Schools
We built schools so children in the community can learn close to home.
The charitable foundation of Veritas Villages
Help Them Help Themselves
We have built schools, a clinic, giant sea turtle sanctuaries, ran medical and dental missions and installed solar power systems for communities and animals across Latin America. Right now, we are helping Panama recover from the earthquake.
Playa Pacifica, Nicaragua. Photo: Veritas Villages.
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Panama needs us, and we know its people
Veritas Villages works in Panama and across Latin America. Our foundation turns that relationship into direct help for the families who lost homes, belongings or safety.
- Relief for familiesYour gift supports the families and communities hit by the earthquake.
- Recovery that lastsWe stay with communities after the emergency passes, as we always have.
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What we've done
Years of real work for the people and animals of the region
We don't only show up in a crisis. These are the projects our foundation has built and keeps supporting across Latin America, backed by Veritas Villages.
A clinic
A local clinic that brings health care to people who live far from a hospital.
Two giant sea turtle sanctuaries
Two large sanctuaries protect sea turtles, including the one at Veritas Village Playa Pacifica in Nicaragua.
Medical and dental missions
Teams of professionals caring for families who rarely see a doctor or a dentist.
Solar power for town water wells
We donated solar equipment so town wells keep the water flowing without relying on fuel.
Solar power for animal rescue
Solar equipment donated to animal rescue groups to keep their shelters running.
Our approach
Helping communities stand on their own
Our mission is to provide shelter, health care and education to children, and to build long-term independence instead of short-term aid.
Build it to last
A school, a clinic or a solar-powered well keeps serving long after the work is done.
Serve people and animals
We care for families, sea turtles and rescued animals, because all of them are part of a community.
Stay
We come back, keep supporting, and respond when an emergency hits, as now in Panama.
Who stands behind this
Funded by Veritas Villages. Created by Autris Group.
Help Them Help Themselves was founded in 2009 by Patrick Hiebert, founder and CEO of Autris Group. Veritas Villages funds the foundation's work.
Parent company
Autris Group
The holding company behind Veritas Villages and Vida Verde. Its founder and CEO, Patrick Hiebert, started this foundation.
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Communities
Veritas Villages
Residential communities in Latin America built around freedom and sustainability. Veritas Villages is the funder of the foundation.
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Charitable foundation
Help Them Help Themselves
Schools, a clinic, sea turtle sanctuaries, medical and dental missions, and solar power for wells and animal rescue.
Where Veritas Villages builds community
Visit the places across Latin America behind this foundation.
Help us help Panama back on its feet
Every gift adds to nearly two decades of work with the communities of Latin America.
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