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Volunteer with Tembi
You do not have to run a company to open a door. If you have skills, time or a network, you can help activate talent in the Global South. We match what you bring with where it counts.
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Skills, not sympathy
Access to technology should be a human right, not a privilege of geography or income. Volunteers help Tembi Labs turn that belief into events that actually happen. What we ask for is skills, not sympathy. A hackathon needs mentors who can unblock a team, jurors who can judge a pitch, facilitators who keep a room moving, and people behind the scenes who make the logistics work. Every one of those roles turns talent into a built thing.
You can help remotely or on the ground, for a single event or across a season. What matters is that you show up as a peer, share what you know, and let participants stay the authors of their own success.
What we offer
Ways to help
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Facilitate or judge
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Skills and network
On the ground
Volunteer with Tembi
Give your skills to talent activation in the Global South. Volunteer with Tembi as a mentor, facilitator, translator, or behind-the-scenes helper.
How we work
How volunteering works
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Tell us your skills, time and interests
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We match you to an event or an ongoing need
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You get a short brief and a point of contact
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You contribute, remotely or on the ground
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We report the outcome openly, your impact included
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Where a few hours go furthest
Tech volunteering often stalls on the question of where the time actually lands. With Tembi it is concrete. Your hours go directly to a student team building something real at a hackathon, or to the follow-up that keeps a community alive between events. There is no abstract programme to disappear into. You mentor a team, judge a pitch, translate a session, or design the materials that make a room work.
That directness is what makes this ai for good volunteering rather than a gesture. A mentor who unblocks one team can change what those students believe they can build. A juror who gives honest feedback teaches more in ten minutes than a lecture does in an hour. Small, skilled contributions compound into real digital inclusion, and we report the outcome so you see exactly what your time moved.
“Participants are the authors of their success, not recipients of alms. Volunteers hold the door, they do not carry people through it.”
Next step
Lend your skills
Tell us what you are good at and how much time you have. We will find the place where it moves the needle. CTA: Offer your help -> mailto:hello@tembilabs.com
Book a call
Host an AI hackathon or become a partner
Pick a slot that works for you. We will walk you through the next steps, from first call to your first event.
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FAQ
Questions, answered.
Not always. Mentors and jurors benefit from tech or product experience, but we also need facilitators, translators, designers, writers and organisers. Tell us what you bring and we will find the right fit.
Yes. Many roles, including mentoring, judging and skills support, work remotely. Some roles are on the ground at a hackathon. We match you to what suits your time and location.
As little as a few hours for a single event, or ongoing support across a season. You set what you can commit, and we plan around it.
We frame it as talent activation, not charity. You share skills as a peer so participants can build their own solutions. Radical transparency means we report the outcome, including your contribution, in the open.
Write to hello@tembilabs.com with your skills, your availability and where you are based. We will follow up with matching opportunities.
Yes. Team volunteering fits naturally into a Corporate Challenge Day, where your colleagues mentor and judge together. It is a sharper team experience than a day of talks, and it puts real skills where they count. ---
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