Our projects work boldly for human dignity
In projects, we develop solutions to societal challenges and defend the conditions for a dignified life.
Projects at Deaconess Foundation
Part of the Deaconess Foundation’s non-profit activities is carried out through projects. In 2026, projects take place both in different parts of Finland and abroad. There are about 100 projects running at a time.
In our work, we encounter young people seeking their own path, unhoused people, substance users, traumatized individuals, undocumented people, and others marginalized from society. Our goal is to build a society with inclusice safety nets so that people always receive the support they need. Trust, inclusion, and agency are strengthened at the individual, community, and societal levels; empathy and hope increase, and confrontation decreases.
Projects are funded both by the Deaconess Foundation from its other operations and assets, as well as external project funders. The largest external funders of activities are the Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organisations (STEA), the European Social Fund (ESF), and the City of Helsinki.
News
- Project
From the first meeting to the first step: the small victories of mentoring
- Project
Way to work offers young adults with foreign backgrounds an opportunity to get acquainted with Finnish working life
- Project
Breaking stereotypes about Roma women – success stories from Croatia
- International work
- Project
“I believe in the transformative power of mentoring”
- Project
- Sustainability
Deaconess Foundation: the right to nature and the environment belongs to everyone
- Participatory futures work
- Project
Power to define futures: Centering human dignity
- Youth
- Project
Deaconess Foundation launches dialogues on the future: “Power over the future must not be in the hands of a few people”
- International work
- Project