Fundraising Merchandise Design 2024

Ancestral Hands Midwives is looking to diversify our revenue by creating our own line of Afrocentric merchandise. We believe this project will require:Develop merchandise designs (Ex. t-shirt designs, African prints)Create digital mock-upsCreate electronic marketing designs and templatesAssist with research and initial steps of setting up an e-commerce siteThe final deliverables include:File of finalized designs and merchandise mock-ups1 Marketing campaign including post and reel templatesWe are excited to work with students who support our mission and want to have fun creating unique merchandise. Whether you're a fashion student, artist or you're just interested in what we do, we want to work with you.

Social Media Campaign for Non Profit Organization

Ancestral Hands Midwives is looking for help creating new and engaging social media content. Students would be expected to:Review existing content and conduct a SWOT analysisConducting social media research for the latest trends to develop infographics materials for the followersCreate social media posts (in the form of a one-month content calendar planned out in detail)Design content for Instagram, TikTok and YouTubeConvert existing videos into IG and TikTok contentProvide recommendations of additional content to createThe goal of the campaign is to build brand awareness, gain followers and spread awareness about maternal health disparities. Students can create content using Canva (preferred) or any software, but will need to ensure posts are the proper size for the intended social media platform and that captions adhere to character limits for the given platform. If you're a storyteller, creative writer, content creator and/or have an interest in Black maternal health, we would love to work with you.

Healthcare Directory

At Ancestral Hands Midwives one of our main goals is to provide the Black community with equitable access to high quality health care. To achieve this we need your help to create a Black healthcare provider directory. Students should be prepared to:Familiarize themselves with the Directorist Wordpress plugin and the provided “How to” documents.Research and compile a list of providers that can be added to the directory. Add providers once approved.Add newly submitted provider information to the directory.Edit and update existing directory entries as needed.Create a simple step by step guide to updating the directory.DeliverablesBased on your research, create a spreadsheet of providers to add to the directory.Use Directorist to add your list of providers to the existing directory.Update and/or edit existing listings on Directorist (a list will be provided).Create a “How to” guide with step by step instructions on how to edit and add providers to the directory.

Non-Profit Grant Writing

Ancestral Hands Midwives is looking for assistance fundraising to support our mission: to reduce racial disparities in maternal outcomes and improve the experiences and outcomes for Black people during the prenatal, birth, and postpartum periods. As all non profit organizations, we are always looking for funding to sustain our organization and we would love your help. We're looking for students to help us:Grant writing:Research and create a list of grant opportunitiesCompile a master list of grant answers from existing grant applicationsDevelop a needs statement that characterizes the community problem and justifies the need for fundingComplete grant applicationsSponsorship:Research sponsors and partnership opportunitiesDraft sponsorship letter templatesCreate a sponsorship packageDraft communications including outreach to individuals, organizations/businesses to secure donationsJoin us if you have the skills and desire to work on this important project.