Introducing Tech to the Rescue
In a Civil Society article, Martin Francis Campbell, chair of the Digital Collective is quoted as saying, “digital is essential for charities to be relevant and to fulfil their purpose in the digital age. Those organisations which don’t embrace digital, and soon, will quickly go the way of Woolworths and Borders”.
This may be the case but, according to the 2023 Charity Digital Skills Report, 49% of UK charities are unable to afford the technology required to meet their digital needs.
However, one socially conscious organisation is on a mission to make free tech support available to nonprofits, so they don’t fall behind in the digital age.
Enter Tech to the Rescue.
About Tech to the Rescue (TTTR)
Tech to the Rescue is a Polish-based non-profit organisation that matches socially minded tech companies with charities to develop and implement pro bono digital solutions.
The brainchild of Jacek Siadkowski and Daniel Di Giusto, it launched in 2020 to bridge the technology gap that exists in the third sector.
As Siadowski explains in a CEO Magazine article, “it’s undeniable that technology is changing the world, but technology development is steered by the rules of capitalism. The attention goes where the money is.
Not-for-profits find it difficult to keep up with digital transformation because everything is advancing so fast and they don’t have the financial resources to keep up.
We direct talent to the problems which don’t have a lot of commercial potential but could positively impact millions of people”.
What do they deliver?
A noble cause. But what support do their tech partners provide?
They have 1,500 partners across the globe, skilled in everything from web design to AI automation.
These are just some of the ways they’re helping charities improve their efficacy/boost their impact:
website design/web apps
mobile apps
scalable systems
CMS systems
machine learning tools
data science
business intelligence
cybersecurity
blockchain
infrastructure
social media apps/support
digital marketing
Case Studies
Here are a few of the 600 projects TTTR has facilitated through its matches.
Customer experience, analytics and engineering company, Lean Convert created an interactive map for The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, highlighting human rights violations at the Hungarian-Serbian border.
Creative agency Craft & Slate designed a new website for Cameroon-based NGO, BERDSCO to help it communicate its mission of creating a poverty-free society.
Freeport Metrics set up a chatbot for American nonprofit Animal Ethics to enhance the effectiveness of its educational initiatives.
Need some tech support?
Want to add functionality to your website? Need help with your social media strategy? Looking to boost your income with an e-commerce store?
Join TTTR’s platform, outline the details of your project, and you’ll be connected with a tech partner who can deliver the solution – for free.
Projects are accepted from:
Registered charities of any size, in any country
non-governmental organisations
non-profit governmental organisations such as embassies, ministries, and governmental agendas
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