Edu-Skate is a positive youth development (PYD) programme that utilizes skateboarding, group discussion and community activities to empower and provide positive psychology education to underserved children aged 6-16. Main group sessions are also complemented by workshops, contests and field trips with the children.
Edu-Skate utilizes skateboarding (and the life skills embedded in the activity and culture) to promote positive life skills for children aged 6-16. Every week there is a focus on a different life-skill which the skate lesson revolves around. The Edu-Skate curriculum consists of 11 different life-skill:
Edu-skate is based on the Self-Determination Theory, which states that humans have 3 basic psychological needs to satisfy for psychological well-being and personal development: competence, relatedness and autonomy. Not only does the extensive body of research on this theory show its utility in a number of different life-domains (such as education, work and physical activity), but furthermore, research suggests that these basic psychological needs are universal rather than depending on the culture you grow up in. Edu-Skate makes the link between the practice of skateboarding and satisfying these basic psychological needs, as skateboarding serves as a platform to address all three of them: we believe skateboarding’s hallmarks are:
The Edu-skate programme was developed in response to the global phenomenon of children growing up in underserved and disadvantaged circumstances, often leaving them with a scarcity of opportunities to explore and develop their personal potential.
The programme is accessible to anyone between the ages of 6-16 in the communities around our skatparks. We also work together with organisations that serve children with a severe lack of recreational activities like orphanages.
Edu-Skate’s aim is to stimulate positive personal development through fostering life-skills. The programme provides a safe environment for children to socialise, learn and grow as a person. Besides learning how to skateboard, the beneficiaries of the programme are exposed to different practical and psychological tools that help them in their development in life, and in how to relate to others in a positive manner.
Oct 2, 2020 · 2 min read
On Friday, March 13th, six and a half months ago, we did our usual closing circle at “La Rampa,” our skate ramp in Cerrito de La Virgen, Huanchaco. This circle is one of our favorite times during an Edu-Skate lesson because both kids and volunteers have the opportunity to share what they learned and how they felt that day ...
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On December 9th, 2018, the first skatepark of Angola was opened in the capital city of Luanda, marking the end of five weeks of construction. With speeches, skate clinics, competitions,...
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Referral programmeConcrete Jungle Family is our global community of supporters, skateboarders, students and parents that share our mission to empower children through skateboarding, youth programmes and community development.
With the support of the Family, we have over the past three years been able to...
By donating 5€ or more a month you can join the Concrete Jungle Family, help us support the hundreds of youth we work with around the world, as well as help us build more skateparks for communities in need.
All Family Members also get -25% off everything in our online shop!
Thank you for helping us spread the positive seeds of skateboarding.
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