WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING PHASE

The 2nd edition of do_action Mumbai is back!

This year our focus will be towards ‘new beginnings‘. 

STAGE-1

Inviting Applications From NGOs [APPLY HERE]

If you are part of, or know of any non-profit looking for a new website, or a non-profit modernizing or training their volunteers to run a website, please do share the non-profit onboarding form.

Open till: Fri, 31-May-2024 or 10 Non-Profits (whichever is earlier).

 

STAGE-2

The Build Team:

The primary goal of the event is to have a working & functional LIVE website for the non-profit before the end of the event. To achieve this, there are various build exercises and tasks, for which we will require volunteer help. After selecting the potential non-profits, volunteers will be able to give their non-profit and task/ role preference via this portal (when opened).

Open from: Sat, 01-Jun-2024
Open till: Mon, 15-Jul-2024 or Fill-up of all roles (whichever is earlier).

We will update the various roles on Sat, 01-Jun-2024.

Sponsorship

For do_action there are primarily two types of sponsorships:

Financial sponsorship

This covers the food, beverages, stationary, swag (if any) & overhead for the event.

Web service sponsorship

Running a website requires web services, viz. hosting, domain, themes, plugins, etc. We appreciate sponsors who can cover lifetime plans or long-term plans, as applicable for the services, as their sponsorship.

Sponsorship package

A detailed list of what can and cannot be offered is listed on WordPress.org. Kindly refer to the same [here].

 

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do_action_phc is going to be an annual event where our local WordPress Port Harcourt Community comes together to give back to the broader community of Port Harcourt and Nigeria by building websites for multiple non-profit organizations. All of the sites are built for free by volunteers.

do_action charity hackathons are community-organized events that are focused on using WordPress to give deserving charitable organizations their online presence. Each do_action event includes participants from the local WordPress community coming together to plan and build brand-new websites for several local nonprofits in one day.

Who can participate?

Each such website will be built by a team of 6-8 people in the following roles:

Project Managers
Designers/ Graphic Artists
Content Writers
Social Media Managers
Developers ( 2 or 3) per team
QA Testers

So, if you’re from in and around Pot Harcourt with some expertise in WordPress, or even just an interest in WordPress, you are very welcome to come and participate.

What do participants get?

You get to come together and

Work in teams, learn from each other, and share knowledge and skills,
Help extremely worthy local causes benefit by getting an expertly crafted website,
Oh, and we’ll have fun and make new friends while we’re about it!

Your meals and refreshments throughout the day will be taken care of and we’ll get you some awesome swag to take back with you.

For NGOs/ Non-profits

If you’re a charity or non-profit organisation you don’t need to allocate some of your already hard-stretched funds for what would probably be a low-budget website. By participating in this event you have the chance to get a well designed and expertly developed new website, created by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable team of volunteers, for absolutely nothing – freeing up your limited funds to be spent on your primary cause – and in a single day, so no long drawn out projects that sap your time and energy and will be finished “sometime soon”!

To participate just fill in the application form at the end of this page.

At least one or two representative of your non-profit organisation or charity will have to be present during the hackathon and will be a part of the team building the website. Your representatives and your organization will also be given free training on using WordPress through sessions and workshops during the day.

Sponsorships

We’re also looking for sponsors for making this event successful. We expect a participation of about 50 – 100 people depending on the number of websites we build during the day.

In return:

You can display roller-up banner at the event venue.
You can have representation at the event.
Your representative will be recognized
We’ll add your logo to the sponsors list on this page.
We’ll make social media announcements before, during and after the event.
We’ll thank you publicly at the venue; during the event
You can distribute your coupons, custom branded swags or stationaries to the participants.
You’ll have a few minutes to talk about what your organization does

In the prelude to the WordCamp Pontevedra 2023, we will hold a workshop and a do_action where we will teach registered participants how to create a website with WordPress.

As a practice, three websites will be created for non-profit associations in our city that lack a digital presence.

At the end of the day, we will present the results of the experience, from the hand of its protagonists.

If you want to participate, you have all the information, timetables and registration form on this page: Do_action Pontevedra

To be held on Friday 15 September 2023.

You can read a recap of the event here: https://pontevedra.wordcamp.org/2023/resumen-del-wordpress-en-accion-2023/

Are you a passionate and curious tech enthusiast who wants to make a difference in rural communities? If yes, then you are invited to join us for the Rural Hackers Do_action hackathon, a WordPress Foundation initiative that aims to empower local non-profits of Rural Galicia with websites that can help them achieve their goals. You will have the chance to work with experts in development, design, content creation, and more, using WordPress as a tool for social innovation.

