FAMILIA RY
Haapaniemenkatu 7-9 B  (10th floor), 00530 Helsinki
​Call us: 044 7738628 (Mon-Thu 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) 
Email us: info (at) familiary. fi

Contact for couple and family counselling primarily by a counselling contact form
More information about couple and family counselling
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​You can also contact us through the contact form. Use contact form to contact Familia's office and staff (no couple or family counselling). We will respond to your inquiries as soon as possible. Scroll down for staff contact details. 

• Staff Contact Details
• Our Board Members

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LOCATION

Our premises are located in Helsinki, in the Merihaka neighbourhood, about 500 meters from the Hakaniemi metro, tram, and bus station.

Reaching us by foot from Hakaniemi station is simple: When exiting the station near Hakaniemi Market Square, one should head east and cross the market square toward Miina Sillanpään katu. Then, continue walking eastwards on Miina Sillanpään katu, towards a bridge called Näkinsilta. Our premises are located at the end of the Näkinsilta bridge, in a building called Meritorni. The main door on the walking deck is locked at all times of the day. However, you can get in through a door code you can receive from Familia's staff.
​When in the main lobby of the building, take the elevator to the 10th floor, where our offices are.

For those arriving by car, the building has its own spacious parking space (parking is subject to charge).

Arriving by bicycle is also very easy, and there are also two city bike stations nearby.

See you!

Our office is located in the Meritorni building in Merihaka at Haapaniemenkatu 7-9 B, 00530 Helsinki about 500 meters from the Hakaniemi metro and tram and bus stops.

Meritorni's main entrance is located on Merihaka's walking deck (kävelykansi) next to the Indian Restaurant Merihaka.

The entrance is on the left-hand side of the building.

The main door on the walking deck is locked at all times of the day. However, you can get in through a door code you can receive from Familia's staff.

The door code only works for this electric keypad at the main entrance.

When in the main lobby of the building, take the elevator to the 10th floor, where our offices are.

 

 

CONTACT US!

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STAFF CONTACT DETAILS

Elina
​Helmanen

Executive DIRECTOR​​

050 433 5411
elina.helmanen (at) familiary.fi
Finnish, English

• Advocacy and lobbying
• Media contacts​
• Cooperation in family centres and welfare areas​
• Network and cooperation contacts​

Nora
  ​Dadi  

Family and Equality Work Planning Officer

050 502 1039
​nora.dadi (at) familiary.fi
 Arabic, Persian, English, Finnish

• Couple, family, and divorce counselling
• ​Divorce-related peer support groups
• Lectures and webinars on intercultural and multicultural family topics
• Training professionals
• Expert work related to anti-racism
• Early childhood development

allison
​abdile

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR​​

04578355009
allison.abdile (at) familiary.fi​
English, Afrikaans, Finnish

• ​​Contact person for volunteers
• Volunteer training
• Peer support coordination (Duo Living Room and Duo Job Hunting)
• ​Employment and integration issues​​

tanja
​del angel

Relationship counselor and peer support planning officer​

045 783 55008
​tanja.delangel (at) familiary.fi
Finnish, English, Spanish

• Peer support coordination (Duo Mother & Baby, Duo Toddlers, Duo Father Groups)
• Couple, family and divorce counselling
• Specialist work - parenthood, families and couple relationships 
• ​Family training​

YVETTE
​AHONEN

​communications and peer support coordinator

044 796 1113
​yvette.ahonen (at) familiary.fi
English, Spanish, Finnish

• Communications and Marketing
• Planning and coordination of peer activities for intercultural families
• Stakeholder cooperation and networking
• Planning and coordinating the activities of Belingual Clubs and Bilingual Labs

Henri Ashurst el-Khatib​ 

Family and Relationship Counseling

henri.ross.ashurst.el-khatib (at) familiary.fi
​English, Finnish, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese

mariam
​marei

Youth Work Planning Officer
MunDuo-project

045 7838 0949
mariam.marei (at) familiary.fi 
 Finnish, English, Arabic

Izabella
​dhima

INTERN
MunDuo-project

izabella.dhima (at) familiary.fi 
Finnish, English

panu
​puhakka

Advocacy coordinator

panu.puhakka (at) familiary.fi 
Finnish, English

Ran
Blumgrund

Association  planning officer

044 716 8752
ran.blumgrund (at) familiary.fi
Hebrew, English, Finnish

• Responsibility for member affairs
• Finnish courses
• General administration

Ali
​Dadi

Association  planning officer​

044 2429 333
​ali.dadi (at) familiary.fi
Arabic, Persian, English, Finnish

• Responsibility for member affairs
• Finnish courses
• General administration

Marjo
​​Räty

Office
​Assistant​

04578356870
marjo.raty (at) familiary.fi
​Finnish, English

Maria Zacharopoulou

Office secretary
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maria.zacharopoulou (at) familiary.fi
 Greek, English, French, Finnish

kelly
mebar

INTERn
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kelly.mebar (at) familiary.fi 
 English, Finnish

CHARLIE
​SÄRKIKANGAS

INTERn
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charlie.sarkikangas (at) familiary.fi 
English, Finnish

vajra
chandrasekara

intern
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vajra.chandrasekara (at) familiary.fi 
Singhala, Tamil, English, Finnish

jane wanjiru
​njoroge

INTERn
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jane.wanjiru.njoroge (at) familiary.fi 
 English

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OUR BOARD MEMBERS

Chairperson ​​

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Anu Kytömäki
Email:
[email protected]​

Vice chairperson

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Jamaar Delooï​ Powe-Ignatius

Members

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Sanna Airaksinen
Felicity Kumawuese Etinosa Osemwowa
Iida Dadi​

Deputy members 

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​Astrid Puumala-Thevenet
Victor Garrido Estrada