Childhelp website

The brief

Childhelp is a national nonprofit focused on the prevention and treatment of child abuse. Its site serves people in very different states of mind. Some are donors who want to give in under a minute. Some are children, parents or teachers who need help right now. Some are reporters, partners and volunteers. The two most urgent paths, donate and get help, had to be visible from every screen, and the whole site had to work for people using screen readers, keyboards and high contrast settings.

What we built

We built the site on WordPress with a centered logo header and two persistent buttons on the right: Get Help in purple and Donate in coral with a heart icon. They stay in reach on desktop and on a phone. Navigation is grouped into Who We Are, What We Do, Get Involved and News and Resources, each with a dropdown so deep content is two taps away. An announcement bar at the top points to survivor stories. The hero is a photo slider with large arrows. A newsletter form follows directly beneath, with labeled fields. Headings follow a logical order, images carry alt text, color contrast is checked against WCAG guidelines, and every interactive element can be reached by keyboard. Editors work in templates that keep those standards in place when they add pages.

What it means for the business

A donor can give without hunting. A child in trouble can find help without reading a paragraph. Staff can publish news and program updates without breaking accessibility. For an organization whose credibility rests on taking care of vulnerable people, a site that works for everyone is not a feature. It is the baseline.