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Familia ry – founded in 1988 – is a national expert organisation of intercultural families. We support the wellbeing of intercultural families by offering peer support and volunteer activities, information, and advice. We also aim at making improvements in the social and legal systems, so that the needs of intercultural and multilingual families and Finns would be better met.
Intercultural families as a term, refers to families in which at least one family member has a different cultural background. This means, that one partner or both partners were not born in Finland, or have different cultural backgrounds. A child or children raised by a parent (s) with different cultural background, are also considered part of an intercultural family. Familia belongs to the Diverse-Family network. The network consists of ten different family associations representing a variety of different types of families. The aim of the Diverse Families Network is a society where families are equal, and every family can be proud of itself. |
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CITIZENS' INITIATIVE LAUNCHED!
18.1.2022 We are pleased to announce that we launched the Multi Mother-Tongued Citizens' Initiative (Äidinkielenä monikielisyys in Finnish). The initiative promotes multilingualism and proposes that it should be possible to register more than one mother tongue in Finland. You can keep up to date with the campaign by following its own Facebook and Instagram pages, or by reading more about the initiative on its own website. Your support is greatly appreciated - sign here, it only takes a minute! If you want to get involved with the campaign or get more information, please email kansalaisaloite@familiary.fi JOIN US FOR WORK TRY-OUT AS CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR
3.1.2023 We are looking for a campaign coordinator for a 3–6-month work try-out period to work on our advocacy work and communication, especially with our citizen initiative. Knowledge and natural use of social media and knowledge of Canva is an absolute advantage. Our working languages are Finnish and English, but we do not require perfect language skills. Courage to use the language is enough. Send your application and curriculum vitae by email as soon as possible, but no later than January 21st, 2023, to elina.helmanen@familary.fi. We review the applications and hold interviews already during the application period, and the position is filled as soon as a suitable person is found. Read more on our webpage. JOIN US IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CAMPAIGN
3.5.2022 We are now looking for volunteers for our campaign team who are interested in multilingualism and especially in promoting registering several mother tongue’s in society. Familia is launching a campaign to highlight the importance of several mother tongue’s and to promote the recognition of multilingualism in society. Read more on our webpage and join the team. SEARCHING FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS
We are once again searching for new volunteers interested in Familia's activities and supporting the well-being of intercultural families. As a volunteer you will get a meaningful volunteer assignment, support and training and a wonderful network of other volunteers. Read more about volunteering and sign up. |
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