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Welcome to Loisaida

The Latino Heartbeat of the East Village and

 the Lower East Side

Loisaida, Inc. is a community-based organization founded in 1979 to combat the effects of violence, drugs, gangs, and poverty facing the children and youth of the East Village and Lower East Side. For over twenty-six years, Loisaida, Inc. has helped thousands of young people reach their potential by concentrating on self-esteem, self-worth, and self-sufficiency development.

After thirty years, Loisaida, Inc. continues to play a major and active role in the East Village and Lower East Side, providing a series of after-school, youth, and community economic development programs to ensure that our children have access to opportunities that will help them acquire the educational and essential skills to succeed in life as productive and contributing members of our changing community.