Opportunities
What the network needs right now, in one list. Everything here is volunteer work — VOAC has no funding and does not pretend otherwise. Where we pass on an outside opportunity, it is labelled as somebody else's.
Ukurasa huu uko kwa Kiingereza wakati tafsiri zetu zinakaguliwa na wazungumzaji asilia.
role · VOAC
Agronomists with field-trial experience
Operation Sow a Seed starts with you. Design a farmer-led trial that includes the cooperative's own varieties, and publish the result in the cooperative's name. Volunteer.
Who it suits: Agronomists who have designed or run on-farm trials; Fon, Kpelle or Hausa facilitators
role · VOAC
Broadcast and RF engineers
Community radio in Ghana runs on borrowed engineers. Run an apprenticeship inside a working station and leave a manual behind in its language. Volunteer.
Who it suits: Engineers who can service a community transmitter and teach two volunteers to do the same
role · VOAC
Off-grid and solar power engineers
Power & Enterprise is waiting on one person. Produce an independent, costed options paper a trade association owns — including the option of doing nothing. Volunteer.
Who it suits: Solar or off-grid engineers, or small-enterprise energy finance, with Nigeria experience
training · VOAC
Story Lab — community recorders and trainers
Free, mobile-first training in consent-led recording, field audio and captioning. You keep the rights to everything you record.
Who it suits: People already working with a community radio station or youth group; producers and photographers who can teach
open call · VOAC
Mentorship Circle — mentee intake
A named mentor in your discipline, one working session a month for six months. Free, and a real commitment on both sides.
Who it suits: Young people aged 16–24 in media, agriculture, education, enterprise or the arts
None of these are paid, and none of them come with expenses covered yet. If that changes — it changes only after VOAC incorporates and can hold money — this page will say so on the day it does. Our legal status