The place

Anceu Coliving is a rural coliving space in Galicia, Spain, for people working remotely who want to live in nature and contribute to the revitalization of Anceu village in Pontecaldelas Galicia. It offers high-speed internet, outdoor areas, a swimming pool, co-working, and chill-out areas, as well as local impact projects and creative exchange programs. Anceu Coliving aims to create a positive impact in the local community, foster sustainability, promote the exchange of knowledge and improve people’s lives

Do you want more information? Visit Anceu.com

About the Do_Action organisers.

Rural Hackers is a movement that was born in the outstanding rural areas of Galicia, this movement envisioned technology as a plot twister for fighting the depopulation of rural areas of Galicia (Spain). The depopulation of rural areas of Galicia is a serious problem that affects the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of the region, but more than that, this problem jeopardises a way of living, endangers a whole tradition, and disconnects us from our roots.

We are Hackers, Hackers are here for solving problems in a disruptive way, for this same reason we offer a platform where social innovators, techie people, artists and curious profiles meet with locals to provide wonderful solutions to real life problems that challenge rural development. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to use your curiosity and creativity for a good cause! Join the forest revolution!

This is just an small introduction, do you want to know more?, get to know us better in Ruralhackers.com 

Participants Profile.

This DO_ACTION will take place within Curiositech, an international Erasmus+ Youth Exchange  based on technology as a bet for the future. Curiositech is formed as an alliance of agents who believe in the power of technology to create networks with impact in Rural Areas, networks where young people can actively participate to transform the reality.  The project will include 32 participants from 5 countries (Spain, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Malta) aged between 18-30, the participant profile will include people with advanced technological skills, artists and individuals considered by the European Commission as fewer opportunities, creating in this way an open learning atmosphere for everyone.

The program philosophy  is based on 3 pillars.

  Technology thinker

Encourage in the participants the curiosity towards the digital sector by providing basic tools specially focused on WordPress technology.

  Engaged thinker

Learn skills to help the participants to develop their entrepreneurial spirit working aspects like life-long learning, self direction, personal management, collaboration, leadership, critical thinking, problem solving and innovation.

  Ethical thinker

Work on self awareness related to social responsibility, sustainability, active citizenship, rural depopulation and cultural protection through arts, creativity and technology.

At this moment the 32 participants have already been chosen but we are still looking for passionate individuals with high knowledge in social innovation, arts or technology for leading different workshops.

Want to know more? Check ruralhackers.com/curiositech or contact us.

 

Actions.

Here you can find the different web pages that we are going to develop during the hackathon.

 

   CasadoPobo.com

A website will be developed for a Casa do Pobo from Anceu village. Anceu is a village of 500 inhabitants in the region of Galicia in northern Spain. Today it is facing a clear problem of population loss and exodus to the cities. That is why it is really important to create and build spaces of connection and revitalization to face this demographic challenge. 

Since 2023, a Casa do Pobo is a public space open for everybody to use and to organise activities to revitalise the area. 

The idea is that the web will gather the different entities and associations that help in the management of this communal space of public use where people meet, know each other and help each other in the village. 

In addition, the bulletin board will be included on this website with events and open, public and participatory meetings so that we can improve the communication channel of the villagers. 

  CubelosAldea.com

Cubelos Aldea is a non-profit cultural ecological association based in Galicia, in the North of Spain.

Their main purpose is to preserve and recover the environmental and ethnographic values of the rural environment. Specifically they work on the area of Cubelos, the Pozo Negro river, the Porta Fraga stream and the Casqueiros levada.

The project is focused on creating a space of autochthonous goats and to eradicate the eucalyptus, acacias and other invasive species. For it they develop different actions of cleaning and helping in their precious goats.

In addition, they also develop cultural activities and social awareness on the importance of eradicating invasive species. 

On the web we want to explain what this project is about, make known the activities and events and encourage the increase of members thanks to improving the channels of communication about the project.

  Tia Ni

Tia Ni is a project of cultural revitalisation of the village of Gaxate in northern Spain. It is a space where cultural events are held around literature, heritage recovery and up-cycling. 

Since 2013, they have also had a mobile van where they work on aspects related to literature and creativity. 

On the web we would like to share what the project is about to improve its visibility, focusing especially on the fact that they have been promoting the transfer of culture and knowledge in rural areas for more than 10 years. In particular we would like to share the story of its founder Nieves. 

  CasasIndianas.com

Ponte Caldelas village, in Northern Galicia in Spain, is one of the most representative municipalities of the region in what is called Indian architecture.

The objective of the website  is to launch a project to create a route that serves to discover this historical heritage so that it can turn its Indian houses into a new tourist attraction. Indian houses were built after the Galician migration to America during the post-civil war scenario. The heritage of these houses are colossal as they suppose a unique mix between South American architect culture and Galician.

