Viva is a Christian organisation that aims to make a difference by enabling Christians who work with children at risk throughout he world to work better together. Based in Oxford, Viva has regional centres in Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America. It has an impact on 1.8 million children worldwide and helps 78 international organisations and over 700 local projects to work in partnership.

Viva helps children who suffer sexual abuse, violence and exploitation. It provides homes, food and Christian care to children at risk in this country and throughout the world.

For more information about this work, please talk to Barbara and Michael Priestley as Viva is one of the organisations that sent them out to Bgota, Colombia to look at, and write about, work with street children there.