Ride, Learn, Thrive

What Did Skateboarding Do For You?

What we do.

We build skateparks and run youth programmes to promote health and well-being, access to education, gender equality, community development and economic growth.

Where we work.

We are active in Jamaica, Peru and Morocco.

Girl in Cerrito's skatepark in Peru smiling with her skateboard.

Peru

The Cerrito Skatepark was built by CJF in the fall of 2021. With roots in the Alto Trujillo Skatepark built in 2018, it is our longest standing project location.

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Jamaican boy on a skateboard at the Freedom Skatepark in Kingston, Jamaica.

Jamaica

The Freedom Skatepark & Youth Centre was built by CJF in the spring of 2020. It is our largest project location.

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Boy at the Fiers et Forts skatepark in Morocco smiling with a skatebaord in his hand

Morocco

The Fiers et Forts Skatepark was built by CJF in the spring of 2022. It was built on the grounds of a children's home and currently serves 35 children living at the centre.

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 Two Girls holding hand while doing a skateboarding trick in Cerrito's skatepark in Peru

Worldwide

Connecting social skate projects worldwide to exchange knowledge, ideas and best practices on life-skills focused skateboard programme ‘Edu-Skate’.

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What's new?

The latest stories from our project locations and beyond.

Marocan children at the Fiers et Forts skatepark in Morocco.
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Nov 24, 2023 · 8 min read

Thrive: Local Autonomy and Self-Sustainability in Jamaica, Morocco, and Peru



We unpacked how the thriving and exceptional work of our local partners and teams has accumulated in the establishment of robust, community-led, and locally registered non-profit organizations implementing change within their own communities. These organizations run their local skateparks and collectively impact hundreds of children on a weekly basis through the power of skateboarding.

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Nov 14, 2023 · 5 min read

Learn: Supporting Resilient Communities through Skateboarding



The communal aspect of skateboarding has always fascinated me. No matter where you go in the world, you'll find like-minded individuals, make new friends, and be welcomed with open arms. In our last blog, you will read how this welcoming, near-universal language of skateboarding is the starting point for CJF in working with skateboarding communities to address societal challenges within each skatepark location and beyond.

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Nov 07, 2023 · 7 min read

Ride: Skateboarding for Social Change



Seven years ago, Concrete Jungle Foundation (CJF) was born from a shared love for skateboarding. Without a concrete plan or established model, as well as limited resources, the organization began with two friends who had a common experience of the transformative power of skateboarding and a desire to share it with others.

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July 18, 2023 · 9 min read

Creativity exposure, participatory culture & learning opportunities | Concrete Jungle Foundation



Skateboarding gives us the capacity to be the best at learning new things as long as we get passionate about it. By growing up with perseverance to try over and over until we succeed, we are not scared by failure as we learn to embrace the fall, knowing eventually we will rise. As we also know we need to put in the work to achieve anything worthwhile.

Join the family.

Concrete Jungle Family (CJFamily) is our global community of supporters that share our mission to empower individuals and communities worldwide through fostering and sustaining the positive values inherent to skateboarding.

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With the support of the CJFamily, we have over the past five years been able to...

  • Build 6 free-of-charge skateparks for underserved communities in Peru, Angola, Jamaica and Morocco.
  • Directly impact 1081 children and youth through 775 sessions as part of our recreational, educational and professional development programmes.
  • Provide 15 paid apprenticeships to youth in need as part of the Planting Seeds programme
  • Achieve a 33% female participation rate across all our programmes
  • Actively employ 15 local adolescents and young adults across our project locations

By donating 5€ or more a month you can join the CJFamily, help us support the hundreds of youth we work with around the world, as well as help us build more skateparks for communities that deserve them the most.

All CJFamily Members also get preferential consideration for volunteering, early-bird access to our documentaries, as well as -25% off everything in our online shop.

Thank you for helping us spread the positive seeds of skateboarding.

Other ways to donate
icon love white

With the support of the CJFamily, we have over the past five years been able to...

  • Build 6 free-of-charge skateparks for underserved communities in Peru, Angola, Jamaica and Morocco.
  • Directly impact 1081 children and youth through 775 sessions as part of our recreational, educational and professional development programmes.
  • Provide 15 paid apprenticeships to youth in need as part of the Planting Seeds programme
  • Achieve a 33% female participation rate across all our programmes
  • Actively employ 15 local adolescents and young adults across our project locations

By donating 5€ or more a month you can join the CJFamily, help us support the hundreds of youth we work with around the world, as well as help us build more skateparks for communities that deserve them the most.

All CJFamily Members also get preferential consideration for volunteering, early-bird access to our documentaries, as well as -25% off everything in our online shop.

Thank you for helping us spread the positive seeds of skateboarding.

Other ways to donate