Support

Across Latin America and Africa, civil society faces information disorders, shrinking civic space, restrictive government policies, and collaboration between Big Tech companies and governments that enables increased surveillance. Upcoming elections in 2026 may take place amid anti-NGO legislation, restrictive cybersecurity laws, and uses of artificial intelligence that put civil society under pressure. To help organizations and collectives prepare for this critical election period across both regions, the Engine Room is launching an open call for support.

We’re excited to welcome Oír Más as one of our new Matchbox partners. Oír Más is a radio collective dedicated to amplifying the voices of diverse communities through radio experimentation.

Starting this month, The Engine Room will be service providers in OTF’s User Experience & Discovery (UXD) Lab.

We are extending a targeted offer of free tech and data support to Black feminist organizers

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 […]

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! 

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)!

Our support is direct, intensive and context-respecting. We meet you where you are, with focused support. If your organisation is interested in getting support from The Engine Room, please schedule a call with us!

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 […]

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 […]

This month, we are launching a call for new Matchbox partners in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, and are looking forward to receiving your applications. Until then, read this post to learn more about how we offer in-depth support through Matchbox partnerships.