The project wants to make known the importance of the architectural heritage that Ponte Caldelas has, where the Indian houses are a symbol in both urban and rural areas.

Sponsors

We are always open for new sponsors that can contribute to maximise the impact of this event. We already have confirmed a minimum participation of 32 people from five European countries and we know that more individuals will join during the days of the event. 

Please contact us.

In the prelude to the WordCamp Pontevedra 2022, we will hold a do_action where we will teach the registered people to create a page with WordPress.

As a practice, two websites will be created for non-profit associations in our city that lack a digital presence.

At the end of the day, we will hold a meetup at the Faculty of Fine Arts where we will present the results of the experience, from the hand of its protagonists.

If you want to participate, you can find all the information, schedules and registration form on this page: Do_action Pontevedra (in spanish).

This event is canceled this year, 2021.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are canceling do_action Nigeria, 2021. We hope to bring this event back to you in 2022. Thank you for bearing with us.

What is a do_action Charity Hackathon?

Over the course of the selected duration, groups of volunteers from a local WordPress community and the participating non-profit organizations will come together to plan, design and build the NGOs a brand new, high quality & useful professional website.

About the Nigerian Community

The WordPress Nigerian community is a network of developers, designers, content creators, digital marketers, polyglots, and WordPress users who believe that WordPress is a tool for personal and professional empowerment. For the last three years, our communities have hosted the do_action WordPress Charity Hackathon in some of our cities physically where we have spent a full day building brand new websites for a selection of local charities and NGOs.

This year, for the 2nd annual regional do_action Nigeria event, we are going to be repeating this for a handful number of charitable organizations!

Who can participate?

In order to bring these websites to life, we are looking for applications from registered NGOs who do not have a website and volunteers from all over the country to be Project Managers, Developers, Designers, Social Media Managers, Content Managers, and Quality Assurance Testers to work with each non-profit organization. As soon as the NGOs are selected, volunteers can begin to sign up for different roles.

I’m an NGO! How can I apply?

You can submit an application below, please. The application closes on the 10th of October 2021.

Sponsor our event!

If you would like to sponsor, you can head to Open Collective and click the ‘Become a Sponsor’ button and choose how much you want to contribute. We don’t have fixed sponsorship amounts and will accept any donation amount. Most importantly, we welcome tools donations (plugin & theme licenses, hosting, domain name purchase, tees, and branded items), please email us if you would like to support our event.

All sponsors will receive:

• Company logo on the site
• Company description on the site
• Link to company website from the site
• Logo on a slide projected during the event
• Tweets and/or posts to Facebook about your company
• Thanks in pre-and post-event emails
• Thank you in opening or closing remarks

Find out more general information about do_action hackathons at the page and video here or contact the team on nigeria@doaction.org if you have any questions.

WordPress Karnataka is an enthusiastic community united through the Open Source vision of WordPress. Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka has already seen a successful do_action in 2019.Now in the time of pandemic when in-person events are not possible, we come together as a regional community to organize this regional do_action hackathon. “do_action Karnataka is an online charity hackathon where WordPress enthusiasts come together to build cool websites for non-profits as a gesture of gratitude for the wonderful work they do in service of the society.”

do_action Karnataka will be a week-long event: 07 – 15 Aug 2021 This is an online do_action hackathon.

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The Protagonists of the do_action Charity Hackathon

The non-profits / Charity Organizations

The first protagonist of the do_action hackathons. The whole hackathon is built for them. They are the cool people who do the real work that impacts the society, they go out and make the change happen in the society. They serve people, they lobby, they protect and save animals, they clean the environment, they protect and plant trees/saplings, they go out and help people in disaster scenarios and other time. They are the people who go beyond their own life and change something in the society, especially in this time of unprecedented calamity of a pandemic.

At do_action charity hackathons, we build beautiful, functional WordPress websites for these amazing organizations for free as a token of our appreciation for their hard work.

If you know any non-profit/charity organization that needs a website for their organization or a project or an event, connect them to do_action in your area.

If you are a non-profit / charity organization that needs a new, beautiful, functional website built on the most popular CMS platform on the web, fill in the form at the bottom of the page.

The Organizers

This is the next protagonist in the do_action. They do the action to make the hackathon happen. They are the community people with heart who put in time and effort to contact the non-profits, select the deserving non-profits from the applications, get the participants, contact the sponsors, and make sure the non-profits get lovely websites they deserve. We have a fantastic team of organizers for do_action Karnataka 2021 online charity hackathon.

Sponsors

The next protagonist in the do_action who enable the hackathon. They are usually the organizations and/or individuals who wish to give back to the society in kind. They sponsor the do_action hackathons in various ways.

