Empower Girls Out of Poverty in Argentina - Hockey

For years we have been saying that the world changes so fast that planning needs to be replace by preparation. Since we don't know exactly what the future will bring -economic crisis, climate emergency, wars, technology development, etc-, we need to have the creative capacities that will allow us to face unpredictable scenarios. Our organization and team is exactly facing that kind of challenge right now.

After 10 years of working in a rented space in Rosario, Argentina, it's time to change our way of doing things. Inflations rates for the last years that averaged 50% made our financial situation incredible difficult specially when covering fixed costs, limitating our growth and reaching more children. to  So we are gonna look for a more sustainable way to work with the community and youngsters without having our own physical space. This means that we will have a transition period to re-organize our work, programs and initiatives. And therefore, this program will be de-activated for the time being. 

You can still support our efforts with programs that are still active, and be an ally in our transitioning to create new projects that will reach more youngsters in an innovative way. A project you can support is our Young City Makers, empowering the next generation of urban makers. Our mission and vision remains intact, and we are excited in this new chapter of our inspiring story.

We are incredible grateful for your support that help us to reach more than 1600 youngsters in the last years, and we hope you join us in this new path. Let's keep on creating the human skills we need for an unpredictable and changing world!

Thanks for all your support!

Regards

Mario Raimondi
Executive director

 As we leave 2021 and all its challenges behind, it is time to start planning for new goals and our team is getting ready to approach in face programs considering all the changes that have come to stay during the pandemic. But first, let’s talk a bit about how 2021 ended on our side. 

 We closed 2021 with a camping trip together with the rest of the sports programs that take place in our organization. It was a great way to celebrate and to feel gratitude for everything that happened through the year. For many girls it was their first time away from home, they had to face the fear of jumping into the unknown and rely on their teammates and our team. It was a risk worth taking as they said afterwards, since they came back more confident on themselves. 

 Finally, it looks like we are leaving the pandemic behind, there are many lessons that these tough times have taught us, the future is not set, it is up to us to create an exciting one that is worth living.  Thanks for your continuous support that allows us to create a better future for all. 

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Becoming a team is a process, with it logical ups and downs, and when facing rough times, which happens inevitably is when the true spirit of the team comes to light. 

During a game that took place the past month, and while on the initial talk, each participant was asked to share their expectations for the game, many said they wanted to win, but Camilla was hesitant to share her thoughts, when she finally did, she said, I want to win, but not at any cost, I am not willing to “step on their heads” we must win but playing fair and doing what we’ve learnt so far.  Demonstrating a clear understanding of everything we’ve been working on. The final result was a defeat, one goal down, still everyone left with their head up, knowing they gave their best. 

 Also we just had our VI edition of the Happy Cities Festival, a platform to talk and think about the cities we live in and how they boost our development- take a look at our Instagram to learn more about it. 

 As it looks like we are leaving the pandemic behind, there are many lessons that this tough times have taught us, the future is not set, it is up to us to create an exciting one that is worth living.  Thanks for your continuous support that allows us to create a better future for all. 

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As Argentina was hit by the 2^nd wave of Covid-19, schools where shut down again and our activities had to be suspended as well. With this new lock down, education was at the center of the debate focusing whether students could actually participate, rather than WHAT or HOW where they learning. 

If we have learnt anything during this pandemic, is that true knowledge lies not only in the things that we DO know, but on those that we DON’T and we are willing to find out. Future proof education must be centered on our unique human, emotional and social skills. Being able to explore, discover, experiment and make mistakes without being punished. 

Sports is a great learning platform, in fact, it is probably why so many people love it, every training session is a new chance to learn a new skill, figure out ways to do it, and fail a lot before finally nailing it. 

It is time to rebuild, create beyond our imagination, we are still under a pandemic, but future is not set, we want to create an exciting one that is worth living. A future where people is focused on developing the proper skills to solve the complex problems we are and will be facing, it might sound utopic, but as our co-founder Jorn Wemenhove once said “realists change nothing” let’s be idealists. 

Thanks for your support in this difficult moment, stay strong and take care of your beloved ones and your community.

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As we head into this new year and a new normal since the break of Covid-19, we are preparing our work space to be safe for everyone and getting the team ready for face to face activities once again. 

Let us remind you that during 2020 schools in Argentina where closed, those kids and youngsters that had access to internet and devices could at least follow some online classes, but for the majority it was a missed year. And not just on the “lost knowledge” but mainly on the social and human consequences of being isolated. So we are all looking forward for this new start.

It’s time for showtime. It is time to put in practice everything we have been preaching and working for years: being good at uncertainty, building trust and confidence we need in societies to go through this with the less impact possible, realizing that we are all connected and we need each other. 

Thanks for your support in this difficult moment, stay strong and take care of your beloved ones and your community.

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