VOLUNTEER
Diaspora member of Women Education Research Kenya (WERK)
While in Kenya during my free time I would participate in fund raising walks and community service for the following causes:
African Medical Research foundation (AMREF) KENYA-focus on the Water fund project
Nairobi Hospice-terminal ill ilnesses'
Freedom from Hunger walk organised Nationally
Diabetes Medical Institute-Creating awareness of Diabetes
Participated in the annual Nordic Christmas Bazaar as a seller of Nordic specialities to raise money for educational purposes.
I once also catalogued the library for the Finnish-Kenya School Association.
I visited a rehabilitated street-children's home and participated in sporting activities, encouraged the children, taught them some cooking skills.
I have planted trees for environmental awareness.
The sites I visit the most for news purpose are:
Our local newspaper Nation which has news form Kenya and around the world.
Nation
Informative site with great videos and radio streaming
BBC
I also take some time to occasionally read the local news from Finland
in Finnish
Helsingin Sanomat
I have been volunteering for the Helsinki Africa Film Festival since 2011 in Marketing tasks. In 2013 I d
eveloped a competition in order to increase online sales of film tickets by giving away two airplane tickets courtesy of Turkish Airlines. Appointed Master of Ceremony of HAFF's first street festival.
04.04.2013 Guest Lectured about culture and Language: "The Globalisation of English in East
Africa", University of Helsinki
I have written human interest articles for Kasha Magazine an e-magazine that launched on 13.12.2011 the E-magazine was started by one of the most influential African Fashion bloggers Nancy Mwai
While in Kenya during my free time I would participate in fund raising walks and community service for the following causes:
African Medical Research foundation (AMREF) KENYA-focus on the Water fund project
Nairobi Hospice-terminal ill ilnesses'
Freedom from Hunger walk organised Nationally
Diabetes Medical Institute-Creating awareness of Diabetes
Leisure Activities
Participated in the annual Nordic Christmas Bazaar as a seller of Nordic specialities to raise money for educational purposes.
I once also catalogued the library for the Finnish-Kenya School Association.
I visited a rehabilitated street-children's home and participated in sporting activities, encouraged the children, taught them some cooking skills.
I have planted trees for environmental awareness.
The sites I visit the most for news purpose are:
Our local newspaper Nation which has news form Kenya and around the world.
Nation
Informative site with great videos and radio streaming
BBC
I also take some time to occasionally read the local news from Finland
in Finnish
Helsingin Sanomat