At do_action Karnataka 2021 Online Charity Hackathon, we are looking for organizations/individuals with heart to sponsor following things:

• Hosting and Domain names for the websites developed at the do_action hackathon
• Themes that can be used for the websites
• Plugins that will be needed for the websites
• Support for the sites  after the do_action hackathon

The Sponsors get an opportunity to help non-profits to have their own website and in addition they get:

• Mention on the social media of the do_action thanking them publicly.
• Mention at the online event.
• Logo and link on the event page.

The Participants

The last protagonist in the do_action.

They are the WordPress experts in their own area (content writer, designer, tester, developer, team leader, Social Media expert, content manager, other important roles which we missed here)

These participants are the one more group of cool people who will offer their time and effort to build beautiful, functional websites for the non-profits / charity organizations.

We need participants for these roles:

• Team leader
• Content Manager
• Designer
• Developers (2)
• Front-end Developer
• Project Manager
• Quality Assurance Tester
• Social Media Manager

Once the non-profits / charities are selected, the call for participants will be open for each of the non-profit/charity. If you wish to participate, but find that your roles are taken for all the projects, drop us an email at doactionindia@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you.

WordPress India is a diverse community spread across India, with different languages, different cuisines, different cultures; all united through the Open Source vision of WordPress. There have been a number of successful do_action local events in cities across India, but this is 2020 and almost all in-person events are on hold. The inability to meet in person doesn’t dampen the altruistic zeal of the community, so we have organized a virtual do_action hackathon at national level. “do_action India is an online charity hackathon where WordPress enthusiasts come together to build cool websites for non-profits as a gesture of gratitude for the wonderful work they do in service of the society.” Keep visiting for updates.

do_action India will be a week-long event, held from August 15th to August 23rd. 

The event will be held online, and all the event coordination will happen on the WP India Slack group. 

The Protagonists of the do_action Charity Hackathon

The non-profits / Charity Organizations

The first protagonist of the do_action hackathons. The whole hackathon is built for them. They are the cool people who do the real work that impacts the society, they go out and make the change happen in the society. They serve people, they lobby, they protect and save animals, they clean the environment, they protect and plant trees/saplings, they go out and help people in disaster scenarios and other time. They do everything we are used to seeing super-heroes do. They are the people who go beyond their own life and change something in the society.

At do_action charity hackathons, we build cool, functional WordPress websites for these amazing organizations for free as a token of our appreciation for their hard work.

If you know any non-profit/charity organization that needs a website for their organization or a project or an event, connect them to do_action in your area.

The call for non-profits to be part of the do_action india 2020 is open, we’re closing the applications at 11:59 pm on the Wednesday, July 29th, 2020. The call for non-profits for do_action India 2020 has closed, and we have finalized the NGOs for do_action India. 

The Organizers

This is the next protagonist in the do_action. They do the action to make the hackathon happen. They are the community people with heart who put in time and effort to contact the non-profits, select the deserving non-profits from the applications, get the participants, contact the sponsors, and make sure the non-profits get lovely websites they deserve. We have received a good response to the “call for organizers” for do_action India 2020 online charity hackathon.    

Sponsors

The next protagonist in the do_action who enable the hackathon. They are usually the organizations and/or individuals who wish to give back to the society in kind. They sponsor the do_action hackathons in various ways.

At do_action India 2020 Online Charity Hackathon, we are looking for organizations/individuals with heart to sponsor following things:

• Hosting and Domain names for the websites developed at the do_action hackathon
• Themes that can be used for the websites
• Plugins that will be needed for the websites

The Sponsors get an opportunity to help non-profits to have their own website and in addition they get:

• Mention on the social media of the do_action thanking them publicly.
• Mention at the event.
• Logo and link on the event page
• At do_action India 2020, we’ll add the Sponsors’ logos and links on this blog as well.

Thank you very much for the response to the ‘Call for Sponsors’, we can feel the love you wish to share with the good people who are doing good for the world.

We have closed the call for sponsors.  We will be announcing our amazing sponsors soon.

The Participants

The last protagonist in the do_action.

They are the WordPress experts in their own area (content writer, designer, tester, developer, team leader, Social Media expert, content manager, other important roles which we missed here)

These participants are the one more group of cool people who will offer their time and effort to build beautiful, functional websites for the non-profits / charity organizations.

We need participants for these roles:

• Team leader
• Content Manager
• Designer
• Developers (2)
• Front-end Developer
• Project Manager
• Quality Assurance Tester
• Social Media Manager

Once the non-profits / charities are selected, the call for participants will be open for each of the non-profit/charity. If you wish to participate, but find that your roles are taken for all the projects, drop us an email at doactionindia@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you.