On 31st July 2021

SkilledUp Life Volunteer Community reached

Volunteers
1
Countries
1

How Volunteers feel about SkilledUp Life

Rorisang Sitoboli (South Africa)

“SkilledUp Life is brilliant! The relationships we build with our team-mates and the organisations we collaborate with is truly symbiotic.”

Alina Fokina (Poland)

“Every junior knows how hard it is sometimes to find a live project and gain valuable experience .SkilledUp Life gave that opportunity. And i am very lucky that i’ve managed to find a beautiful project with very talented people. Huge shoutout to SkilledUp team!”

Chinthake Mallawaarachchi (UK)

“SkilledUp Life has been a really enjoyable and easy to use platform. I have worked online with an international team and gained lots of experience about tech startups.”
 
 
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Wishma Wickramatunga (Sri Lanka)

“Great to have found a place like SkilledUp Life to gain exposure to work culture!”
 
 

Neusa da Rosa (Brazil)

“It was the first time I saw a Volunteer project like this. The experience of working with social media was intense and brought me a connection with people I might never meet. Thank you for the opportunity!”

Laise Reis (Brazil)

“I appreciate an opportunity to show my work”,

Salik Rafiq (UK)

“The experience volunteering through with a couple of firms has been great and the team there have been so supportive and there’s no pressure. I’ve learned some new skills and tech as well as meeting some great people which has helped during my sabbatical. I’ve now started a second stint with a startup and I can take these new experiences on to a future job.”

Josué Pierre Louis (Haiti)

“I am doing an extremely interesting experience as a research and data entry Volunteer. Happiness is the key to success. I like what I’m doing at SkilledUp Life, and I can say that I find happiness working as a Volunteer at SkilledUp Life”

 

 

With the help from our Volunteer army, we turned what looked like an impossible task into a reality.

 

 

It took us 157 days to onboard the first 100 volunteers. We missed the deadline to onboard the 900th volunteer by 2 days, and it looked near impossible to onboard the 1000th before the first year ended on 31st July 2021.

Our Volunteers rose to the challenge and brought the last 100 Volunteers in 6 days with 24 hours to go.

Time took to add 100 Volunteers

As you can see we recorded the best 4 days of performance during the last week of July, all thanks to Volunteers. 

Thank you so much.

Double down in July 2021 to achieve the 12 month milestone

 

1,000+ Volunteers from 50+ countries are waiting to help your tech startup survive and grow free. In exchange, they gain invaluable experience and skills to land their next gig.

 

Without our Partners

like XpressJ0bs, this task would have been impossible, as very few people have heard of SkilledUp Life.
This partnership will give Sri Lankans an exclusive and unparalleled opportunity to gain experience and skills by working with cutting edge British, American and other foreign companies, thus dramatically improving and modernising the country’s overall skill base, and not just the individuals taking part.” 
Oshadie Korale
Oshadie Korale, Chief Operating Officer, XpressJ0bs

Our Head of Community

Without the brilliance of Mithun, our Head of Community, who joined in November 2020 as the first Employee, we would have not achieved this milestone. 
My contribution to growing our user base has been a tremendously rewarding experience. On the one hand, I know that our efforts will help even more bootstrapped tech startups accomplish their projects whereas more Volunteers will now improve their career prospects.
Mithun Sarathchandra
Mithun Sarathchandra, Head of Community, SkilledUp Life

Our Founder

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who believed in my vision and made us achieve this vital milestone.
“We hope to list 1,000 Opportunities by end of the second year and on-board the next 10,000 Volunteers whilst serving 100 tech startups. “ 
Manoj Ranaweera
Manoj Ranaweera, Founder, SkilledUp Life