Zinder Foundation · Santiago, Chile
Helping isn't hard
We support people living on the street, in campamentos (informal settlements) or in hardship in rural areas, and everyone in need in Chile.

Zinder Foundation is a charity initiative started in Santiago by journalist Lara Zinder. We visit campamentos and vulnerable neighbourhoods, deliver clothes, food and children's items, and organise activities for kids.
Lara has been doing charity work for about 20 years, with experience in different countries. We have supported ollas comunes (community soup kitchens) in Recoleta and organised English classes for immigrants.
“Without culture there is no future” — L. Zinder
We have worked with the Municipality of Recoleta, TECHO Chile, Copihue-Kai, Ecocitex, Chartwell International School, Discover Chile and Expat Girls in Santiago, among others.
All of this is possible thanks to people, organisations and companies who donate goods, money or their time.
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The best way to contact us or help is via WhatsApp or by email: [email protected].
In-kind donations
We accept any used items in good condition. What you no longer need can make a family's day.
We collect the items ourselves. · +56 9 4018 8225

What we don't hand out directly we sell at our garage sales, and everything raised goes to helping families.

Our values
We help absolutely anyone who needs it, regardless of origin, nationality, religion, age or any other difference.
For us there is no "us" and "them": there are only people who need a helping hand.
“Charity has no borders and no nationalities. But there are people who need help. Here, today.”
The people behind Zinder de Caridad.


Founder
Journalist. About 20 years of charity work in different countries.

Partner and team member
We bring clothes, food and baby and children's items to families living in campamentos.
We cook and deliver lunches and community meals for homeless people and migrant families.
Tutoring, languages, and arts and culture activities for children from vulnerable areas, plus English classes for immigrants.
We sell donated items that we do not hand out directly, and everything raised goes to helping families.
Campamento Dignidad, La Florida. Together with the Japanese ladies' association Copihue-Kai and Ecocitex, we visited this settlement, home to more than 100 families, and delivered clothing for 110 women, 95 men and 70 children, plus 6 strollers, 4 cribs and 14 car seats.
We keep coming back: we brought clothes, plates, books and toys to Campamento Dignidad.

Some of our activities, by theme. Tap a photo to see more.

One of our trips to a campamento: clothes and toys, but above all attention. They are not alone.
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Campamento Dignidad, La Florida: we brought clothes, plates, books and toys. We try to help everyone we can.
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Clothing handout on Dance Day, together with the Municipality of Recoleta.
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We are constantly collecting things to give to people in need. Would you like to join our team?
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A Women's Day visit to a campamento.
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We visited our friends at a campamento again; it is always a good experience.
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Is it hard to help people in rural areas? We also support families in the countryside.
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Campamento Dignidad, La Florida: with Copihue-Kai and Ecocitex we delivered clothing for over 100 families, strollers, cribs and car seats.
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We were given honey for the campamento. Thank you so much!
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Campamento La Cancha, Lo Barnechea: clothes, household items and 100 shampoos donated by Genomma Lab.
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Quilpué: we visited Roma families with small children living by the roadside.
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We helped Campamento Alto Placilla, home to many families with children.
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We visited a campamento on the road to Melipilla.
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Campamento Nuevo Amanecer, Cerrillos: we donated more than 1,200 items of clothing and more. People were so happy!
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Off we go! Heading out to the campamento with donations.
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Campamento La Cancha, Lo Barnechea: we donated more than 200 items of clothing for children, women and men.
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Campamento La Cancha, Lo Barnechea: there are more and more campamentos in Chile.
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Children's Day in Recoleta: games, lots of laughter, a runway show, hot chocolate, sweets and gifts, and more gifts! Thanks to @artemasfiesta, @arteconan, @polinka_36_, Discover Chile and Expat Girls in Santiago, and everyone who helps us help.
View on Instagram →Violinist @divashova_ donated a Barbie house, dolls and clothes for girls in a poor neighbourhood.
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A Christmas party for a Mapuche community with about 50 children: small gifts and sweets from the foundation. Thanks to everyone who helps us help!
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Christmas party at Campamento La Cancha, Lo Barnechea: opera singers, a chess workshop with @marivelosolima and gifts from Chartwell International School.
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Children's Day with TECHO Chile: a party for the children of a campamento with a trampoline, gifts, face painting and singer @ninoska.cooetze.
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We celebrated the 13th birthday of one of our girls. May she and her sisters be happy and never live on the street again.
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Cerrillos: we bought and collected Christmas gifts for children in the campamentos.
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Gifts for the children of a Sename children's home in Providencia. The kids are always happy to receive your gifts.
View on Instagram →Blankets and sweaters for homeless people.
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Food handout for people living on the street in Santiago.
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Central Santiago: we visited a mother and her three daughters who were living in a burnt-out building. Photo: @marivelosolima
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La Vega: food, clothes and music for people living on the street. Thank you for your help!
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Together with a group of foreigners we cleaned the Arab Immigrant monument in Recoleta, a symbol of those who made Chile their second home.
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A campaign to help a Colombian family who were sleeping on the street in Antofagasta travel to Curicó.
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Macul: we delivered clothes and other items to a Haitian family in a campamento.
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English classes for immigrants in Recoleta, with Iris, part of our team.
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We also send humanitarian aid to other regions of Chile, with our partners Andrés and Nicole from the 7th Region.
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Help for a family hit by a fire: clothes, plates, a bed and baby toys.
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GAM Cultural Centre, Santiago: the Santa Juana and Yumbel solidarity campaign for families affected by the Biobío forest fires.
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A humanitarian trip to the fire zone in southern Chile: clothes, dishes and bedding for affected families, received by the Red Cross in Tomé. Drone video: @kamilo_soto_drone.
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A charity garage sale raising funds for a Christmas party for the children of Campamento La Cancha. Thanks to everyone who came!
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Clothes donated to the foundation.
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Second Life: glasses made from recycled bottles, sold to fund food for poor families and gifts for children.
View on Instagram →Helping isn't hard. We share what we do: visits, handouts, parties for children.
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Open @zinder_fundacion_de_caridadEverything raised goes to helping families. We sell good donated items and foundation products such as the Second Life glasses. Delivery or pickup is arranged on WhatsApp, and payment is by bank transfer.

Clothes, books, furniture, kitchenware and anything you no longer use. We pick it up. How to donate items →
Join our visits to campamentos, help cook meals or teach children.


Visits to campamentos, clothing handouts, cooking, classes for children. Message us and we will tell you how to join.
I want to volunteerYour support helps us buy food and essentials and run activities for children.
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Phone: +56 9 4018 8225
Email: [email protected] · Instagram: @zinder_fundacion_de_caridad
📍 Santiago, Chile