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 sitesĀ 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 [email protected] and we’ll get back to you.