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Background Since 2015, the world hunger population started to gradually increase after decades reducing, according to the report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Currently, there are over 820 million people are suffering from hunger, it is one-ninth of the world’s population. Over 3.1 million children aged below 5 are dead […]
This shout could easily come from a tired mum who is annoyed and frustrated with her 3-year old. Or this could be a strong determination, the first step of an empowered person rising up from the ashes. But what if this comes from our long awaiting and long-suffered Planet Earth? What happens if Mother Nature
“Enough is enough!” Read More »
One of the world’s sustainable development goals is to eliminate all forms of poverty around the world by 2030. Although the global poverty rate has fallen by more than half since 2000, there are still more than 780 million people living below the international poverty line of $1.90 a day. More than 11% of the world’s
No poverty: challenge and possibility Read More »
Life in nature is based on circles and cycles. Seasons, planets, apples, time and human lives all follow in their co-existence the circular patterns and cyclical movements. This has been a well-known fact for the traditional native peoples in different continents. Since the industrial revolution, the Western view, however, has seen life as something linear,
When Nature Serves as Inspiration: Social Circular Economy and Social Enterprises Read More »
Global Challenges & Possibilities within Social Services is a complementary course offered at Laurea Tikkurila. During this course, we will find out more about these global challenges and possibilities we are facing today. How can social work deal with these challenges and how can we together create a better world?
Global Challenges & Possibilities: blog introduction Read More »
What is home? Home is where your family is. Where you feel most comfortable at with people you are comfortable with. A place in which you can be yourself and don’t have to worry about others judging you. A place where you feel safe. That should be the answer, but is that always the case?
Searching for home Read More »
Social media plays a huge role in people’s lives these days. Wherever you go, you’ll see people staring at their phones, almost 24/7. People share a lot of their personal information on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat etc. (sometimes too personal, if you ask me…) There’s so many good things about social media and it makes our
Is Social Media Good For Children? Read More »
“The police is investigating a stabbing that took place at a Sininauhasäätiö facility for the homeless” (HS 13.7.2019) “A big police operation in Töölö at Sininauhasäätiö facility for the homeless” (HS 14.11.2018) “Drug abusing Sininauhasäätiö inhabitants cause trouble at Töölö library” (HS 18.7.2018) The news are happy to tell what I think. Violence, crimes, drugs,
This is no isle of bliss Read More »
I first started to think what substance abuse is and what my own idea of it is? What first comes to mind when thinking of substance abuse are drugs, but of course it can also be many other things. Constant use of substance in a harmful manner that negatively affects your mental, physical or social
When it will become substance abuse? Read More »
According to ARA (asumisen rahoittamis- ja kehittämiskeskus), Finland had 5 482 people without a home last year. There are homeless single people, couples and families in Finland and most of these people are living in the area of Helsinki. Many of them are staying at their friends or relatives, but there are also people living
Housing first – principle Read More »