Bote al Agua

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Texts, facts, logo and photos for journalists, plus every article, interview, talk and video published about Bote al Agua. Most coverage is in Spanish; headlines are shown in the original language and each links to the original publication.

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Short version

Bote al Agua is a non-profit in Tigre, near Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded by journalist Daniel Helft. In its workshops, school-age kids build a wooden rowing boat as a team with hand tools and then take it out on the river. The method: project-based learning.

Long version

Bote al Agua (“Boat in the Water”) is a non-profit based in Tigre, a river town at the gateway to the Paraná Delta, north of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded and is run by journalist and communicator Daniel Helft. It uses project-based learning: in each workshop, a group of school-age kids builds a full-size wooden rowing boat with hand tools, in weekly sessions over about three months. Along the way they learn applied maths, physics, tool skills, planning and teamwork; at the end, the boat goes into the river. Kids from Tigre neighbourhoods, public and private schools and Delta schools have taken part: according to the newspaper La Nación, more than 100 kids built about 20 boats in the first four years. The organisation also runs boat building courses for adults and works to keep a traditional Delta craft alive.

Key facts

Name
Bote al Agua
Type
Non-profit organisation (ONG)
Tax ID
CUIT 30-71657602-3 (AFIP/ARCA, Argentina)
Base
A shed in Tigre, near the San Fernando canal, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Founder and director
Daniel Helft
Method
Project-based learning (PBL)
The boat
Flat-bottomed lagoon boat, 3.85 m long, 1.15 m beam

Brand colours: teal #008994 · white #F8F8F8

High-resolution photos

Photos by Bote al Agua for editorial use, credited “Photo: Bote al Agua”.

Press coverage

  1. Telenoche (eltrece) · TV · Headline and date only

    Bote al agua: una ONG donde los chicos refuerzan conocimientos para poder construir su propia embarcación (opens in a new tab)

    The eltrece evening news interviewed the non-profit's director about how building a boat reinforces what kids learn at school. Headline and date only.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  2. La Nación · Article

    Pequeños carpinteros: chicos de Tigre construyen un bote para entender el principio de Arquímedes (opens in a new tab)

    Over 100 kids and about 20 boats in four years: the workshop that also keeps traditional boat building alive.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  3. TEDxTigre (TED.com) · Talk

    Aprender haciendo (opens in a new tab)

    Daniel Helft's TEDxTigre talk (December 2022, “Learning by doing”) on project-based learning, with boat building as the starting point.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  4. Crónicas de Buenos Aires (Philippe Enquin) · Chronicle

    Bote al agua (opens in a new tab)

    A visit to the workshop with the kids of Los Biguaes, a Delta school, and the story of the boats La Clota, Ruperta and Fideo Alegría. An English version of this chronicle is also available on the author's site.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  5. Salón Náutico Argentino / CACEL · Article

    Bote al Agua: aprendizaje y proyecto en equipo (opens in a new tab)

    Students from Colegio Michael Ham and the technical school EEST Nº 3 finished their boat and rowed it on the Río de la Plata, off the Vicente López shore.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  6. La Troncal · Event

    Vuelve TEDx Tigre con nuevas ideas para transformar el mundo (opens in a new tab)

    Daniel Helft, creator of Bote al Agua, is among the speakers at TEDx Tigre 2022.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  7. Prensa Libre (Zona Norte) · Article

    Alumnas construyen un bote (opens in a new tab)

    The local weekly reports on the STEAM project in which Colegio Michael Ham students built a boat with Bote al Agua.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  8. Zona Norte Hoy · Article

    Alumnos construyen un bote a través del proyecto de educación STEAM (opens in a new tab)

    The boat built by fourth-year students of Colegio Michael Ham with Bote al Agua was donated to the Vicente López municipal rowing school.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  9. InfoBAN · Article

    Alumnos construyen un bote a través del proyecto de educación STEAM (opens in a new tab)

    The same project, within Vicente López's STEAM network: woodworking, maths and the students' first time rowing.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  10. PRESENTE RSE · Interview

    Bote al Agua: educar para construir (opens in a new tab)

    Daniel Helft explains how the non-profit began, what a class looks like, and the dream of replicating the model anywhere in Argentina near water.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  11. Somos AMBA (YouTube) · Video

    #SOLIDARIDAD: Conocemos "Bote al Agua" (opens in a new tab)

    A report on the community project teaching school-age kids in the Tigre Sur district to build a wooden boat.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  12. Pakapaka · Video · Headline and date only

    Paka Data: Bote al agua (opens in a new tab)

    An episode of “Paka Data”, on Argentina's public children's channel Pakapaka, devoted to Bote al Agua. Headline and date only.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  13. Municipio de Tigre · Video

    ONG Bote al Agua (opens in a new tab)

    The Tigre municipal government joined the presentation of two boats built by kids from the Nueva Esperanza neighbourhood.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

  14. La Nación · Article

    A través de un taller de construcción de botes, enseña álgebra y trigonometría a chicos en Tigre (opens in a new tab)

    The first neighbourhood groups, in a shed in Tigre Sur: free workshops where algebra is used to check that every piece is parallel or perpendicular.

    Photo: Bote al Agua

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