Stories of Hope, Tools for Change

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

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

In Stories of Hope, Tools for Change project new content is created for the museum’s From Zero to Hero exhibition and workshops. The working group includes youth from both Finland and Kenya. The aim is to promote understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals and global challenges through the stories of young people in Nairobi. In particular, the focus is 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 will be encouraged to take action for global responsibility in their neighbourhood and the world.

The target group of the project are youth with a migrant background, students in vocational schools and museum visitors aged 15-29. The project partners are Pakolaisnuorten tuki ry and the Undugu Society of Kenya.

Are you working with young people or would you like to bring your group to visit the museum? Contact us!
Project coordinator: Anna-Sofia Sysser, anna-sofia.sysser@helinamuseo.fi , +358 44 767 0301

Connect for Global Change is a programme that award grants and provides support to small and medium-sized organisations in 11 European countries. 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.