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This project was completed on Aug 7, 2015
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Matched with Brian B.
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Website Construction (CMS-Based)
Spark MicroGrants
Website Construction (CMS-Based)
Project details
What we need
- Development of a new website using a Content Management System (CMS)
- Training to ensure Organization's staff members can update content and manage the site post-launch
- Note: This project is for a website built with a Content Management System (CMS), such as Wordpress, Squarespace, Joomla, Drupal, or Weebly . A CMS-based website can be maintained and updated easily (no coding required!)
What we have in place
- We currently have a custom Wordpress website that has the majority of the content already in place. The content that needs to be added has already been drafted, including photos and graphics. We also have a branding vision, style guidelines, and a language boilerplate to guide the redesign of the selected pages on the site.
How this will help
This project will save us $16,822 , allowing us to faciliate 1 community in east Africa to design and implement a social impact project of their choosing.
Spark has developed a unique model of community driven development that has changed the lives of nearly 80,000 in east Africa. What we need to do now is tell all of the incredible stories these communities have. The website we have now has the potential to both tell these stories better and connect audiences to different story telling platforms. We need your help to update and strengthen our current website so we can increase both our donor base and our network of advocates interested in bottom up approaches development.
Project plan
Posted by
Katy L.
Communications Manager
Our mission
Spark MicroGrants partners with rural poor communities to catalyze locally-led impact projects.
What we do
Spark supports rural poor communities to design, implement and manage their own social impact projects. To date Spark has partnered with over 75 communities in Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi who have developed local project plans and are in the process of implementing them, positively impacting over 64,000 lives.
HOW WE DO IT:
Spark runs an in country fellowship program for local university graduates in the countries we work. Fellows receive hands on leadership and facilitation training. Fellows reach out to rural poor communities and take each through a 3-5 month project planning process where the community votes on their most pressing problem and builds a plan to address the problem. After plans are complete, Spark provides a microgrant to the community to enable project implementation. Communities are building schools, starting communal farms and more.
Differing from microfinance, Spark supports communities with organizational capacity building and a small grant – so they can invest in social impact.
Each partner community benefits through:
1. Launching a project to address a specific community based problem
2. Building internal capacity and drive to initiate local change
Since the community controls planning and spending, the projects are locally appropriate, effective and highly efficient. Spark guides each community through a three to five month project planning process, after which the project is implemented.
Testimonials
Brian was extremely helpful on a project that was more complex than originally imagined. He was able to update a number of pages on the site and map out next steps for a future site redesign. Thanks so much, Brian!
(No testimonial has been submitted by Brian)
