Putumayo Kids has contributed to many non-profits doing good work in regions where the music originates. For the past years, Putumayo Kids has focused its non-profit efforts on various local as well as international NGOs working in different parts of the world. We intend to keep on supporting these organizations and other specific NGOs working in the countries where the music originates. We are pleased to support the following charitable organizations.
Axé Project
European Federation for Street Children
Genesis Foundation
Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation
Louisiana Children's Museum
NextAid
Parents and Children Together
Vitamin Angels
Wildlife Conservation Society
Worldwide Orphans Foundation
Axé Project
Established in 1990 in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, the Axé Project is an internationally renowned non-profit organization dedicated to educating and defending the rights of disadvantaged children and promoting the cultural development of children and laborers. A portion of the proceeds from Brazilian Playground goes to benefit this organization. For more info, visit www.projetoaxe.org.br.
European Federation for Street Children
The European Federation for Street Children (EFSC) is a Brussels-based non-profit organization committed to the improvement of the rights and situations of street children in Europe and beyond. The EFSC acts as a platform for lobbying and advocacy towards the European Union and provides NGOs committed to this cause with information and advice concerning youth-related policies and assistance programs of the EU. A portion of the proceeds from European Playground goes to benefit this organization. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.efsc-eu.org.
Genesis Foundation
The Genesis Foundation strives to give disadvantaged children in Colombia and in Latino communities in the United States the opportunity for a successful future through access to the quality education they are too often excluded from. By funding non-profit organizations that provide quality education and complementary health services to underserved children, Genesis seeks to give these youngsters the basic building blocks for their development. A portion of the proceeds from Latin Playground goes to benefit this organization. For more info, visit www.genesis-foundation.org.
Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation
Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation (UK) is a registered charity established in 1995 to assist children attending basic schools in Jamaica, by providing facilities for their education and recreation and for the training and development of teachers. Over the past 10 years it has assisted many schools and resource centers throughout the island with capital works, school feeding programmes, computers and photocopiers, books and teaching aids. A portion of the proceeds from Reggae Playground goes to benefit this organization. For more info, visit www.jbsf.co.uk.
Louisiana Children's Museum
The Louisiana Children's Museum enriches the lives of children, families and educators, and promotes a love of lifelong learning through creative, interactive play. A portion of the proceeds from New Orleans Playground goes to benefit this organization. For more info, visit www.lcm.org.
NextAid
NextAid is a non-profit organization committed to developing and implementing innovative solutions to the challenges facing African children. NextAid's mission is to promote community-driven, economically and socially empowering responses to the AIDS orphan pandemic. A portion of the proceeds from African Dreamland goes to benefit this organization. For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.nextaid.org.
PACT
Parents And Children Together (PACT) is one of Hawaii's leading private non-profit family service agencies. The mission of Parents And Children Together is to promote and support healthy individuals, families and communities by creating opportunities for them to identify and address their own strengths, needs and concerns and successfully realize their potential. A portion of the proceeds from Hawaiian Playground goes to benefit this organization. For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.pacthawaii.org.
Vitamin Angels
Vitamin Angels is a non-profit organization that focuses on reducing instances of childhood blindness and mortality by providing vital nutrition in the form of vitamin supplements to infants and children worldwide. Essential nutrients, especially vitamin A, enable young immune systems to fight infectious diseases, helping children attain good health and the opportunity to lead meaningful and productive lives. A portion of the proceeds from Picnic Playground goes to benefit this organization. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.vitaminangels.com.
Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society, headquartered at the world famous Bronx Zoo, performs activities that save wildlife and wild lands through careful science, conservation, education, and management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks. These activities change attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. A portion of the proceeds from Animal Playground goes to benefit this organization. To learn more about their more than 500 field projects around the world and ways you can take action today, please visit www.wcs.org.
Worldwide Orphans Foundation
The Worldwide Orphans Foundation seeks to enrich the lives and enhance the physical, emotional, social and intellectual well being of children living in orphanages throughout the world, including Viet Nam, China and India. They help bring medical care, social support, and arts and education programs to these children. A portion of the proceeds from Asian Dreamland goes to benefit this organization. For more info, visit www.wwo.org.
