Activate the change.
Connect your organization with a new generation of Changemakers through a youth-centered program that amplifies your strategy, strengthens your values, and drives your purpose forward.
Our Challenge Program builds meaningful bridges between young people, organizations, and their communities.
The Challenge Program is a hands-on learning experience where young people design and launch social impact projects to tackle real challenges in their communities — supported throughout the journey by engaged adult volunteers.
Over the course of 4 months, participants go through a structured process that includes 3 key stages:
1. Hackathon
We begin with a high-energy innovation sprint where youth teams explore local challenges and generate creative solutions.
2. Online learning
Through our digital platform, teams receive training and guidance to shape their ideas into actionable, meaningful projects — supported by mentors and real-world tools.
3. Project Fair
We wrap up with a celebration where teams pitch their projects to the community, share what they’ve learned, and get recognition for their hard work.
This is what some of the customized Challenge programs look like!
Our program follows the 7 steps of
our Changemaker Process methodology.
A practical blend of innovation, human-centered design, social entrepreneurship, and systems change tools and frameworks. In just 7 steps, youth teams are empowered to co-create solutions to local challenges.
+20.000
young people have participated in our programs.
+800
volunteers trained in our Changemaker Process methodology.
+50
companies and organizations from 9 countries.
This program is ideal for companies, institutions, or nonprofits that:
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Work with — or want to engage — younger audiences.
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Aim to create real social impact through action.
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Are facing social or environmental challenges and are looking for fresh, innovative solutions.
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Want to offer meaningful, purpose-driven volunteer opportunities.
Tell us what matters to your organization - your goals, your strategy, or your volunteering initiatives — and we’ll design a program that turns purpose into action.
This program is ideal for young participants:
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Teens (15–17 years old) joining through high schools, vocational training centers, or youth organizations.
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Young adults (18+) joining through universities or post-secondary programs.
Know a group of young changemakers? Let’s invite them to our next Challenge.
One program. Three impacts:
empowering youth, advancing your organization’s goals, and creating real change in the community.
By 2025, 75% of the workforce will be Millennials and Gen Z — but only 30% feel ready to face future challenges.
The Challenge Program equips young people with the mindset, tools, and skills to navigate change and see themselves as active agents in shaping the future.
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Develop changemaker skills like creativity, leadership, and initiative.
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Learn to identify challenges and co-design solutions.
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Connect with their sense of purpose and discover their potential.
Over a decade collaborating with organizations and communities to activate change.
Blue BBVA Challenge
Strategy targeting university audiences
2015 - 2018
13.000 participants
Social entrepreneurship program addressing challenges like “Cities of the Future” and “Changing the World Through Music.”
Ford Powering Dreams
Philanthropic program for youth aged 14–17
2019 - present
2.500 young participants
Program in Madrid and Valencia involving 140 schools, 260 educators, and over 300 youth-led projects. In 2025, focused on DANA-related challenges.
Young Social Entrepreneurs – UWC Maastricht
Academic program
2014 - present
Integrated into the academic curriculum
A co-curricular program where International Baccalaureate students develop projects in partnership with local NGOs in Maastricht, Netherlands.
Festival of Hope 2023
– UWC Costa Rica
National sustainability festival for schools
2023
21 public and private schools
Training program for developing environmental impact projects, with the participation of Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Director General of the IB and former Director of the Finnish National Agency for Education.
Changemaker Bootcamp
Youth Department, Las Rozas City Council
2024
40 young participants
A weekend-intensive program funded by the Madrid Regional Government, with participation from the Red Cross.
Lilly Challenge Pro
Corporate volunteering program
2019-2020
50 corporate volunteers
Training program for corporate volunteers supporting youth-led projects. Over 50 Lilly volunteers trained, contributing to more than 40 youth-designed initiatives.
ONCE Foundation
Changemaker Workshop at “Creating Your Future” Sessions
2025
60 young participants affiliated with ONCE
An accessible training workshop held at the ONCE Educational Resource Center (CRE) in Madrid, as part of their university orientation and future studies preparation event.
We are .jes, a changemaker studio and school.
We design learning experiences that help people become agents of change and generate positive impact in their communities.
We’re a multidisciplinary and collaborative team that works with a diverse ecosystem of creative talent. We build custom teams for every project.
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