Website Development for Universal Versatile Society

Universal versatile society is a non-political, non-communal and nonprofit making, non-governmental voluntary social organization registered under Societies Registration Act-XXI of 1860 with Registration No. Maha/514/05/Akola on dated 30/06/2005 by the authority of Govt. of Maharashtra’s Asstt. Registrar of Societies, Akola Region - India. Our Mission: ‘Dedicate to serve the community, nation and world by connecting the donors with community-based projects, coordinate the available resources and expertise to promote sustainable development in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals.’ Objectives of the organization: 1. To promote socially, culturally, economically, and/or ecologically sustainable goals through our advocacy projects and transform a village Nagthana into eco village. 2. To save the life of farmers in Vidarbha by serving them through Mental Health Project in 128 villages. 3. To reset the agro-economy of rural Vidarbha through deployment of regenerative agriculture practices which further facilitate marketing of produce through ‘Family Farmer’ project. 4. To encourage learning in local environment by rejuvenate public schools through digitalization and Project Based Learning concept which ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote learning opportunities for all. 5. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. 6. To utilize the potential of women in society and empower them through education and involving them in community development mission.

UVS is working in the Vidarbha region of India, where every eight hours, one farmer has committed suicide since 2006. Our organisation's project, 'Psychiatric Rehabilitation of Farmers', is dedicated to addressing this issue. Through this project, we are giving doorstep services of mental health to the beneficiaries through early identification and detection of mental illness. To do this, we can use the PHQ-12 questionnaire (a tool to detect mental illness disorders) available on the website that our organisation's employees and beneficiaries may use. The mentally ill patients thus identified will be given free treatment in the Civil Hospital for free. Reaching out to the masses, bringing ease and convenience in the identification of vulnerable beneficiaries, and achieving sustainability of the project are some of the challenges we are confronting, which may be better addressed through a better website. The contribution of Online Volunteers in website development will help us to develop a comprehensive website dedicated to mental health that will help the masses to preliminarily know their mental illness, get helpline contacts of entities working in mental health and get aware of various mental health services and related updates. This will extend the organisation’s reach to the beneficiaries and stakeholders. The selected Online Volunteers will get an opportunity to utilise their expertise and skill set to see the on-ground impact of their contribution, which contributes to SDG3 on Good Health and Well-being.

Our organization focuses on mental health, agriculture, education, and environmental themes, and we are currently developing a dedicated website for this initiative. We are seeking Online Volunteers to assist and distribute workload with the 2 main following tasks: Design Support: - Design and develop wireframes and mockups for web pages - Create and optimize images using Adobe Photoshop or similar tools - Ensure designs are mobile-friendly and accessible Web Development Support: - Implement responsive layouts using HTML5 and CSS3 - Ensure designs are mobile-friendly and accessible - Collaborate with team members to translate visual concepts into functional web pages While experience with content management systems (CMS) like WordPress is highly preferred, it is not mandatory. We have already prepared the content, structure, and design for the website, enabling Online Volunteers to start on these tasks. Tasks will be assigned to selected volunteers based on their expertise in the specific areas mentioned. Onboarding meetings, followed by weekly meetings, will be held to provide detailed guidelines on expectations and areas where Online Volunteers can contribute. There will be a WhatsApp group to facilitate communication between each other.