{"id":22390,"date":"2025-05-07T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/?post_type=uutinen&p=22390"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:38:50","slug":"vaaliprojekti-2025","status":"publish","type":"uutinen","link":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/uutinen\/vaaliprojekti-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NGOs bring democracy to the grassroots level"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The collaborative initiative launched by Moniheli ry actively engaged people with migrant backgrounds in participating and influencing the 2025 municipal and county elections. At the heart of the project were Moniheli\u2019s member associations, which organized dozens of events across Finland\u2014reaching a total of 1,776 participants in 13 different languages through the efforts of 14 associations.<\/p>

Events were organized in 15 different municipalities, from Helsinki to Rautj\u00e4rvi and from Vaasa to Lappeenranta. Several associations and language communities took part, hosting info sessions and panel discussions in their native languages. The range of languages was exceptionally broad: Finnish, English, Dari, Somali, Kurdish, Igbo, Uzbek, Turkmen, Kazakh, Russian, Urdu, Arabic, and Ukrainian.<\/p>

At the events, participants were informed about Finland\u2019s political system, the importance of elections, and voting rights. \u201cThe most important thing was to ensure that information about political rights reached people in their own language and in a familiar environment,\u201d says Latif Fayaz<\/strong>, the project coordinator at Moniheli. \"This is a concrete step toward a more inclusive and equal democracy.\"<\/p>

The project demonstrated that language- and culture-sensitive communication plays a key role in building trust and lowering the threshold for participation. Moniheli will continue its work in support of a multilingual democracy in the future as well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Event coordination was done by ANDSEA ry<\/strong> and TULIP ry<\/strong>. Additionally, events for specific language groups were coordinated by Suomen Hazaroiden Kulttuuriyhdistys ry<\/span><\/b> (dari)<\/span>\u00a0and <\/span>Suomen Somaliopiskelijat ry<\/span><\/b> (Somali).<\/span><\/p>

Also organising events were AFAES ry<\/strong>, ILCAN ry, <\/strong>Wodess ry, <\/strong>Keski-Asian Kansojen Yhdistys Julduz ry, <\/strong>PinFin ry, <\/strong>United Vision ry, <\/strong>Tampereen Ukrainalaisten Yhdistys Suomessa ry, <\/strong>Umuco ry <\/strong>and Etel\u00e4-Sudan ja Sudan Sawa ry<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moniheli ry:n k\u00e4ynnist\u00e4m\u00e4 yhteisty\u00f6hanke aktivoi laajasti maahanmuuttajataustaisia ihmisi\u00e4 osallistumaan ja vaikuttamaan vuoden 2025 kunnallis- ja aluevaaleihin. Hankkeen syd\u00e4men\u00e4 toimivat Monihelin j\u00e4senj\u00e4rjest\u00f6t, jotka j\u00e4rjestiv\u00e4t kymmeni\u00e4 tapahtumia eri puolilla Suomea \u2013 tavoittaen 14 j\u00e4rjest\u00f6n voimin yhteens\u00e4 1 776 osallistujaa 13 eri kielell\u00e4. Tapahtumia j\u00e4rjestettiin 15 eri kunnassa Helsingist\u00e4 Rautj\u00e4rvelle ja Vaasasta Lappeenrantaan. Mukana oli useita j\u00e4rjest\u00f6j\u00e4 ja […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":22391,"menu_order":136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22390","uutinen","type-uutinen","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uutiset"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/22390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uutinen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22390"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/22390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22423,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/22390\/revisions\/22423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}