Production House

Background and Context: Welfare Association (Taawon) – Lebanon is an independent non-profit organization established in 1983 by a group of Palestinian business and intellectual figures to provide development and humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank (including Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip, 1948 Areas, and the Palestinian communities in Lebanon.  Welfare Association (Taawon) – Lebanon works in close collaboration with local partners’ active in the Palestinian communities on four sectors: Education, Community Development (including health, disability and micro loans), Culture and Relief and Emergency Assistance. Welfare Association (Taawon) – Lebanon has been implementing since 2005 a holistic and multidimensional early childhood education program that seeks to enhance the quality of ECED in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon. It works by supporting grass root ECED providers through training of their KG teachers, enhancement of physical structure of KGs, supply of educational resources and support in networking with parents. Funded by UNICEF, Welfare Association (Taawon) – Lebanon is implementing an “Early Childhood Education Project” (ECED) which involves a number of activities mentioned above. Those include, awareness raising sessions, psychosocial activities for kids, rehabilitation of KGs, training and coaching teachers, etc. all taking place in the different Palestinian camps all over Lebanon (North, South, Baalbeck, and Beirut).   Assignment objectives Taawon- Lebanon seeks to document the work accomplished under its joint program with Unicef, “Support Early Childhood Education 2017”. In view of this, we would like to cooperate with a professional production house to create a series of videos (2- 3 min.) which carry genuine ideas that people interact and spontaneously identifies with, videos that resonate in the mind and reflect the impact of ECED program on children’s lives , their parents and teachers.   It is expected that the videos will reflect and express the core elements of the program which are:  -  Children receiving quality education  -  Children growing up happily  -  Children with special needs integrated in the KGs  -  Teachers building up their skills through training  -   Families receiving  guidance or attending awareness sessions  -   KGs and playgrounds rehabilitated and equipped  -   Documenting the stages of developing minimum standards for early childhood education  -   Documenting ECED activities (trips, networking events …). Scope of Work:       In coordination with the Communication Officer and Education Program Coordinator, the production house will be responsible for the following: Ensure the delivery of all end products as per the deadlines. Ensure pre-production filming and post production at the highest quality. Ensure that the videos are of high quality resolution so that they can be used for various purposes. And delivering a short version video for social media use. Filming in different Palestinian camps in the north and the south of Lebanon where the activities are taking place. The number of field trips depends on the production work plan.  Videos will include Testimonies and interviews for beneficiaries and project participants and children. Support provided by Taawon: Briefing and detailed explanation of the tasks needed. Assistance in acquiring access to specific location (Camps, KGs …).  Expected deliverables: It is expected that the production house will produce: A work plan and a story board for each video. Draft 1: Unedited rough version and Taawon will provide its inputs. Draft 2: first edited version of the videos and Taawon will provide its substantive inputs. Draft 3: second edited version of the videos upon which Taawon will provide its final inputs. Final high res file. The final version to be handed to Taawon includes music, subtitles and post production. Delivery of all footage to Taawon. Final version on DVDs. Taawon retains full rights of all footage.