Comments on: Haiti: pro bono web design and development

By: Design and Trade

Design and Trade — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:11:42 +0000

I have been to Haiti twice since the earthquake and have had family caught up in the crisis. I'm in the UK currently but would do work for a good cause like this free of charge.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:02:06 +0000

HI Bill,

thanks for getting in touch.

As per feedback to Patrick, we don't have any spare capacity at the moment. We'll hopefully be able to tackle a further pro-bono project in the late Autumn (Fall).

I took a quick look at your site – as it's WordPress based, and structure (with the exception of the forums) looks fairly standard, you may be able to get a quick and effective solution by purchasing a suitable 'off the shelf' theme.

A good theme from a specialist WordPress company should only cost around $100.

Cheers,
Roger

By: Bill Gabbard

Bill Gabbard — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:44:00 +0000

Hello,
I work for JEARS, and we are working on the front lines of Animal Rescue and support in Japan, after the Tohoku Earthquake on March 11..
We are working with the World's animal groups:HSI, IFAW,PETA, Best Friends, World Vet.
We desperately need a website to highlight our efforts to the world, our blog, people needing help, etc.

Our site is so lame, we continue to use a prive + a public FB page to communicate to the world. https://www.facebook.com/#!/AnimalRescueJapan

We currently had a website guy, but he fell thru almost instantly, and our site looks like a 12 year old made it.
http://www.jears.org

Time , and for now, pro-bono, is critical for us.
Can you help us, or point us in the right direction?

Thank you,
Bill Gabbard
bill@jears.org

By: Patrick Smyth

Patrick Smyth — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:37:48 +0000

Hello. If you are still open to doing pro bono work for a charity in Haiti, please look at http://www.fondetha.org. This is the website for Foundation for the Development and Transformation of Haiti (FONDETHA). They have been in existence since 2006. The people who initiated and developed FONDETHA are graduates of programs that I, Patrick Smyth, funded and Swiss Consulting Group (SCG) provided to over 300 middle class citizens of Haiti. The projects you will see on their website were financed by themselves. No money was gifted or granted by outside sources. All of the money was raised by these people, after they got what incredible leaders and people they really are.
Now they want to expand their work and provide these courses and free project direction to others in their neighborhoods and communities. Please consider helping them with the website design and the contribution page. You can contact me at 410-902-0067 or 443-324-1366.
Thank you,
Patrick

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:53:30 +0000

Really pleased to announce we are building a website for the Institute for Human and Community Development (IHCD) schools in Haiti.

The schools provide education, healthcare and support for abused (Restavek) and poor children in Haiti.

I'll blog about the project in more detail separately.