Children of the Mekong (COTM) is the UK branch of Enfants du Mékong (EDM), a leading French charity founded in 1958 with the aim of sending poor children to school in Southeast Asia. In 2022, EDM had an annual budget of 14 million Euros, with 85% of charitable expenditure. COTM and EDM currently sponsor 23,000 children, oversee 100 development projects every year, and operate 10 centres and 78 foster homes in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Children of the Mekong was established in 2011; While COTM works closely with the field and the head office in Paris, the charity is independently run and overseen by a motivated and dedicated Board of Trustees.
COTM has one permanent staff member, Eugenie Munakarmi, COO, who is based in Hammersmith, London, and a team of volunteers.
For more information, please visit: http://www.childrenofthemekong.org/ or contact Eugenie Munakarmi at [email protected]
Your role, as a communication officer will include:
- Updating the website with new content that will be provided to you, using a user-friendly WordPress dashboard.
- Lead the "new content" project which aims at creating and uploading new articles to create more content on our website. This includes writing the article guidelines, sharing them with volunteer writers, proofreading and making SEO improvements, and uploading the article online.
- Providing input for digital marketing campaigns.
Time commitment
Hours: Part-time (1 day / week)
Length: minimum 3 months
Start date: flexible, ideally September 2023
Allowance: Pro Bono