About Us
TeenSmart builds personal leadership in youth through online coaching, life skills courses, and health resources on our virtual platform JovenSalud. We believe in the power of all teens to embrace their full potential, uplifting themselves and their communities.
OUR CHALLENGE
Teens often turn to risk behaviors, derailing their path to a healthy and productive adulthood.
Some issues we care about:
1 in 2
mothers in Costa Rica have had a teenage pregnancy
79%
of teen suicides occur in low and medium income countries
2 in 3
people arrested for drug trafficking in El Salvador are under 24
OUR RESPONSE
145,302
Registered Users
172,193
Coaching
requests
33,650
Online
courses
99,363
Health
questionnaires
130
Organizations
served
86%
General
satisfaction
AWARDS
1st Place Carlos Slim Foundation Exceptional Health Institute Award for Latin America, 2016.
2nd Place JK Visionary Award from the InterAmerican Development Bank, 2018.
2nd Place Non-Profit with greatest social Impact in Latin America by VIVA Idea Schmidheiny, 2018.
Solver. MIT-SOLVE. Innovation that supports Equity Classrooms.
Social Health Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean, that helps to reduce health inequity gaps. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO, WHO), 2023.
Let’s get social!
TeenSmart is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and is legally registered in the United States, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
Email: administracion@teensmart.net
Tel: (506) 2253-5618
Youth services website: www.JovenSalud.net