Mustard Seed Communities

Mustard Seed Communities started in 1978 outside of Kingston, Jamaica. It later expanded to Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. Mustard Seed provides residential care of children and adults with a range of developmental and physical disabilities. The organization’s mission is to create a loving, caring environment to the residents.

Project Goals

Website

• Utilize a low-cost platform to create a website.
• Create an easy to navigate website.
• Configure a website in a way that would allow authors with minimal technical knowledge to create and manage content.
• Create a solution that allows volunteers to register for a mission.
• Allow website visitors to submit their stories for inclusion in the site’s content.

Donation Forms

• Duplicate website design in Luminate Online for a seamless user experience across platforms.
• Illustrate the story and impact of donations.
• Allow users to pay for the credit card processing fees.
• Configure the forms to collection mission registration fees.

Project Outcome

Custom Drupal Website

• A website has been created utilizing Drupal content management system. The open source platform minimized technology costs for the organization.
• The Drupal CMS allowed us to segment complex site architecture into easy to manage content types.
• The content type approach allows authors to easily create and modify content by filling out simple forms.
• The site’s design includes many images and visually communicates the mission and achievements of the organization. It was programmed to be responsive and functional at all screen resolutions.
• The  mission calendar section was configured to work seamlessly with Blackbaud Luminate Online^®, allowing users to make their mission reservations in Luminate Online.
• The website has been configured to allow users to contribute their stories to the site via a web form.