La Vida endeavours to directly grant funding to specific projects that relieve sickness and/or improve education in any Latin American country.
Recent Projects
Cuca Legal
"Cuca Legal welcomes disadvantaged children and teenagers and their families giving them a new perspective on life." Project Co-ordinator: Ana Beatriz Alencar Location: Angra dos Reis, Brazil
Fundesoc- Environmental Education Task Force
A pilot programme to raise awareness of the importance of environmental issues and improve waste management within schools
Pasitos de Luz – New Life Mexico
Providing 10 litres of powdered milk a day for 40 disabled children
Ecological Stoves – New Life Mexico / Small Change 4 Big Change
Building Ecological Stoves for families living in rural Guatemala
Corpolatin – Children of the Andes
Corpolatin is Colombia’s most-used chidren's helpline.
Amantani – Graduate programme
The Graduate Programme will help girls in the Boarding Houses to graduate from school and to transition into their new lives.
Viva a Vida
Young people will undertake workshops in Drug Prevention, Life Plan activities and Community Prevention Activities
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.
Poder Joven
Preventative program that helps at risk children to find a better alternative to the street
Todos Juntos – Sonrisa
Providing disadvantaged children with a reason to smile
Ação Forte
Improving the lives of 50-60 teenagers directly and up to 1200 indirectly within the community of Campinas through our youth education programme
Helping Hands
Helping hands is a true dream for all the young people so they can finish their studies.
Water Houses – New Life Mexico
The school water houses give children access to clean drinking water every day and they can also fill bottles to take home to their families.
Amistad – San Cristobal Primary School
Providing clean drinking water and healthy meals to primary school children.
The Clínica de Beneficencia Project
Treating over 8000 patients a year, the hospital offers medical services to those with no other access to medical care in its vicinity
Antorchas de Vida
Building a computer room and first aid room at a centre for street kids.
Ponseti Project
La Vida’s first project. We trained 556 orthopaedic surgeons throughout Brazil, who helped 5000 children just in 2008 using the Ponseti technique to treat clubfoot.
Cerniquem
The centre offers free treatment for children from low income families who have suffered burns in the family home.
The Yanapuma Computer Proficiency Course
The project aims to empower the community to be able to manage their own affairs; PC use is a vital skill for at least some members of the community to learn.
Combu
We provided windows for the school classrooms to keep out the mosquitos.
SIAO Orphanage
The plantation project will provide a regular income for the orphanage, improving housing facilities, medical and educational support for the children.
The Spina Bifida Prevention Project
One in 150 babies in Guatemala are born with Spina Bifida. La Vida is sponsoring a campaign to reach out to 20,000 young women to promote the consumption of folic acid which prevents Spina Bifida
Escuela Republica de Francia Project
Children from both the morning and afternoon sessions now have a safe environment to learn and play in and have the proper equipment to develop their extra-curricular skills
Breastfeeding Support project
Our aim is to support and teach new mothers how to breastfeed using the Kangaroo program. Breastfed babies in low income households are generally better nourished than those given formula.