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 helped power the dreams of 32 young students in Honduras when they graduated from educate.’s first robotics camp…
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 – Transitions programme
Amantani's Transitions programme empowers young people from indigenous communities in the Andes to access further education and fair employment.
El Rio Foundation
Providing educational, sporting and environmental projects to positively impact the local community
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.
Helping Hands
Helping hands is a true dream for all the young people so they can finish their studies.
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
Poder Joven
Preventative program that helps at risk children to find a better alternative to the street