Stories of Hope, Tools for Change

New content for From Zero to Hero together with the youth!

In 2025 Helinä Rautavaara Museum took part in the Connect for Global Change project (EU DEAR Programme).

In Stories of Hope, Tools for Change project new content was created for the museum’s From Zero to Hero exhibition and workshops. The working group included youth from both Finland and Kenya. The aim was to promote understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals and global challenges through the stories of young people in Nairobi. In particular, the focus was in addressing the structures that influence discrimination (e.g. age, social class, gender, disability, minority status) that affect the lives of the youth in Kenya – and all of us. Visitors of the exhibition were encouraged to take action for global responsibility in their neighbourhood and the world.

The target group of the project were youth with a migrant background, students in vocational schools and museum visitors aged 15-29. A total of 1,266 people participated directly in the project, and 4,000 exhibition visitors participated indirectly.The project partners included Pakolaisnuorten tuki ry and the Undugu Society of Kenya.

Connect for Global Change is a programme that award grants and provides support to small and medium-sized organisations in 11 European countries until autumn 2027. The project aims to get EU citizens, especially young people and those new to global challenges, more involved in creating an inclusive, fair and sustainable world. The project is coordinated in Finland by Fingo and sub-projects are carried out by many organisations in different parts of Finland!

This project page is co-funded by the European Union. The Helinä Rautavaara Museum is solely responsible for its content and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.