What we do
In Argentina 60% of all young people* live in poverty. Many of them face discrimination, exclusion, sexual abuse, and don’t get the opportunities they deserve to change their reality. There are no easy solutions to solve this complex situation, but we are called El Desafío for a reason. Empowering youngsters with life skills while working on citizen participation we can crack this challenge.
Youth development
The youth is the hope of the future. But just hoping is not enough. We must invest in unleashing their talent, potential, and dreams of future generations. Our team help youngsters to develop life skills such as collaboration & creativity, effective communication, being good at uncertainty and managing frustration. We do this through our programs using the power of sports, the art of cooking, the expression of dance, and many more. We turn hope into action.
Some of our programs
Cooking | Crash creative lab & coding | Sports for development | Photography
Citizen participation
Quality citizen participation is key when it comes to building a healthy democracy and resiliente society. All of us, day by day, decide what kind of city and country we want to create with our daily actions. We all have (co)responsibility to solve the problems that affect us, and for that we need to have tools, skills and trust as a society to be able to address different issues. Argentina is still a young democracy, it takes time and effort to grow up together.
Some of our activities
Ciudades Felices Festival | Urban interventions | Mobility lab | Sports for development academy
Our impact since 2006
1013 youngsters
98% stayed at school
82% develop communication skills
99% stayed away from drugs
89% increased their selfesteem
820 volunteers
2500 participants Ciudades Felices Festival
47000 users of mini libraries project p/year
92% direct investment in programs
News & stories
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