Grants
awarded
General support for Luontoliitto’s annual operations
The Finnish Nature Association is an environmental organization for children and youth, founded in 1943. It operates throughout Finland. The Finnish Nature Association organizes nature camps, clubs, and educational programs. Its youth action groups engage in societal advocacy on environmental issues. The Association’s annual campaigns, Buy Nothing Day and Spring Watch (Kevätseuranta), are among the country’s most well-known and long-standing environmental initiatives.
Project grant for Animalia’s broiler campaign (2025–2026).
The broiler is the most common bird in Finland, yet it remains invisible in public discourse. Over recent decades, the consumption of broiler meat has increased significantly and is expected to continue growing. More than 80 million intensively farmed broiler chickens are slaughtered annually in Finland. Animalia believes it's time to see broilers as individuals – not as raw materials or food products. The goal of the campaign is to reduce broiler meat production and shift consumption in Finland toward plant-based proteins.
Africa 2030
The UNICEF donor group supports work in Sierra Leone and Angola to promote lasting structural changes and provide more children and young people with equal opportunities for a better life. In Angola, the program strengthens access to information and services related to sexual and reproductive health, child protection, and education. The aim is to promote gender equality and prevent teenage pregnancies. In Sierra Leone, the focus is on improving the quality of early childhood and primary education, learning materials, and youth employment skills. This work is carried out in close collaboration with ministries, local authorities, and grassroots organizations. The realization of children's rights in Africa has a major global impact: one in four children in the world currently lives in Africa, and by 2050 the proportion is expected to rise to 40%.
Sustainable Camp Food for the Future
The Sustainable Camp Food for the Future project supports the adoption of plant-based food in scouting activities. The aim is to break persistent misconceptions about plant-based food being expensive and tasteless, and to increase members’ skills in preparing plant-based meals. As part of the project, plant-based cooking courses will be organized in local scout groups, a training package for scout volunteers will be developed, and inspiring communication about plant-based food will be carried out in collaboration with the social media influencer RetkiRiikka.
Lusto Project – The Finnish Forest Movement Supporting Nature Corridors
Our project popularizes the proposed network of nature corridors in Finland, which connects protected areas and strengthens nature’s ability to adapt to climate change. Our education and communications campaign, launching in spring 2026, will culminate in the community-based Great Forest March hiking spectacle in late summer 2027. We will engage citizens, decision-makers and forest communities in dialogue, and bring a research-based model for land use and ecological restoration into decision-making at both the local and national levels.
Towards Climate- and Nature-Smart Municipalities with Children and Young People
The project will develop an operating model and a toolkit for municipalities to help them genuinely involve children and young people in local climate and biodiversity work. The project will be implemented together with municipalities participating in UNICEF’s Child Friendly Municipality model, as well as with children and young people themselves. The outputs of the project will serve all municipalities in Finland. The aim of the project is to increase children’s and young people’s knowledge about mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss, and to embed their participation as a permanent part of municipalities’ climate and nature actions.
Youth Environmental Summit 2026
The Youth Environmental Summit will be held at Paasitorni in Helsinki on May 23, 2026. Preparatory events are planned around Finland, where participants will work on a joint declaration. The event promotes stronger youth participation in decision-making and raises awareness of environmental issues. Approximately 400 active children and young people aged 11–29 will gather at the summit. The 2026 Youth Environmental Summit will be the fifth of its kind. This year, the event will also involve educational institutions and actors from working life in the environmental sector.
Youth Climate Food and Sustainable Public Catering
Viral Vegans implements the Youth Climate Food and Sustainable Public Catering projects to promote plant-based diets and animal rights. The aim is to increase awareness of the impacts of food on the environment and animals, strengthen young people’s media literacy, and accelerate the transition of public catering toward more plant-based options through active support and collaboration.
Project to Advance the Restoration of the Palokki Rapids
Promotion of the plant-based strategy in 2025
Working with Pride Partnership
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We make annual Christmas donations to support social well-being, directing them primarily to organisations that help people facing vulnerable life situations.