Terms of Reference (ToR)
Title – Consultancy for Video and Photo Documentation
Project -Ultra-Poor Graduation for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Jharkhand, India
Proposal Submission Deadline: 4 June 2026
1. About Trickle Up
Trickle Up’s mission is to partner with women in extreme poverty to build economic opportunity and drive inclusion. We support women and highly vulnerable populations to forge resilient pathways out of poverty by starting microenterprises and building livelihoods. We drive large-scale change by partnering with local organizations, global institutions, and local governments, helping them adopt and adapt evidence-based, proven programming. Since 1979, Trickle Up has reached 2.5 million people by partnering with more than 460,000 women. Trickle Up has active projects in Colombia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, and Mexico, and has teams based in India, Latin America, and the United States. Our goal is to reach 5 million people by 2030 by partnering with a total of 1 million women participants living in extreme poverty.
Moving forward, Trickle Up’s Next Generation Graduation approach will focus its efforts on supporting participants in the development and continued success of their microenterprises by improving their business’s climate resilience, fostering women’s digital agency, incorporating market-led approaches that take into account local needs, and being gender transformative throughout the whole process by empowering women not only in their businesses, but in their households and communities as well.
To learn how Trickle Up envisions a world free from extreme poverty, visit our website: https://trickleup.org/
2. About the Project
Trickle Up, with support from the Whole Foods Market Foundation (WPF) and in partnership with a local partner, is implementing the Project Ultra-poor Graduation for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Littipara Block, Pakur district, Jharkhand.
The project aims to support 1,200 women from PVTG communities living in extreme poverty in developing climate-adaptive, sustainable livelihoods through the Graduation Approach. Implemented over 36 months (July 2024 – June 2027), the project focuses on economic empowerment, food security, financial resilience, and women’s leadership through a structured package of interventions.
Key Activities Include:
- Participant selection through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
- Building self-esteem
- Livelihood planning and technical training
- Productive asset distribution
- Diversified livelihood support
- Financial literacy and savings promotion
- Food security strengthening
- Linkages with government schemes and entitlements
- Continuous coaching and handholding support, as a cross-cutting element
The project places strong emphasis on community participation, women’s empowerment, indigenous knowledge systems, and locally relevant livelihood practices. Under Phase 1, the project is targeting 500 women participants as part of Cohort 1, while Phase 2 will support an additional 700 participants under Cohort 2, through livelihood asset transfer and continued coaching and handholding support.
3. Purpose of Engagement
Trickle Up seeks to engage an agency for video and photo documentation of the WPF-supported PVTG Graduation project in Jharkhand. The purpose of this assignment is to capture the implementation journey, impact, learnings, and community transformation emerging through the project in Cohort 1 with 500 participants. The documentation should reflect the lived realities, resilience, aspirations, and leadership of women from PVTG communities while showcasing the Graduation Approach in action.
The final outputs will be used for donor communication, knowledge dissemination, advocacy, digital communication, and institutional learning.
4. Scope of Work
The selected agency will be responsible for conceptualizing, planning, filming, photography, editing, and producing high-quality visual documentation of the project.
Key Tasks:
- Understand the project objectives, implementation model, and thematic areas
- Develop a storytelling approach and narrative concept to sequentially capture the changes
- Prepare a detailed shoot plan, storyboard, and shot list in consultation with Trickle Up
- Conduct field visits across project locations
- Interact with community members, coaches, field staff, Gram Panchayat representatives, and relevant stakeholders for an in-depth understanding of their respective roles as contributors
- Capture high-quality photographs and video footage from the field
- Document participant stories, livelihood activities, coaching sessions, and community interactions
- Produce edited video outputs and curated photo documentation
- Incorporate feedback shared by trickle up during the review process
- Submit all final outputs, including raw footage and photographs
Submission Process
Subject Line: Proposal for Video and Photo Documentation – WPF PVTG Graduation Project, Jharkhand.
Submission Deadline: 4 June 2026
For detailed information, please check the complete version of the RFP attached below.