VIA (originally Volunteers in Asia) began in 1963 with a group of 23 Stanford students led by Dean of Freshmen Men, Dwight Clark assisting Chinese refugees with recreational programs and road repairs in Hong Kong.
Since then, VIA has initiated
VIA started the year welcoming our Global Community Fellows and partners to beautiful Chiang Mai for the first VIA Social Impact Partnership Conference!
VIA participants from across the globe including US, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar gathered together in January
This retrospective of VIA’s health care programs was researched, compiled, and written by Assistant Program Director Hinda Majri, who has supported the health care programs since 2021. Overview of VIA’s Health Care Programs
Cover Photo Credit: Fitri Mulyaningsih (Yangon Alumni Summit, March 2019)
VIA’s alumni community, which spans 56 years of experiences, many nationalities, and several continents, presents both an incredible opportunity and a challenge. In order to better understand how we can
Program Director Lina Yamashita recently had a chance to chat with four Medical Exchange and Discovery (MED) and Exploring Health Care (EHC) alumni: Anna Kokubu (MED 2017 alum, EHC 2018 fellow), Asuka Fujihashi (EHC 2018 alum), Mariko Nishihara (MED 2017
The Exploring Social Innovation (ESI) program, currently held twice a year in Silicon Valley and once a year in China, offers young changemakers from across Asia an opportunity to learn innovative ways to make the world a better place by
Dear VIA alumni, friends, and supporters,
Greetings from VIA. We hope this message finds you safe and well at an unprecedented time as we deal with the spread of COVID-19. As you have seen in the news, here in California,
This spring we are looking forward to having an amazing team joining Program Director
2005 Bali Summer Immersion alumna Laura Shirreff shares her reflections on a global journey exploring the intersection of sustainability, design, and culture.
How did you become interested in this particular VIA program and the topic of Fair Trade?
I was
In June, VIA held its first Alumni Leadership Summit as part of a new initiative in building a sustainable, engaged, and interconnected alumni community. Alumni spanning 8 years of VIA experiences and 8 different programs gathered in Chiang Mai for
