Ttaala – DefendDefenders

What is Ttaala?

Ttaala is DefendDefenders’ comprehensive skills-building project for human rights defenders (HRDs) and human rights organisations. Ttaala illuminates HRDs of digital tools and strategies they can use to enhance their work. Ttaala participants learn how to survive and thrive defending human rights in the digital age while creating impact-driven projects.

Organisations taking part in the Ttaala will access in-person workshops, on-site technical assistance, continuous virtual support, and access to a network of creative mentors. The goal of Ttaala is to build a collaborative community of HRDs working together on innovative digital projects.

Our Curriculum

Data Literacy

Teaching essential data literacy, and data collection methods including form design and storage tools so HRDs can analyze their data.

Digital Security

Planning for and implementing digital security within projects and daily routines of HRDs to secure their sensitive work.

Online Advocacy

Planning online campaigns around advocacy goals, using social media and visual media tools to advocate effectively.

Our Success Stories

"The program was the most exciting workshop I had ever attended, thanks to all the relevant and practical skills I acquired through the workshop which has made my work efficient and of quality. Working with data, communications, advocacy and basic M&E has been simplified through this workshop! It's never too late to learn new things in technology!”

"Through our participation in this program, HRC-U is piloting their research utilising ELMO, an open source elections monitoring platform developed by The Carter Center, which was found to be flexible enough to suit most documentation projects."

"Taking part in this program was life changing. I learnt so much about data and advocating and was opened up to so many new tools that suddenly make my work much easier!"