This month, Team4Tech celebrated the completion of three Micro-Matching projects delivered in partnership with 9 Cadence Design Systems volunteers. Each project addressed a critical operational need for an education-focused NGO, with deliverables ranging from data systems to curriculum modernization.
Short, Virtual Projects Creating Significant Impact
Around the world, education NGOs are working tirelessly to expand opportunities for learners in marginalized communities—but many face capacity challenges that limit their ability to scale impact. Team4Tech is accelerating impact for these education-focused NGOs through a continuum of support, including facilitated skills-based volunteering engagements. Through Team4Tech’s Community of Practice Sponsorship offering, our corporate partners provide access to Team4Tech’s online Community of Practice, where they can learn, network, and connect with NGOs for self-paced, remote volunteering opportunities.
One available option is for participating employees to join our Micro-Matching Program. This program pairs corporate volunteers with NGO partners for short, focused projects to co-create practical tools and deliver valuable solutions for the NGOs in 8-12 hours over 8 weeks..
Cadence Design Systems volunteers have been engaging with Team4Tech’s Community of Practice since July 2025. 70 employee volunteers from Germany, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Finland, United Kingdom, United States, Greece, India, Ireland, and Israel activated their membership in our Community of Practice to learn about the work of our partner NGOs and dedicate their time and expertise to supporting them through our volunteering options. Most recently, 9 of these volunteers completed their first set of Micro-Matching projects to help accelerate impact for NGOs in Kenya and Pakistan.
Templatized Volunteer Projects to Strengthen Data Systems, Upgrade Curricula, and Design an Operations System
EmpServe Kenya — Strengthening Data Systems to Communicate Impact
Empower and Serve Kenya (EmpServe) equips Kenyan youth with digital and green skills for sustainable livelihoods. This NGO joined our Micro-Matching Program because they wanted to better track participant progress and communicate program outcomes. Team4Tech created a clear, templatized project scope and engaged Cadence volunteers to bring their skills, coordinate with the NGO, and generate actionable deliverables. Three Cadence volunteers conducted a data workflows audit, evaluated platform options, and developed sample dashboards and tutorials to help EmpServe transition to a new user-friendly, scalable data management and reporting tool.
NairoBits Trust — Integrating AI Skills into ICT Curriculum
NairoBits Trust delivers digital skills training to youth in Nairobi, Kenya from informal settlements, preparing them for careers in design and software development. Seeking support in updating their programming to meet the needs of an AI-literate workforce, NairoBits staff joined our Micro-Matching Program for help. Team4Tech matched NairoBits with three Cadence application engineers and clarified an easy-to-tackle project scope. Volunteers worked with NairoBits instructors to modernize the ICT curriculum by integrating modules on AI concepts, prompt engineering, and generative workflows—meeting the growing market demand for talent fluent in AI-enabled tools.
Chiraagh-e-Noor Education — Supporting a Dashboard to Streamline Operations
Chiraagh-e-Noor (Chiraagh) operates a vocational training school in Pakistan to equip youth with practical skills through hands-on training programs. One of their programs, Girah, is an apparel brand launched and operated by vocational training students. Chiraagh joined our Micro-Matching program for support with design of a mobile-friendly and low-tech-accessible system to better manage Girah’s operations. Team4Tech connected Chiraagh staff with three Cadence volunteers who provided initial consultation and inputs on creating a dashboard to support a design catalog module, a production tracking system, a payment disbursement tracker, and overall production status. Chiraagh staff built on the volunteers’ proposal and support to develop a bilingual, tailored system of their own.
Why Micro-Matching Works
For Team4Tech’s corporate partners, Micro-Matching provides a high-engagement, low-barrier opportunity for employees to grow leadership skills, expand global perspective, and contribute meaningfully to community impact. Micro-Matching is:
- Focused – Projects solve one clearly defined challenge.
- Flexible – Volunteers contribute meaningfully without stepping away from their full-time roles.
- High-Impact – NGOs receive tools, workflows, templates, and systems that improve service delivery and scale.
It’s been a pretty cool project—not only did we get the opportunity to draw on our knowledge of existing AI, it was a pretty big learning experience for us as well. We got to see what tools are out there and what existing infrastructure is already there…it was pretty fulfilling and amazing as well for us, I’m imagining the rest of the volunteers share a similar opinion based on our conversations.”
— Alex Leigh, Cadence Volunteer Supporting NairoBits
Team4Tech’s Micro-Matching program is just one way employee volunteers can engage in our Community of Practice. Learn more about providing corporate employees with the opportunities to volunteer, consult, connect, and access professional and leadership development courses.