Sports equipment for disadvantaged neighborhood in Argentina

SF EUBA is a non-profit sports organization that is committed to promoting sports in disadvantaged neighborhoods of cities in developing countries. By collecting and sending sports equipment, we help local sports clubs and sports projects to improve the conditions for children who play sports.

Early 2022, I (Oscar de Bock) traveled to Argentina to provide hockey training in the slums of Buenos Aires, Argentina. I lived there in a student house with other volunteers. During my time, I provided training to children and young people from various disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Argentine capital. The ages ranged from 6 to 25 years old and each time I had to deal with about ten to eighteen participants. A great project, but also confronting.

It soon became clear to me that the children and young people I supervised did not have the right materials to be able to practice hockey at any level. Thousands of children play and train there every day under poor conditions. They train and play on sand, stone or grass fields. The hockey sticks and balls are of poor quality and not every child has a hockey stick to train with. Our materials and clothing are therefore desperately needed.

Back in the Netherlands, as a 22-year-old student, I set up this sports organization. In 2023 and 2024 I returned to Argentina. I lived in the capital Buenos Aires for a total of 9 months.

I started looking for new partners to realize the import procedure of the sports equipment. One of the new partners is the professional football club Racing Club.

Do you want to read more about this successful football club and our collaboration? Then read more on the website of SF EUBA. www.sfeuba.com

In collaboration with Dutch sports clubs, companies and international partners, I collect sports equipment to export from the Netherlands to countries such as Argentina. The equipment ends up at local sports clubs in the disadvantaged neighborhoods of large cities in the above-mentioned countries.

The goal is to ship sea containers with sports equipment to these countries by boat every year.

SF EUBA wants to make it possible for all poor children in the disadvantaged neighborhoods of developing countries to play sports under better conditions.

In addition to the projects abroad, SF EUBA also wants to get involved in the Netherlands. Think of organizing sports events for children and donating sports clothing to refugees in the Netherlands.

In collaboration with our partners, we try to use sports as a means to improve conditions.

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