Join us for an incredible night of fun and fundraising as we host our first ever mini Latin festival in London!  Date: July 12th 2013 Time: 6pm – 11pm Place: Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, London,13 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3DF Tickets: £3 Early Bird tickets available online now LAFFiesta tickets; or £5 on the door Our first LAFFiesta will [Read the full article...]

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In the world of development, the term ‘voluntourism’ is sometimes loaded with negative connotations. Broadly, it describes the tendency within the tourist industry for companies to sell volunteer packages that offer individuals (normally young people or gap-year students) the opportunity to travel to a developing country and ‘do their part’ in helping those less fortunate [Read the full article...]

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LAFF’s work in Peru has always focused on educating, empowering and enabling its partner organizations, allowing them to function sustainably by offering on-the-ground support that is tailored to each partner’s needs. One component that plays a major part in this is capacity building. There is an expression often used in the world of International Development [Read the full article...]

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LAFF are pleased to announce that we’ve been nominated for a 2012 LUKAS award for Human Rights Organisation of the Year! This is great news for us and an honour to be recognised, alongside many other well-respected charities, for our work helping at-risk and vulnerable children in Latin America. The LUKAS (Latin UK Awards) launched [Read the full article...]

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King Edwards High School for Girls in Birmingham, the school of Hannah Barrett, the LAFF Trustee who sadly lost her battle to cancer at the age of 26 in July 2010, has set up the ‘Hannah Barrett International Development Award‘ to encourage and reward students fundraising for LAFF. The award will be made annually to [Read the full article...]

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LAFF welcomes its first cohort of International Volunteers set to arrive in Peru this Summer and Autumn, thanks to support from Vodafone’s World of Difference scheme who made it possible for LAFF to have the time and expertise of Chris James – our short-term International Volunteer Programme Manager. A select group of Spanish-speaking volunteers with [Read the full article...]

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LAFF is a World of Difference winner for the fourth time this month – gaining support from Vodafone to employ a skilled volunteer for 4 months, to establish our International Volunteer Programme. Chris James will be working from February to June 2012 with the aim of  getting Spanish-speaking university students out to Peru to support [Read the full article...]

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