One of the most important pieces of DDD's mission is the long-term impact we have on our employees' lives. While they work for our organization, they gain computer, IT, and English skills; earn money to support their families and education; attend school part-time with 50% scholarships from DDD; build friendships and relationships with people that share their disadvantages and learn from those that have different hardships.  

We measure our ultimate success in the jobs our employees graduate to after DDD. Over 200 graduates have moved on to jobs earning 6x the average annual income. They are future IT leaders for their communities. Disabled and disadvantaged individuals carry with them a newly gained confidence. Sovannara, an operator in DDD’s Phnom Penh, Cambodia office, said, “Before I worked at DDD, I was a disadvantaged person, but after I came to work at DDD, I become an advantaged person for my family and for my country as well.” The added challenge for our employees -- coming from poor families, rural villages -- is that they do not have access to a network of professionals as a resource for their development.

 The vision of this web portal for graduates is that it will be a place for people to: 

• Network professionally
• Learn about the jobs their fellow graduates have and gain ideas for their own professional development
• Keep in touch with old friends and former colleagues
• Organize and learn about DDD events, milestones and developments
• Maintain an alumni community that can participate in social events, volunteering opportunities and community projects
• Serve as a model for how online communities can help raise awareness and inspire action so that our graduates may build online communities of their own for other causes or purposes
• Demonstrate the ongoing impact of our organization and share graduate stories with clients, donors, friends and employees
• Track our graduates progress and developments as further tools for measuring our success as an organization
• Maintain current contact information for graduates

WHAT WE NEED:

Resources required for this project:

·         Web design assistance for creating a comprehensive portal including forum, logins, message boards and other utilities utilizing pre-existing DonorPerfect database

·         Research and planning for best ways to establish a highly user-friendly and functional site for graduates from both Cambodia and Laos

·         Staff salary for someone responsible for upkeep and management of the site

·         Funds for organizing kick-off events in both countries to build awareness and enthusiasm for the project

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