LETTER OF INVITATION

RECRUITMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF LIVESTOCK FARMER FIELD SCHOOL GROUPS (LFFS GROUPs) ESTABLISHED UNDER RDDP. 

Heifer International Rwanda (HIR) is a Nonprofit and International Non-governmental Organization with the mission to alleviate hunger and poverty, while caring for the environment through sustainable agricultural practices. In collaboration with the Government of Rwanda and other relevant partners, this project has now grown to cover the whole country to become the flagship program known as “one cow per poor family”. 

Heifer International Rwanda projects focus on improving income and nutritional status, mobilizing farmers, and promoting local capacity through training of project participants, promoting market linkages for dairy value chain actors, improving the quality of livestock through artificial insemination services, empowering rural women, building resilience through sustainable agricultural practices, and connecting local communities to business development services. 

Heifer International Rwanda is in partnership with the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources for the implementation of the Rwanda Dairy Development Project (RDDP II). Under this partnership, Heifer International Rwanda would like to procure suitable company to do the assessment of the sustainability of LFFS groups established under RDDP 

Objective of the assignment

The objective of this assignment is to evaluate the established L-FFSs to determine their level of maturity through categorization. This exercise will help identify existing challenges and inform the types of interventions required to ensure that the set objectives are achieved.

How to Apply

Detailed request for Proposal (RFP) is attached below.

All interested Consultants are requested to submit their proposals, marked with clear subject line: “RECRUITMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF LIVESTOCK FARMER FIELD SCHOOL GROUPS (LFFS GROUPs) ESTABLISHED UNDER RDDP” to procurement-rw@heifer.org not later than 12th November 2025 at 5.00pm Kigali time. 

Done on October 24th , 2025.

Heifer International Rwanda Management