Web Designer
Afghanistan International Foundation for the Blind (AIFB)
The Afghanistan International Foundation For The Blind (AIFB) formally known as "Afghanistan Blind Women and Children Foundation (ABWC)":
Enhancing the lives of blind individuals in the country since August 28, 2009, AIFB has been recognized by NY State as a non-profit foundation. Its mission is to empower Afghan blind women through healthcare and blind children through education and rehabilitation services in Afghanistan.
The Afghanistan International Foundation For The Blind needs your time as a volunteer!
DESCRIPTION of the position-
Qualifications and responsibility:
The AIFB is looking for professional or experienced web designers who have at least 2 years of experience working with websites. The Web Designer responsibility is to help the AIFB maintain and update its website with current events and happenings. This is a major need for the organization at this time and will only involve occasional commitments of 4 or 5 hours per month. For example: posting a monthly newsletter, articles from Afghanistan related to blind people in Afghanistan, biography of outstanding individuals in the field of disabilities, and much more.
- Improve website design and general online presence
- Update web content regularly
- Able to manage and convert website host provider over to a new company
- Lead the purchase of additional URL
- Help implement an email address for Board members that end in the website extension
- General troubleshooting as issues arise
Responsibilities:
- Volunteers must commit to work with the foundation for 3 to 6 months
- Volunteers must work 2 hours per week with the foundation
- Volunteers are responsible for having a signature on any legal documentation provided by (AIFB) foundation
- Volunteers must protect respect and make commitments to confidentialities of the foundation
- Follow the rules and regulation of the office work
- Volunteers are responsible to take full participation in all fundraising events conducted by the organization
REQUIREMENTS:
- Current resume
- Professional biography
- Three professional reference letters
About Afghanistan International Foundation for the Blind (AIFB)
Location:
40-10 12th Street, Apt. 1C, Long Island City, NY 11101, US
Mission Statement
With collaboration and partnership of other international organizations, the foundation will offer services for blind individuals in Afghanistan in order to improve quality of life in the area of education, health, rehabilitation and community services.
Description
The foundation’s objective is to provide educational services to all ages, offer life changing services such as providing blind based computer applications and technologies for children, sending much needed blind based equipment and medical supplies from the United States, teaching students how to study mathematics and science using tactile systems, and providing training.
AIFB, by partnering with medical facilities around the world, will offer health services and provide financial support for prescriptions, laboratory procedures and operations as well as focus on access to local medical facilities, mental health treatment, chronic disease prevention, childbirth, and nutritional guidance.
The Foundation provides rehabilitation and evaluation services as well as community services. We collaborate with and support The Afghan Blind Association in Kabul to promote the disability rights movement.
Student interns: Must be college students or have a bachelor's degree. Interns commit to work 4-5 days per week. They will have a project for their time at the Foundation which they must complete.
Volunteers: Work schedule is flexible, so long as the volunteer works for at least 2 hours/week. Their tasks will be based on the department they request. The minimum time commitment is 6 months.
Board Directors and Officers of Departments must serve for one year.