Projects

Oma maa (Our Land) Cooperatives Project

The Oma Maa Cooperatives project seeks to support and strengthen the communality, the inclusion and the language skills of immigrants and people with labour market disadvantages. The project’s activities include education on urban farming and agriculture. This will take place in the DiakonKylä community garden, which the participants will be building together during the project. In addition to gardening work, participants will receive both individual and group guidance, the former of which will be used to map their life situations and future aspirations. The project workers are helping the clients find jobs and educational paths. The project is active 1.2.2024-31.1.2027. (See the video in youtube)

Contact: Timo Helavuori, 044 705 2027, timo.helavuori@diakon.fi

My Path in Satakunta Project

My Path in Satakunta project strengthens the integration, study and work readiness, and language skills of women from third countries. The project offers language and digital skills training, information sessions, guidance services and visits. Together with organizational actors the multicultural competence which is supporting employment is strengthened. The project is active 1.4.2024 – 31.12.2026.

Contact: Anu Halonen, 040 509 2432, anu.halonen@diak.fi

Build Your Path workshops

The workshop series is organized by Pori Entrepreneurship Society, and it includes employment‑promoting events twice a month. The series features, for example, CV clinics. All events are free of charge, and detailed information about them will be published in the event calendar on the International House Pori website as well as on its social media channels. Pori Entrepreneurship Society supports people in the Satakunta region in networking, learning, and developing diverse career and soft skills, and helps them find reasons to stay in Satakunta.

Contact: Violeta Ivanova, 044 218 4574, violeta.ivanova@pories.fi

Connect & Integrate Events

The Events organized by International Professionals Finland – InterProFinland. We aim to help members of the international community in Pori to properly integrate into Finnish society and the workforce. Events are held once a month, focusing on networking and well-being. More information about the events can be found on the social media channels of International House Pori and International Professionals Finland.

Contact: Matthew Bowen, 045 219 0360, matthew.bowen@interprofinland.fi