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Welcome to the 151-year-old Helsinki Deaconess Institute

The Helsinki Deaconess Institute is a charitable foundation boldly working for human dignity. We help people at risk of social exclusion. The aim of

• ur work is to ensure that everyone has the chance
• f a dignified life.

Our story began in

1867

Social enterprise

The proceeds of our work and assets enable us to carry out our key mission - to work for a human diginity.

Robust diaconic work

Working with people, not on their behalf.

1000

employeers

2000

volunteers

PRINCIPLES OF OUR ACTION: We solve social problems and advocate for social change at the societal level

Helsinki Deaconess Institute sr

FOUNDATION Supervisory Board and Board CEO

INTERNAL SERVICES Financial Management Human Resource Management Communication Services Strategic Development Legal Services SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES Suomen Diakoniaopisto Oy Diaconia University of Applied Sciences The Rinnekoti Foundation sr Suomen Terveystalo Oy

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES Housing and Substance Abuse Services Child and Family Services Home Care Services and Physiotherapy

DIACONIA WORK AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Volunteering and Community Services Vamos Youth Services International Protection and Integration Diaconia Unit

DIACONIA WORK AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

VAMOS youth support International protection and integration Diaconial work Volunteering and community service

VAMOS:

• Aims at preventing the exclusion of 16 to 29-year-olds and guides them to

employment, education and other goals

• Is based on intensive group coaching, individual coaching and youth-centred

service integration

• A personal coach guides the young person onwards and recognizes their

individual needs holistically

• In Finland, there are more than 60 000 youth who are socially excluded which poses a

serious problem

• Vamos has so far helped 9000 youth towards education and employment
• Vamos was founded in 2008 and currently has 80 employees covering 7 cities

Vamos Supports Youth to Education and Employment

International Protection and Integration

We assist those in distress and people who have fled from dangers in their home countries. Oue work contains: supportive programs for undocumented migrants, psychosocial support to traumatized and tortured, integration support, employability training and support for employment

Support to Temporary and Circular Migrants

Hirundo services for EU Roma citizens Temporary Emergency Shelter for EU Roma citizens Work and Hope project for EU Roma citizens Community action and learning for EU Roma citizens

Pyschosocial support and Psychotraumatology Centre for immigrants

Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors Rehabilitation of Child and YouthTorture Survivors Rehabilitation of war traumatised refugees Community support to undocumented immigrants Family Group Home Kauniainen

International Affairs

Romania: Empowering women in Romania Bulgaria: Empowerning Roma communities Kosovo: Employment Project for Roma Youth EU Project: Advogating againts discrimination Namibia: Empowering the Communities for Youth Namibia: Ecumenical Social Community Action Namibia: Smart Community for youth employment

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Diaconial Work

• For 151 years the Christian message has been conveyed in the

Institute’s work

• Care services based on Christian love one’s neighbor and respect for human dignity
• The institute´s church provides a place for silence, spirituality and

cultural programs

• Cultural activities to increase interaction between different groups
• The pastoral care services are for the institute’s clients, residents,

relatives and staff members

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Volunteering and Community Services

• Currently nearly 2 000 volunteers and peer support persons

involved in improving the lives of people and communities

• volunteers can take part in variety of civic activities
• Activities are agreed based on needs on institute and a volunteer
• D-stations as low-threshold meeting places for people in

different challenging life situations

• The centers develop a joint action based on the needs of people living in the

area

• D- stations combine resourceful civic activities and social and health services

tailored to each target group

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Helsinki Deaconess Institute

• International affairs

2018

International Affairs

• 1. Supporting the most marginalised communities both in Finland

and abroad: developing working methods and approaches in different contexts

• 2. Strategic Priorities:
• Young People as Future Makers
• Rights and Equal Participation of Minorities
• Wellbeing and Acency of Returning Migrants
• Cross-cutting themes, such as digital access and entrepreneurship
• 3. Geographical Focus:
• Exit from Namibia by 2019
• Expansion of the work in the Wider Europe in 2018-20
• Expansion of work to the countries of origin and resettlement of refugees:
• Somalia by 2019, Entry to Middle East by 2020

Strategic Priorities

• 1. Young People

as Future Makers

• 3. Rights and

Equal Participation

• f Minorities

2. . Wellbeing and Agency

• f Returning

Migrants

Cross-cutting themes, such as digitalisation, entrepreneurship

Thank you!