# Le Va

> Le Va is Aotearoa's Pasifika primary prevention organisation delivering mental health, disability, suicide prevention, and wellbeing programmes for Pasifika communities.

## About

- [About us](https://www.leva.co.nz/about-us/): Explains Le Va's purpose, cultural philosophy rooted in the concept of 'va', and evidence-based approach to Pasifika health and wellbeing.
- [Our board](https://www.leva.co.nz/about-us/our-board/): Describes Le Va's board of trustees and the Wise Workforce Development Board governing its Pacific-focused workforce development direction.
- [Home](https://www.leva.co.nz/): Overview of Le Va's work across mental health, addiction, disability, suicide prevention, violence prevention, and youth wellbeing for Pasifika communities.

## Services

- [Mental health and addiction](https://www.leva.co.nz/our-work/mental-health-addiction/): National centre for Pacific mental health and addiction workforce development, offering tools and programmes to reduce health inequities for Pasifika people.
- [Suicide prevention](https://www.leva.co.nz/our-work/suicide-prevention/): Two national suicide prevention training programmes: FLO: Pasifika for Life and LifeKeepers, for Pasifika and all New Zealanders respectively.
- [Violence prevention](https://www.leva.co.nz/our-work/violence-prevention/): Atu-Mai violence prevention programme equipping Pasifika people with strengths-based tools and eLearning to live violence-free.
- [Disability support](https://www.leva.co.nz/our-work/disability-support/): Disability support projects with Whaikaha focused on reducing stigma, increasing access, and improving cultural competency of disability services.
- [Engaging Pasifika](https://www.leva.co.nz/our-work/engaging-pasifika/): Engaging Pasifika cultural competency training programme for health and disability workforce, combining online and face-to-face learning.
- [Public health](https://www.leva.co.nz/our-work/public-health/): Public health workforce development strengthening Pacific public health capability and reducing health inequalities for Pasifika populations.
- [Le Va for Youth](https://www.leva.co.nz/our-work/le-va-for-youth/): Youth-focused tools, workshops, resources and advisory group covering mental health, violence prevention, and holistic wellbeing for Pasifika young people.

## Resources

- [Get help now](https://www.leva.co.nz/get-help-now/): Crisis support contacts including free helplines for suicide, depression, alcohol, youth, and rainbow communities available 24/7 in New Zealand.

## Careers

- [Work with us](https://www.leva.co.nz/about-us/work-with-us/): Current vacancies and information about joining Le Va, a national Pacific wellbeing NGO within the Wise Group delivering integrated Pasifika programmes.

## Team

- [Our team](https://www.leva.co.nz/about-us/our-team/): Profiles Le Va's national office, communications, research, mental health, disability, suicide prevention, and violence prevention teams.

## Key Facts

- Le Va’s purpose is to support people of the moana to unleash their full potential. We support and encourage this by carefully designing and developing evidence-based resources, tools, information, knowledge and support services for the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes. We do this all while recalling our traditional values, and applying them safely, in a contemporary way.

## Contact

- Phone: 09 261 3490
- Email: admin@leva.co.nz