News and Events

La Vida helped power the dreams of 32 young students in Honduras when they graduated from educate.’s first robotics camp in June. The five-day camp – part of a STEM programme funded by La Vida - gave hands-on experience of scientific principles involving physics, hydraulics, electricity, programming, and design. The camp ended with a science fair, open to the community,…

La Vida's second Leaders Forum provided a digital meeting place for all our projects on 20th March, enabling attendees across eight countries to exchange a broad range of ideas, experience and advice. Representatives from 13 of La Vida’s projects took part in the online event, including our three newest beneficiaries – Project Somos in Guatemala, Plant your Future in Peru and Healing Venezuela, our first…

Our projects are constantly updating us on their achievements, but we don'at always have time to post. Here is the latest update from Amantani Amantani-Grant-Report_Jul22-Aug23 (1)

Join us to celebrate La Vida's 17th anniversary on 22th March to help raise funds for our health, education and environment projects throughout Latin America. Buy tickets via Justgiving We have some exciting items for our auction on the evening as well as a raffle. If you are not attending the evening and would still like to bid on one…

Join us to celebrate La Vida's 14th anniversary on 5th February help raise funds for our health, education and environment projects throughout Latin America. Contact us for more information on how to buy tickets for the evening. We have some exciting items for our auction on the evening as well as a raffle. If you are not attending the evening…

Our partner Viva a Vida has just launched their newsletter in English. Viva a Vida's newsletter April - June 2019 (pdf)

In 2018, we had a record fundraising year, receiving £95,819 in donations. We did not hold any fundraising events. Our main achievements, which led to significant donations, were new partnerships with the Royal Bank of Canada and EM Funding, both of which helped fund new projects in Bolivia and Brazil. We also received our largest ever donation courtesy of a…

La Vida is celebrating 13 years of supporting Latin American communities' education, health and environment projects. This has only been possible through the generosity of our supporters and friends. We will have an evening of art, drinks and nibbles hosted by Maddox Arts, where we will talk about the projects we currently support and share our plans for the future.…

Our partner Viva a Vida had a very busy 2018. Please check the successes of Viva a Vida's young participants over last year VAV Newsletter 3.18

This Christmas donate to La Vida Christmas Appeal and we will ensure that your donation will support local projects in Latin America. Our current most urgent funding priorities are set out below.

Camila Chiquillo is one of the children La Vida supports at Poder Joven Foundation in Colombia. She is seven, is in second grade of elementary school and has been attending Poder Joven for the last year. Although her family is very poor she is very smart and wants to get ahead and wants opportunities. She lives with her mother and…

Annual report and renewal of sponsorship (£200 per year) for children attending the Villa Maria School, Peru - 2017 was a very challenging year for Peru and for the poorer communities around Lima in particular, due to exceptionally heavy rains from January to March which led to a series of floods and landslides.  There are more details about the impact on…