United Action for
Charities in Latin America and the Caribbean
10 charities
Donating to charities in Latin America and the Caribbean
In the current century, much like other parts of the world, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will have to face challenges around poverty, persisting inequality, unemployment and environmental changes. Each country and region of LAC faces a diverse set of challenges. And these need a diverse set of solutions. This United Action is a collection of hand-picked Kinder-verified charities that are doing great work in different countries in LAC.
The problem
Much like other parts of the world, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face challenges around poverty, inequality, unemployment and environmental changes. Many of the challenges are connected to its history with Spain. The dependence on unfair trade relationships, the incessant violence, racial discrimination, and inequality practically defined the region in the 19th Century. Further, many countries are working to escape ‘the middle-income trap’. While the region has emerged from low-income status, economic growth has not increased sufficiently to narrow the gap further. Inequalities often occur alongside gender, race, and ethnic lines. LAC is one of the most multi-ethnic regions of the world with large parts of the population being indigenous and/or of afro-descent. Despite their significant numbers, these groups are often at a disadvantage both in terms of economic well-being and access to opportunities. Lastly, like the rest of the world, the Covid-19 crisis caused regressive effects and revealed the vulnerability of many. Structural problems that have limited the region’s economic growth for decades were exacerbated by the pandemic and will limit the recovery in the future.
Solutions
Each country and region of LAC faces a diverse set of challenges. And these need a diverse set of solutions.
This United Action is a collection of hand-picked Kinder-verified charities that are doing great work in different countries in LAC. Countries include Mexico, Honduras, Argentina, Venezuela and more.
Not only do the charities in this UNietd Action work in different countries, but they also tackle a variety of problems. Some focus on education, others on health, poverty relief or youth empowerment, and others focus on environmental preservation or indigenous rights and human rights. Similarly, they target the issues from different angles. For example, by working one-on-one with families or by working to make changes on a legislative level.
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Charities in this United Action
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educate.
Help us support rural communities in empowering children and youth
educate. is a grassroots non-profit organisation that works to empower children and young people in Honduras through supporting community-driven projects focused on education. Their philosophy is built around three core beliefs: the importance of education and the necessity of grassroots and community-focused work. educate.’s mission is to empower children and youth in Honduras through community-driven projects that focus on education. They believe that education lies at the root of sustainable development, and with this goal in mind, we run a university scholarship programme and we support specific education-related community projects such as libraries and school-based nutrition programmes.
El Desafio
Empowering kids to kick poverty's ass
El Desafio is an Argentinian charity that focuses on two main themes: youth development and citizen participation. In regards to youth development, they carry out programmes in vulnerable communities. Art, sports, creativity, cooking & nutrition, coding and many other activities are used as a vehicle to develop life skills necessary for their development. Further, they try to instil citizen participation in youth to strengthen political participation and to help build a healthy democracy.
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Documenting Advocating Empowering
IWGIA is a global human rights organisation dedicated to promoting, protecting and defending Indigenous Peoples' rights. They cooperate with indigenous organisations and international institutions to promote recognition and implementation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Topics include climate change, territorial governance and land defence and global political inclusion. They work with indigenous groups in about ten different countries in Latin America.
The Ocean Foundation
The only community foundation for the ocean.
The Ocean Foundation is dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world. Their projects are based in different oceans around the world and all of their current projects are based in LAC coastal regions. This charity is working on restoring, conserving, and financing natural coastal infrastructure by equipping key stakeholders with the tools, technical expertise, and policy frameworks to achieve large scale climate risk reduction. Their core conservation initiatives, which include research and development, provide contributions to the global ocean conservation dialogue on the topics of ocean acidification, blue carbon, and plastic pollution.
ODIM Guatemala
Community-driven Healthcare and Education
The Organization for the Development of the Indigenous Maya (ODIM) aims to enable access to healthcare and preventative health education for the local indigenous population. Programs focus on the development and empowerment of the local communities they work with in Guatemala. ODIM’s efforts extend beyond medical services. With the intention of enabling prevention, an elevated quality of life and sustainable change, they have five programs that promote education and integrative care in our communities. That menas engaging and empowering participants in their programs by stimulating and supporting their intrinsic desire and capacity for growth; be it with a diabetic patient accepting and managing their disease, a scholarship student making honor roll, or a mother seeking to improve her children’s diet.
Fundación Ana Bella
Women survivors are not the problem, we are key to the solution
Ana Bella Foundation acts as a channel between the experience and empathy of women survivors who have overcome violence, and women whose administration is unable to help them break free from violence. Further, the charity works on prevention programs for youth and adults so that they can identify the key signs of abuse and act as change-makers, helping themselves and people around them.
The Black Jaguar Foundation
Bring back biodiversity and improve the lives for future generations.
The Black Jaguar Foundation works to reforest the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado savanna, in Brazil. They plant native trees on a massive scale in collaboration with local landowners to realize the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor: bringing back biodiversity and improving the lives for all future generations. The organisation sees farmers as partners and develops agreements to restore areas of their land and allow them to become compliant with the Brazilian Forest Code.
Human Rights Watch
Tyranny has a witness
Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on human rights abuses all around the world. They work in most countries in Latin America and some places in the Caribbean. Their advocacy is directed towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. They partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims.
Solidaridad
For change that matters.
Solidaridad works in most countries of LAC throughout the whole supply chain to make sustainability the norm and enable farmers and workers to earn a decent income, produce in balance with nature, and shape their own future. This includes commodities such as cocoa, coffee, textiles, gold, livestock and more. They want to make genuine sustainability the norm. A norm that’s informed and co-designed by the producers themselves, not dictated by the powerful companies that dominate global industries.
Free Press Unlimited
People deserve to know
Free Press Unlimited supports local media professionals and journalists, particularly in countries with limited (press) freedom. Why? They are close to their audience and are the best guarantee for a sustainable, professional and diverse media landscape. FPU enables journalists to give people access to the information that helps them survive, to develop themselves, and in order to monitor their governments. Their work in LAC mainly revolves around central America and Venezuela.
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