Support
Support Dzaleka Online Services
Help maintain public service information, document community history, and give local contributors the equipment and support needed to publish their work.
What support pays for
Dzaleka Online Services is a community-maintained website. Contributions cover the practical work required to collect, check, publish, and preserve information.
Public information
Updating service listings, urgent contacts, jobs, events, resources, and guidance pages.
Digitisation and archiving
Scanning photographs and documents, recording oral histories, and maintaining structured cultural records.
Contributor equipment
Cameras, recorders, storage, connectivity, and basic tools used by local writers and documentarians.
Publishing and maintenance
Hosting, accessibility work, security, backups, and improvements to submission and correction workflows.
Other ways to contribute
Equipment and materials
Useful donations include working laptops, cameras, audio recorders, scanners, hard drives, archival storage materials, books, and stationery. Contact us before sending equipment so we can confirm what is currently needed.
Institutional funding
We welcome conversations with funders working in public-interest technology, community information, refugee-led media, archives, research, or cultural documentation.
Professional support
Researchers, archivists, designers, developers, editors, translators, and accessibility specialists can offer time for a defined piece of work.
Contact
Support the work through DzalekaPay, or email dzalekaconnect@gmail.com about equipment, professional support, or institutional funding.