Projects

Our work in the region

DYA implements a diverse portfolio of projects across Ecuador, Peru and Argentina, with a focus on education, health, rights protection, economic empowerment, and sustainable production. Each project is designed with a comprehensive approach that strengthens local capacities, promotes community participation, and seeks to influence public policy to achieve sustainable impact.

Artisteca
Ecuador 2025 – 2026

DYA Extracurricular Activities – Artisteca

Provide children and adolescents at risk of child labor with extracurricular artistic and recreational activities.

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Safe Schools Network
Ecuador 2025 – 2026

Safe and Protective Schools Network in Esmeraldas

Improve access to educational services and promote protective schools for children in violence-affected areas.

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Comprehensive Adolescent Development
Ecuador 2025 – 2026

Comprehensive Adolescent Development in Monte Sinaí

Strengthen the comprehensive development of vulnerable adolescents through urban dance and socio-emotional skills.

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Amaneceres Program
Ecuador 2025 – 2026

Amaneceres Program

Multi-sector initiative against chronic child malnutrition and adolescent pregnancy prevention in Manabí.

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Educational Inclusion for Adolescent Mothers
Ecuador 2025

Educational Inclusion and Protection of Adolescent Mothers

Ensure educational inclusion and permanence for pregnant and parenting adolescents in Monte Sinaí.

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Chronic Child Malnutrition Prevention
Ecuador 2025 – 2026

Chronic Child Malnutrition Prevention

Comprehensive approach to mother and child to reduce chronic child malnutrition in Monte Sinaí, Guayaquil.

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Community Health Monte Sinaí
Ecuador 2025 – 2026

Community Health in Monte Sinaí

Improve family health conditions through preventive practices in malnutrition and maternal-child care.

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Art and Adolescent Leadership Ecuador
Ecuador 2025

Art, Participation and Adolescent Leadership

Art programs, psychosocial support and active participation for children and adolescents in Monte Sinaí.

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School Enrollment Peru
Peru 2024 – 2026

School Enrollment and Permanence

Facilitate educational access and inclusion for children excluded from the Peruvian school system, especially migrants.

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Transformative Circles
Peru 2024 – 2025

Transformative Circles: Childhoods Free from Sexual Violence

Reduce the risk of abuse and sexual violence against children by strengthening the protection system's response capacity.

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PRM 4 Migrant Education
Ecuador 2024 – 2025

Education for Venezuelan Migrants – PRM 4

Educational opportunities for migrant children who have interrupted their studies or are out of the school system.

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SERVIR Peru
Peru 2023 – 2024

SERVIR – Emergency Response for Venezuelan Immigrants and Refugees

Health services and protection against gender-based violence for Venezuelan migrant populations.

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Catalyst Peru
Peru 2022 – 2025

Catalyst – Child Labor Eradication

Strengthen civil society and children's actions to eradicate child labor in Peru.

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Project Noemí Argentina
Argentina 2021 – 2022

Project Noemí

Create conditions to develop education-based work training opportunities (EWBT) for vulnerable youth.

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Project Atlas Argentina
Argentina 2021 – 2022

Project Atlas

Prevent child labor, forced labor and human trafficking in the garment industry in Buenos Aires.

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Project PAR Argentina
Argentina 2019 – 2024

Project PAR – Responsible Agricultural Production

Strengthen capacities to prevent and eradicate child labor in Argentina's agricultural sectors.

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