Volunteer WordPress Site Optimizer for Impact

Outreach Uganda; Littleton (CO); On-site; Full time

Job description

• provision of internal revolving loan funds
• marketing of the Ugandan women's craft products in the U.S. and Canada
• cash crop agriculture activities

Our empowerment activities include

Income-generation activities include

• provision of internal revolving loan funds
• marketing of the Ugandan women's craft products in the U.S. and Canada
• business development assistance
• cash crop agriculture activities

Education and training activities include

• scholarship and sponsorship programs for over 200 children
• girls' education initiative program to keep young girls in school
• training programs for women as well as teachers

Community empowerment programs include

• partnering with a northern Uganda community on its primary school which has over 500 students and 18 teachers and 9 support staff
• partnering with a northern Uganda community on a clinic serving over 5000 people
• assisting our Jinja women's group with a home building program to provide women a decent place to live where they can move out of the slums and stabilize their lives

Prior to working with OU, our women participants were normally living on less than $2 per day, and were supporting 8 to 10 children and orphans in their households. Many are widows whose husbands died in the war, or from AIDS.

We do not give handouts but work on building capacity and encouraging those we work with to help themselves.

Volunteer needed to assist with improving web site loading speed including possible switch of server, and making three page formatting changes including changing out photos on page. Our web site is a Wordpress site connected to a WooCommerce shopping area.

In addition, normal monthly/quarterly items are expected to involve 1 to 4 hours monthly

• 1 - normal monthly web site updating of plug-ins, minor changes etc.
• 2 - install updated SSL certificate
• 3 - troubleshoot any web site issues
• 4 - offer suggestions for improvement