On the 1st of August 2026, I showed up to the DoAction Hackathon knowing I wasn’t going to make a single Naira from the work I was about to do. That was the whole point.
DoAction is a WordPress event where developers and designers come together to build free websites for registered foundations/organizations, and this year I joined a team to give back to organizations doing real work across Akwa Ibom State. No client budget. No invoice. Just skill, time, and a cause worth showing up for.
What I Actually Did That Day
I (and my team) sat with foundation representatives who had never had a proper website before. Some were running feeding programs, others were supporting widows and vulnerable children, and almost all of them had been relying on a Facebook page or word of mouth to tell their story. I walked them through what their website needed to communicate, then got to work building it with WordPress, structuring it the same way I would for a paying client.
That last part mattered to me. I didn’t want anyone to feel like they were getting a lesser version of what money can buy. If anything, I treated it with more care, because I knew what that website would mean for the foundation long after the hackathon ended.
The Moment That Stayed With Me
I remember the foundation representative scrolling through the finished site on his phone and going quiet for a second before saying he never imagined they would look this “official.” That reaction is the part I keep thinking about. A website isn’t just design and code. For a small foundation trying to attract donors and volunteers, it is credibility. See the finished website here.
Why This Kind Of Work Matters To Me
I do a lot of teaching around structure, systems, and building things that actually work, whether that is a website, a business, or a personal brand. DoAction gave me a chance to put all of that to work for people who needed it most and could not have paid for it otherwise.
Skills stop being impressive the moment they stop being useful to someone. That day at the DoAction Hackathon reminded me exactly why I do what I do.
