MIGRANT YOUTH HELSINKI Irma Sippola 2 THE PROBLEM

MIGRANT YOUTH HELSINKI Irma Sippola

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THE PROBLEM TO SOLVE ? 4% of native-born young people are outside worklife after completing their studies. The corresponding number for migrant youth is 25%. A five year project established to improve the position of migrant youth in the areas of worklife, education and social landscape. Affecting thousands of young peoples lives, scalable, innovative and measurable. Supported by Me Säätiö by 2, 3 million euros http: //www. mesaatio. fi/we-foundation/

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Buddyschool A learning by teachig method to improve the learning results of those having difficulties coping with school; peer teaching. Older bad students teach younger ones. www. buddyschool. fi 14

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39 Schools 95 Buddyschools 150 teachers 11 collaborations with NGO 3 Summer Buddyschools Peer teachers 1685 Small buddies 3689 Total 5374 young people 16

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Job’d Creates new job opportunities for young migrants without any work experience, while building a model that businesses can join. The work increases reagional wellbeing in communities. www. jobd. work 20

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Parent Supports migrant parents to understand Finnish educational and professional life and paths. And helps to cope with cases where there is problems within the families of abuse or mental issues. NGO driven in native languages with peerteaching and empowering the migrant communities. 25

Make. Some. Noise In which young migrants are trained as professional speakers to work with municipality departments and private sector to help them to improve their services. Pro bono trainging by a famous Helsinki communications office, www. ellunkanat. fi Young speakers also show a respectful rolemodel for younger migrants. www. makesomenoise. today 26

Projectmanager Irma Sippola irma. sippola@hel. fi +358415121795 Projectcoordinator Sami Komppula Job’d sami. komppula@hel. fi Projectcoordinator Kirsti Kallansalo Buddyshcool kirsti. kallansalo@hel. fi www. maahanmuuttajanuortenhelsinki. munstadi. fi www. buddyschool. fi www. jobd. work www. makesomenoise. today 27

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