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Are you working at the intersection of health and social justice?   

Hlompho Mokoena

Are you a civil society organisation or collective working within or with the health sector? Are you thinking about ways to collect, manage and store data more efficiently and securely? Are you looking to strengthen your organisation’s capacity around responsible data practices? Please read on, our Light Touch Support programme might be a great fit […]

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Meet our new Matchbox partners

Hlompho Mokoena

We are thrilled to announce two new Matchbox partners for the upcoming cycle: Albinism Umbrella and Y-Fem Namibia. Read more about these two organisations below! 

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Supporting organisations to navigate digital transitions

Barbara Paes

With support from Sigrid Rausing Trust, we are deepening our support to organisations who are going through digital transformation. We’re inviting organisations, collectives and movements facing challenges incorporating technologies in their work to reach out to us for light touch support (LiTS)!

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Seeking support in using tech for Legal empowerment?

Lesedi Bewlay

Earlier this year, we released research on how legal empowerment organisations are using tech and data in their work. Inspired by that research, we’re excited to offer pro-bono, actionable and tailored support – through our Light Touch Support (LiTS) support programme – to legal empowerment organisations or activists who are interested in working more with […]

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Lightweight support, big picture learning

Lesedi Bewlay

At The Engine Room, there are many different ways we strive to support our partners – our intensive Matchbox partnerships are year-long, dedicated collaborations, and our research work can take many shapes from helping build an organisation’s responsible data guidelines to conducting targeted field scans. Our Light Touch Support (LiTS) work, though ‘lighter’ in duration […]

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Matchbox FAQs

Anca Matioc

As we near the Matchbox application deadline of September 28, here are our answers to some frequently asked questions that might help you in your application.

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Light-touch support for Latin American elections work

Nicole Anand

Are you working on issues of transparency and accountability or human rights related to elections in Latin America? Are you thinking about how responsible use of data and technology can intersect with your work around elections? If so, we would love to work with you through our Light Touch Support Programme (LiTS).  Our LiTS programme […]

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A new chapter in our Light Touch Support (LiTS) Programme

Lesedi Bewlay

Why ‘light touch’ data and tech support matters In 2016, we launched our light touch support programme (LiTS) based on a hypothesis: targeted research and advice to social change agents can enhance effective and responsible use of data and technology. Last year, in partnership with Ford Foundation’s Internet Freedom programme, we continued to test this […]