Founded in 2005, the Pura Vida Foundation (meaning Pure Life in Spanish) is a registered charity in Canada, concentrating on some of the most desperate areas of Latin America. The Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of children and youth in Latin America through fostering healthy and supportable living. Specifically, the goal is to provide marginalized and exploited young girls with basic necessities such as a dependable supply of food, safe housing and necessary resources to enhance quality of living. We hope that our initiatives will help to relieve suffering and strengthen the lives of many desperate children and communities. Together we can enhance living conditions and eradicate such devastating poverty.
Upcoming Events
PURA VIDA FOUNDATION FIESTA
A night of Latin Food, Salsa Dancing and Mariachi!
Friday January 27th
6-9pm, Selkirk College
10th Street Campus
Tickets: $60
Includes a Tapas Dinner & Entertainment with a $15 Wine Tasting Passport (optional). Available at: Mountain Waters Spa & Kootenay Valley Financial.
Dinner prepared by Selkirk College Resort & Hotel Management.
See the poster.
PURA VIDA FOUNDATION was also recently featured in the Nelson Star – read the article.
Donate your Bottles to Pura Vida
Are you taking your bottles and cans to the Nelson Bottle Depot (120 Silica Street, Nelson BC)? Sort them beforehand and donate the profits to Pura Vida.
Recent Events
Hop to Help Skip - a -Thon held on April 11, 2010 was a success with raising over $800.00
thanks to all that came out and helped with this fundraiser.
Upcoming Project
The Pura Vida Foundation will be opening the first Pura Vida Shelter in 2009, which will reach out to sexually exploited young girls of Cusco, Peru and surrounding areas. The new Pura Vida shelter will start as a safe place for young girls getting off the streets. The shelter will supply these young girls with food, safe housing, rehabilitation and activities such as photography, art, music and most importantly LOVE!!! If a girl only needs a bed for the night, that will be an option, but the goal will be to encourage them to stay in the shelter and work with the available staff to help them create a brighter future for themselves. There are plans to have several directors assist in running the shelter, as well as a psychologist on site to help transition the girls from the streets. The hope is that the girls will be able to get back into the school system, live in the shelter and then once finished school, be able to find employment.This project requires a significant amount of financial support but with generous donations we believe this dream can be accomplished. If you or someone you know is interested in donating time, money or resources please feel free to contact us at any time. For further information on this project or other projects please visit the projects section of the site.
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