La Vida is  a small, effective, 100% volunteer run Latin American charity supporting communities’ health, education and environment

Founded in 2006, La Vida is a small, effective, 100% volunteer-run UK-registered charity which supports grassroots projects in the fields of education and health throughout Latin America. La Vida distributes grants in areas such as youth development, supports primary and secondary education initiatives, school expansions and community health and environmental programmes. We have an impressively low cost base with over 98% of the funds raised going directly to our projects. Everyone working for the charity, including the trustees and executive committee, gives their time on a voluntary basis. We have a rigorous governance process and go to great lengths to ensure funds are properly allocated and well monitored and have a significant, long-term local impact.

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La Vida Villa Maria

Sponsor a Child – Villa Maria, Peru

We currently have a ‘Sponsor a Child’ scheme set up with the Villa Maria pre-school in Lima, Peru. Your sponsorship will have a significant impact on a child’s education and future prospects.

Viva a Vida

Viva a Vida works to empower at-risk adolescents, young people and children to make healthy choices and develop autonomy and control over their lives.

Recent Projects

Project Somos

The Project Somos Children’s Village is an eco-sustainable community aiming to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala by providing quality education and healthy food to families in need.

Education for the Children

Education For The Children runs a School of Hope: 'La Esperanza’ in the Jocotenango region, an urban area with one of the lowest literacy rates in the western hemisphere.

Mano Vuelta

An equitable life and rights for indigenous children, youth and women from Oaxaca with a gender, intercultural and anti-racist perspective.
Amantani

Amantani – Transitions programme

Amantani's Transitions programme empowers young people from indigenous communities in the Andes to access further education and fair employment.
Children jumping

El Rio Foundation

Providing educational, sporting and environmental projects to positively impact the local community
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Villa Maria

A school which is a beacon of hope in its community, offering disadvantaged children an education and the chance of a better life.

Fondo Guadalupe Musalem

Fondo Guadalupe Musalem supports disadvantaged young women, mainly from rural, indigenous and Afro-Mexican communities in Oaxaca.
La Vida - Helping Hands Ramiro's graduation

Helping Hands

Helping hands is a true dream for all the young people so they can finish their studies.
La Vida -Viva a Vida

Viva a Vida

Young people will undertake workshops in Drug Prevention, Life Plan activities and Community Prevention Activities

Corcovado Foundation

Creating the environmental leaders of the millennium: environmental education programme

Maya Midwives Project

The midwives provide essential care for the indigenous Maya community in the Mam-speaking area of the western highlands of Guatemala

Nosso Instituto – pregnancy prevention

Nosso Instituto's main focus is the sexual and reproductive rights of the individual.

Educate – community library

A project to empower children and young people in Honduras through supporting community-driven initiatives focused on education
La Vida Poder Joven

Poder Joven

Preventative program that helps at risk children to find a better alternative to the street
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