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 -VOLUNTEER
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 their hard work could shape our work.
Volunteering at Viva
Volunteering at Viva
is an opportunity to discover how you could make a difference in the world. It could be a few hours a week, a university placement or a focused summer project.
Possibilities include:
Research projects that explore emerging opportunities, map potential partners or support the development of new programmes.
Help us understand our impact better through collecting, analysing data, and presenting the results in engaging ways.
Support global campaigns through gathering examples of good practice from around the world, creating digital content and telling stories.
Or bring us your own ideas – we prefer to start with a conversation to find out what fits you best
How can your studies help at-risk children?
Are you frustrated that you work really hard on an essay, and it only gets read by the person marking it?
Imagine if your essay could help Viva and networks of churches all over the world better serve children.
Or, could you give some time to do an internship placement with Viva, giving your time and using your gifts to help children at risk?
Whether it’s an essay, dissertation, research project or internship – speak to us.
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.