The Torchlight Collective is a community of nearly two dozen global consultants that share an ethos of hard work, learning, integrity, joy, and care. The Collective enables members to scale up human rights-based approaches for bolder and more expansive initiatives while still maintaining their independent consulting practices. We work with a range of types of partners and clients, from private foundations to international NGOs; from community-based networks and coalitions to UN agencies; from social movement actors to funds. 


Torchlight members have expertise in the following regions:

Afghanistan + Albania + Algeria + Arab States + Argentina + Armenia + Asia and the Pacific + Azberbaijan + Balkans + Bangladesh + Belgium + Benin + Bogota + Brazil + Bulgaria + Cambodia + Canada + Caribbean + CECCNA region + Central Africa + Colombia + Democratic Republic of the Congo + Dominican Republic + Eastern Africa + Ecuador + Egypt + El Salvador + Ethiopia + Georgia + Ghana + Guatemala + Honduras + Hong Kong + Hungary + India + Indonesia + Italy + Ivory Coast + Jamaica + Jordan + Kazakhstan + Kenya + Kyrgyzstan + Lao PDR + Lebanon + Libya + Macedonia + Malaysia + MENA region + Mexico + Moldova + Mongolia + Morocco + Namibia + Nepal + Nigeria + Paraguay + Philippines + Poland + Russia + Rwanda + Senegal + Serbia + South Africa + South Caucasus + South Korea + South Sudan + Sri Lanka + Sub-Saharan Africa + Southern Africa + Switzerland + Syria + Tajikistan + Tanzania + Thailand + Trinidad & Tobago + Tunisia + Uganda + Ukraine + United Kingdom + United States + Uzbekistan + Venezuela + Vietnam + Zambia + Zimbabwe


Torchlight members are conversant in the following languages:

Arabic + Bengali + Dutch + English + French + Georgian + German + Gujrati + Hindi + Italian + Kiswahili + Luhyia + Marathi + Persian + Portuguese + Russian + Serbian + Shona + Spanish + Swahili + Tajik + Tamil + Urdu + Welsh + Yoruba


Torchlight members’ countries of origin:

Argentina + Belgium + Canada + United Kingdom + Egypt + Georgia + India + Italy + Kenya + Mexico + Nigeria + Pakistan + Scotland + Portugal + Switzerland + Tajikistan + United Kingdom + United States + Venezuela + Yugoslavia + Zimbabwe


Torchlight key issue areas:

Climate change + gender justice + global health + sexual and reproductive health and rights + youth engagement / youth movement-building

We measure our impact not just by the success of our projects and the happiness of our clients, but by our contributions to the sector at large.
— Lindsay Menard-Freeman, CEO