The LATA Foundation
Charitable giving throughout Latin America
Information
The LATA Foundation was set up by the Latin America Travel Association (LATA) to support charitable projects throughout the region. The LATA Foundation is staffed entirely by volunteers both here and in Latin America. All donations go directly to our projects as our administration costs (e.g. Justgiving fees) are covered by LATA and we don't incur any office expenses.
The aims of the LATA Foundation are as follows:
- Preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment.
- Relief of poverty.
- Sustainable development, economic growth and regeneration.
- Promotion of ethical and responsible business practices.
Our Projects
Our projects are our priority. Although we were only founded in 2008, we have supported 14 projects to date:
- Nicaragua Water Project: providing clean water to over 1000 people
- Children in Colombia: training in carpentry and baking
- Medical centre in Bolivia: supporting vulnerable children
- Reforestation in Peru: part of an initiative to plant a million trees by 2020
- Conservation in the Galapagos: Native Gardens and water conservation
- Sewing School in Mexico: new skills with which to generate an income
- Natural cosmetics in Guatemala: cottage industry shampoos, soaps and face creams
- Water fountain in Mexico: safe drinking water used by 500 people every day
- Recycling and Waste-management in Brazil: education and environmental project
- Dental clinic in Argentina: free dental care to hundreds of children in Buenos Aires
- Turtle Protection in Venezuela: Help us by adopting a turtle!
- Education in the Galapagos: conservation, social development and language skills
- Threads of Peru: a project supporting traditional weaving skills in the Andes
- ChildHope, Peru: supporting families affected by floods in Peru
You can click onto our projects pages to see what we have acheived to date. The LATA Foundation is actively looking for new projects in Brazil, Chile and Ecuador. Eventually we want to have projects throughout Central and South America and for the work of the LATA Foundation to have a lasting and enduring impact.
We welcome referrals from supporters and corporate partners who have contacts or knowledge of suitable local grass-roots projects in Latin America. Please let us have your ideas and suggestions: projects@latafoundation.org
All donations go directly to projects
We are grateful to our friends at the Latin America Travel Association (LATA) for covering our minor administrative costs such as bank transfer fees, our monthly justgiving account fees, paper and toner cartridges. We don't incur any office costs and we are entirely run by volunteers so this way our supporters and donors can be sure that their money - every pound and every penny - goes directly to our projects.
Newsletters
If you would like to receive regular newsletters from us, please e-mail us.
How you can help us
Get involved with the LATA Foundation
If you would like to get more involved with the LATA Foundation there are lots of ways you can help us, with fundraising, organising events, supporting our members, finding prizes for raffles and competitions, campaigning and raising the profile of the organisation and getting involved with projects.
Donate a prize for a fundraising event
The LATA Foundation cannot function without direct financial support, but on occasion there may be opportunities to offer a prize as an additional incentive for fundraising.
Please contact us if you or your organisation would like to consider donating a prize for a fundraising event: events@latafoundation.org.
How we can help you
Information
If you need information about any of our projects or require leaflets about the LATA Foundation, please let us know. If you require a logo for anything you produce, please contact us. If you need to talk to any of the trustees or need the active support of any of the LATA Foundation Ambassadors, please get in touch: events@latafoundation.org
Guidance
We can help you plan and set up events. The key things are to decide the type of event, date and venue, working out what needs to be done, ensuring sufficient volunteers to manage the event, to keep it safe, to promote the event and, of course, to collect donations!
Publicity
We can help publicise your activities via our newsletters, social media, campaigns and contacts. It is easy and quick to set up a justgiving fundraising page but we can help you if necessary.
Donations
None of our work would be possible without the support of individuals and organisations. If you can make a regular donation this would help us enormously. If you are a UK taxpayer please help us further by ensuring we can reclaim the tax you pay via Gift Aid. The more you give, the more we raise, the more we can do to make a difference throughout Latin America.
You can set up a monthly or a single donation on our justgiving website:
Thank you!
Press & Media
For press and media enquiries about the LATA Foundation and for further information about any of our projects please contact us: press@latafoundation.org
Trustees and Committees
| Trustees | Projects Team | ||
| David Gilmour, Chairman | Lucy Clark, Head (see Profile) | ||
| Jill Forgham, Vice chairman | Jill Forgham (trustee) | ||
| Richard Brass, Founder and Treasurer | Stuart Whittington | ||
| Edward Paine | Jude Berry | ||
| Claire Antell | Lisa Mazias | ||
| Sarah Bradley | Claire Betts | ||
| Simon Heyes | Sue Parrott | ||
| Christopher Pickard | Isabelle Mazille | ||
| trustees@latafoundation.org | projects@latafoundation.org | ||
| Events and Fundraising Team: | Others: | ||
| Megan Parkinson, Head | Eliza Infante, PA to David Gilmour | ||
| Claire Antell (trustee) | Christopher Pickard, Press & Media | ||
| Lillian Mathieson | Kathryn Cooper, LATA | ||
| Judith Pollard | Julie Middleton, Travel Foundation | ||
| Jane Chisholm | Ana Maria Gondos, Project support | ||
| Donald Greig | Sarita Compton, Project support | ||
| Katrina Mowbray | |||
| events@latafoundation.org | info@latafoundation.org |