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Give a few hours a month

Most of this work is carried by people with full-time jobs who give an evening a week. Tell us what you can offer and we will match you to something live — not a waiting list.

Commitment4–8 hours a month
WhereRemote, or in the field
ExperienceStudents to seniors
Network200+ people
Ways to help

What volunteers actually do

You do not need a public sector background. You do need to be willing to work on someone else’s problem rather than your portfolio.

01

Research support

Note-taking on field visits, transcription, translation into and out of Urdu, Sindhi, Pashto, Punjabi and Balochi, and help making sense of what came back.

02

Design & writing

Redrawing a form, rewriting an SMS, laying out a report, or building a prototype a team can test next week.

03

Mentoring a cohort team

An hour a fortnight with a team of students working a live brief — the single most requested role we have.

04

Critique & review

Reading a blueprint or research plan before it goes to a partner, and saying the hard thing while it is still cheap to fix.

05

Facilitation

Running a workshop or a framing session, especially with mixed rooms of citizens, staff and officials.

06

Events

Helping run workshops, meet-ups and UX Pakistan — logistics, hosting, photography, documentation.

How it works

Matched to a live need, not a mailing list

We would rather ask you once, for something specific, than send you a monthly newsletter you scroll past.

01

Tell us what you can offer

Your skills, your languages, your city, and how many hours a month is realistic.

02

A short conversation

Twenty minutes to understand what you would enjoy and where you would be most useful.

03

We come to you with something real

A named task on a named project, with a scope and a deadline. Say no whenever the timing is wrong.

04

Credited, and kept in the loop

Volunteers are named in project write-ups and get the findings, not just the thank-you.

Join

Tell us what you can offer

Send us your skills, languages, city and realistic hours. If you are a student, say so — several of our cohort alumni started as volunteers.

Get in touch

Especially looking for

Mentors for cohort teamsSindhi & Balochi speakersContent designersResearchers outside LahoreFacilitatorsFront-end developersPhotographers
Support the work

Fund a pilot →

If hours are tight but you can give money, it pays for field days and student stipends.

Organisations

Partner with us →

Bring us a service that is failing people and we will tell you honestly what it would take.