The Club´s previous and present projects
Current
HIRC board has granted
- the students at Maunula Coeducational School (Maunulan yhteiskoulu) and Helsingin matematiikkalukio a grant of 500 euros. The grant is for high school students whose´ mother tongue is not Finnish and who study Finnish as a second language. The grant is to be used for the students to see a finnish theatre play.
- City of Helsinki Youth Department Project "Spinnu" a grant of 800 euros for the recruitment of three (3) Estonian or Russian-speaking young people as assistants for a childrens summer camp. The intention is that these assistants will first be trained to work and employment issues during spring 2011 and then they will be able to gain working experience at the summer camp. Spinnu projekt has been started to help young immigrant children from former east-european countries to integrate in to the Finnish society.
- two students at the OMNIA vocational school in Espoo with immigrant background have been granted a scholarship of 50 euros for excellent performance in Finnish language. The Club has granted scholarships to OMNIA students also last year.
2007-2008: Family House "Sahrami" - Donation for computer, projector and an on-line connection.
Sahrami provides immigrant women and their children Finnish language courses, information on Finnish society, culture and services. The aim is to help immigrant women and their children to integrate into the Finnish society.
2008-2009 Sports Team Icehearts and Kany ry - Donation for sports equipmement.
Icehearts Team include children, who would not otherwise have had the opportunity to engage in ice hockey or other team sports. A typical team member is singleparent child and/or an immigrant child. Icehearts´ work is preventive work for child protection, engaging children into team sports at school and during leisure time. Sports Team Kany ry is part of the Helsinki Human Rights Group (09 HHR), an anti-racist education group. The target audience is 11 to 13 years of age. The Team invites also Finnish elite athletes to speak on behalf of tolerance.
Ongoing projects 2009-2010
- Youth Exchange
HIRC has two exhange students every year: Currently Ms. Mari Kawanobe, Japan and Mr. Daniel Franchier, USA.
- HIRC will be handing out sholarships in May 2010 in order to encourage and give recognition to young people of immigrant background, who have shown particular interest and success in learning Finnish language.