Volunteer WordPress Site Optimizer for Impact

Outreach Uganda

Littleton (CO)

On-site

Full time

14 days+

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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