The overall objective of our work is to contribute to the creation of an enabling environment for youth-led organizations and young women and men to meaningfully engage as active citizens, particularly in issue-based advocacy and decision-making relating to political, social, economic, educational, and cultural policy making and planning.

Tech Tribes acknowledges that sustainable capacity building, within the framework of a well-defined action plan and a clear definition of the desired outcomes, developed by partner youth organizations and groups, is key to any bottom-up approach to development.

Moreover, Tech Tribes works hand in hand with partner organizations to emphasize that building successful change-driven coalitions, continuous lobbying and advocacy is needed across various influence spheres in order to ensure that youth concerns and priorities are seriously taken into consideration.

No! While we do offer tech-based solutions, and we might sound very techy, we are all about development and community service.

We don’t foster the use of technology for the sake of technology, but leverage it as a tool to achieve social objectives. We look at the strategic use of media and ICTs as amplifiers of awareness and active participation of regional youth organizations, and the relevance and impact of our programs.

Tech Tribes is a tool-based organization. This means that we do not adopt a certain cause while at the same time we are able to provide assistance to any group or organization irrespective of their cause.

The novelty of our programs, and at the same time one of their major challenges, is to be as inclusive as possible, in order to allow organizations working on all youth-related issues confidently find their place within our programs. Some of these issues include, but are not limited to; active citizenship, civic rights, freedom of expression and access to information, humanitarian assistance, behavioural and reproductive health, education and skills development, employment and entrepreneurship, youth volunteerism, culture and arts, disabled peoples’ issues and gender mainstreaming.

No, Tech Tribes is an apolitical and independent organization. We are not associated with any political parties or campaigns. We make it a point to foster an open space for every identity and view while we adopt four principles in our work:

1. Internet access is a right not a privilege.
2. Social Change demands spaces that foster innovation.
3. The skills of tomorrow should respond to arising challenges.
4. Social Justice can be realized one click at a time.

Tech Tribes offers assistance in the form of trainings, mentorship programs and consulting services to social activists and innovators, development professionals, cause-driven groups and nonprofits. The approach places particular emphasis on reaching out to young women & men in less resourceful, rural and marginalized communities.