Get involved

Everyone who runs waladi is under 21.

That is not a youth programme running alongside the real one. It is the whole organisation. The desks, the editing, the teaching and the decisions all belong to people under 21, and every position here is closed to anyone older.

Six ways in

Pick the one that matches what you can actually give.

01Remote
Volunteer
You track down the figure behind a claim, check that a source says what someone says it does, or carry a story into another language so more people can read it.
WhoAnyone under 21
Time2 to 4 hours a week
You start withA single story to check
Open the form
02Remote
Teach a child
You take one subject you are good at and teach it, over video, to a child whose school has stopped. You stay with them until they can teach it to someone else.
WhoUnder 21, confident in one subject
TimeOne hour a week
You start withOne student, one subject
Open the form
03Country based
Run a country desk
You become waladi in one country. You decide what gets reported there, find the people to report it, and answer for what goes out.
WhoUnder 21, close to the country
TimeSenior role
You start withYour country's next three stories
Apply
04No sign-up
Tell us about a child
You know of a child the record has missed. Send us what you know, in whatever language you think in, and an editor reads it. You do not join anything.
WhoAnyone, any age
TimeFive minutes
You start withOne form, five minutes
Send it to us
05Your school
Start waladi at your school
A group of students who report from their own city and run sessions about it. We send you everything you need to run the first one.
WhoStudents, with one teacher backing you
TimeTermly
You start withMaterials for your first session
Ask us for the pack
06No permission needed
Republish what we report
Every story we publish is free to reprint, in full, as long as you credit waladi. School paper, newsletter, feed. Attention is the thing we actually ask for.
WhoAnyone, including over 21
TimeCredit waladi
You start withPick a story and run it
Read the stories

After you apply

Nobody sends a form into silence.

01 · You send it

One form. It asks what you can do and how much time you have, not for a CV full of things a school-age person has not had the chance to do yet.

02 · We read it

Volunteer applications are read as they arrive. Senior applications are read once a month, together, so nobody is judged against an empty week.

03 · We talk

A short call in the language you are most comfortable in. We tell you what the work actually involves before you commit to it.

04 · You start

You are paired with someone already doing the job. Your first piece of work is real work, and it carries your name.

We will not ask you for money

waladi takes no donations. There is no fundraising page and there never will be. What we ask for is attention, and the hours of people who can give them.

Working near children

Any role that puts you in contact with a child carries safeguarding checks and a named adult supervisor, and no teaching session ever happens one to one without one.

If you are over 21

You cannot hold a position, but you can still raise a story, republish our reporting, or open a door at a school that should have a chapter in it.