eligibility criteria, and
• demonstrated business readiness and commitment and submitted individual basic business/start-up plans will be selected to take part in the training.

Additionally, consideration will be given to female participants, youth with disabilities, youth groups engaged in planned IGAs, and representatives of YCL associations.

Adheres to SOS CVE’s Safeguarding Policies and Regulations

• SOS Children's Villages in Ethiopia (SOSCVE) places safeguarding (children, youth, and adult safeguarding and asset protection) at the center of its concerns. The Organization is committed to ensuring that all children, young people and adults are safe, they are treated with dignity and respect, and all resources are used solely for the purpose for which they are given.
• SOSCVE has Zero tolerance for any safeguarding concerns and provides proper response to any reported safeguarding concerns. Hence, the consultant/firms shall ensure that its employees/collaborators as well as any other person involved in the implementation of the present contract, comply with the safeguarding policies and regulations. Therefore, potential winners (firms/individuals)
• Completes with the rules and principles set out in the policies and regulations annexed to agreement made.
• Confirms that none of its employees, collaborators or associates are involved and/or have been involved in any way in violence, abuse, fraud, and corruption.
• Accepts proven material breach of any provision of the Child and Youth Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct, Sexual Misconduct Regulation, Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption regulation shall automatically render agreement entered null and void and shall expose the perpetrator to legal action.

Proposal Submission Requirements

Interested training firms are invited to submit:

• Company profile;
• Copies of valid legal registration and business licenses ;
• CVs of proposed facilitators/trainers ;
• Evidence of previous similar assignments;
• At least three references from previous clients;
• Interested firms are requested to submit.

Technical Proposal

Including:

• Company profile and organizational background;
• Understanding of the assignment;
• Proposed methodology and work plan;
• Detailed training approach and agenda;
• Profiles/CVs of proposed trainers/facilitators;
• Evidence of previous similar assignments.

Financial Proposal

Including:

• Detailed budget breakdown in ETB;
• Applicable taxes and other costs clearly indicated.

How to Get Involved:

• Interested consultants are invited to submit separate technical and financial proposals in sealed envelopes within five working days from June 12-18/2026 @ Bisrate Gebriel AA Program Location Office Infront of LaftoMall.

SOS Lead and Core Competencies 

Lead Competency 

• Role model: Act as a role model for the organization, living our values and inspiring and learning from others
• Collaboration: Remove barriers to participation, share decision making and build partnerships
• Empowerment: Promote inclusion and equitable sharing of power
• Strategic Thinking: Live the values and mission, setting realistic goals and translating them into actionable plans

Core Competency 

• Kindness: Act with empathy towards everyone he/she works with.
• Continuous Learning: Make an effort to learn, understand and grow as a person, admitting your own mistakes.
• Inclusiveness: In any actions show respect and care for others.
• Initiative: speak up when things are not right, do not hesitate to act, and adapt to change when necessary.
• Results Orientation: look for solutions and focus on desired results.

Does This Sound Like You?

To apply, please submit your updated resume via SOS Children's Villages Application portal (ICIMS)

We actively champion diversity and inclusion and strongly encourage women to step forward and apply. As part of our unwavering commitment to holistic safeguarding protecting children, youth, adults, and assets our selection process emphasizes value alignment and includes thorough background checks for all potential hires.

SOS Children's Villages in Ethiopia is an equal opportunity employer, providing fair consideration to all applicant regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.