We are a group of educators, rowers and volunteers sharing our passion and knowledge with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to help them grow and develop. Education, sport and inclusion are the three pillars of our program.
Our priority is to support children from underpriviledged families to favor their integral development as individuals and their social inclusion through the practice and promotion of educational values in sports, academic and leisure activities. Our educational program provides the resources for this.
Rowing is a sport that transcends water and crews: it fosters a culture of effort and teamwork. Our rowing program offers young people the opportunity to practice it and take advantage of it in all aspects of their lives.
Sense of belonging and achievement are key for all of us. Our inclusion program is focused on offering vulnerable children the same opportunities as everyone else and to be part of a caring community.
Purposes and activities
ROWE is a non-profit association of sports, educational and inclusive character that is constituted as a non-governmental organization. These are the purposes and activities set out in our statutes:
Purposes
- To facilitate the access of young people in vulnerable situations to sports and academic training that favors their integral development as individuals and their social inclusion through the practice and promotion of educational values in sports, academic and leisure activities.
- Promote access to higher education and a professional sports career for young people in precarious situations through training programs and employability projects.
- To promote physical activity and sports at the national and international level, from grassroots sports to federated competitive sports.
- To carry out the promotion and practice of the sport of rowing and to promote its practice at a national and international level.
- Promote social volunteering and disseminate in society the awareness of solidarity, equality and social justice, fostering an active citizenship committed to social transformation and the fight against social exclusion of any person.
- To promote respect for human rights and the dignity of people, regardless of their sex, race, social status or religion, as well as equal opportunities for men and women.
- Develop programs that respond to social problems or needs and create social value, in line with the European guidelines for social innovation.
Activities:
- Support classes, language courses or workshops, new technologies and curricular training for the development of young people's skills and their acquisition of the basic competencies of the educational curriculum.
- Socio-educational activities of non-formal training, such as camps, school camps, sports courses or others, which promote the integration of young people at risk of social exclusion.
- Training aimed at orientation and preparation for the labor market insertion of young people.
- Activities aimed at education for equality and from equality between men and women.
- Information, counseling and technical assistance to children in situations of exclusion and their families.
- Organization of national and international sports events and competitions.
- Search for sources of funding or donations to subsidize the association's sports and educational activities through national and international funds.
- Training and support for the creation of federated sports teams that reflect the values of the association.
- Management of scholarships and sports scholarships for young people, as well as other financial aid related to the purposes of the association.
- Organization of courses, conferences, seminars and exhibitions related to the fulfillment of the purposes of the association.
- Management of a volunteer program that participates in the association's activities.
- Technical training for the association's professional staff and volunteers so that they can offer quality support to young people in their academic and sports careers.
- Development of relationships and activities in collaboration with other associations, foundations and organizations with purposes and activities in line with those of the association.