Café Tänään Tavataan

Café Tänään tavataan (“See you today” or “Let’s spell words today”) promotes the encounters of families with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

The café provides a fun way to practise Finnish skills and meet other families. Adults get to know each other, and children find playmates. The versatile activities are suitable for children and adults: music, play, exercise, stories and art.

The activities take place at playgrounds and family houses’ indoor spaces, usually for one hour per week. Participants can join the activities without a child, too. Volunteers at Café Tänään Tavataan and the playground or family house staff members work in pairs as instructors. A volunteer can choose from a range of different roles: they can be in charge of making coffee, or hold sing-along, exercise, art or play sessions.

Volunteers at Café Tänään Tavataan don’t need to know Finnish.

Welcome! Let’s feel at home at playgrounds and family houses together!

 

Time:

1-2 times / week, between Monday and Friday

Location:

Playgrounds and family houses across Helsinki

Requirements:

Volunteers should be interested in languages and culture as well as spending time with families and small children. Volunteers may use their own skills in music, sports, arts, crafts or catering.

Additional information:

anna-leena.soininen@hel.fi, marju.lindfors@hel.fi, paivi.hellemaa@hel.fi