Discover a different way to make a difference
This is a place for students and young adults who want to explore ethical, locally led development. Grow your skills - use your gifts - and connect with a global movement.
STUDENTS -LEARN
Why Students?
Viva was founded by students over 30 years ago, and students continue to play a vital role in helping children and communities flourish around the world.
Whether you're passionate about justice, research, communications, theology, international development, fundraising, prayer or community action, there are opportunities to learn, contribute and grow alongside Viva's global network.
This page is for students interested in knowing how they can learn globally so they can contribute locally.
Learning at Viva
Invite Viva to your group, and we can host an interactive, workshop-style session exploring how we can do justice well together.
Key themes include:
If development should be locally led, is there a role for us to play?
What churches get right (and wrong) and why churches working together multiplies impact.
The importance of seeing children and young people as agents of change, not recipients of aid.
We can tailor the session to suit your needs – so get in touch and let’s get something planned!
Do you want to be at the Cutting Edge?
Cutting Edge is Viva’s global space for learning from expert practitioners – from all over the world.
Through conferences and online webinars, connections are formed, and practical action is taken. Attending Cutting Edge sessions gives you the chance to hear directly from frontline practitioners from all over the world and bring your own questions and perspectives.
Just Love Partnership
We are really pleased to share that we have entered into a new partnership with Just Love, a Christian student movement in the UK, which is ‘a network of thousands pursuing justice in the way of Jesus - holistically, fruitfully, sustainably.’ For the past couple of years, Viva has run a training session at a Just Love conference for student committee leaders - exploring what it looks like to do justice well in practice.