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El Desafío

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Poverty & HungerChildren & YouthCommunity developmentDemocracy & Civil society
NGOInternational reach820 volunteers
Profile last updated: May 8, 2026

About

El Desafío is a non-governmental organisation based in Rotterdam, Netherlands working on poverty & hunger, children & youth, community development +3 more.

El Desafío is a Dutch-Argentinean non-profit organisation with offices in the Netherlands and Argentina. It works to reduce structural poverty in Argentina through two strands: youth development, which builds life skills in young people living in poverty, and citizen participation, which equips society to take part in addressing social problems. Its programmes run with young people, mostly in situations of exclusion, in the southern neighbourhoods of Rosario, and use sports, art, cooking, dance, coding and other activities as a vehicle for skill-building. The organisation states that its programmes are monitored and evaluated.

Location

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Organisation type

NGO

Focus areas

youth developmentcitizen participationpovertysports for developmentRosarioArgentina

Languages

ENESNL

Causes & programmes

Causes

Poverty & HungerChildren & YouthCommunity developmentDemocracy & Civil societySport for developmentArts & Culture

Works for

YouthPeople in povertyCommunities

How they work

Community programmesAwareness & educationVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Ciudades Felices Festival

Community development · Argentina

Festival in Rosario that brings young people and the public together around urban and citizen participation themes.

Sports for development academy

Sport for development · Argentina

Uses sport to develop life skills in young people in exclusion in southern Rosario.

Cooking Crash

Children & Youth · Argentina

Cooking and nutrition programme using food as a vehicle to build young people's life skills.

Creative lab & coding

Children & Youth · Argentina

Art, creativity and coding activities that help young people develop life skills.

Mobility lab

Community development · Argentina

Programme focused on urban mobility as part of citizen participation work.

Urban interventions

Community development · Argentina

Urban projects engaging young people and residents in changing their neighbourhoods.

Countries of operation

Argentina

Funding & support

Volunteers

820

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