The language café of the Kotona Savossa project started in December 2025. You had to register for the language café in advance. There were more people who registered than the group could accommodate. In the end, 28 participants were accepted, while the group was originally intended to only accept 20 participants.
There has been a great need for the language café, and unfortunately we were not able to include everyone who wanted to join the starting group.
Learning a language is important so that you can take care of official matters, study and thus get a job. Some start from the basics, some already know better. A big thank you to the integration mentors for participating in the language cafés and teaching Finnish.
The project workers help and are also involved.
Let's learn Finnish together and maybe Finns will learn a word of Ukrainian!
The project has printed the language café with the title "Hauska tavata - Finnish elementary learning material, for everyone to have their own."
A great need was met with the second language café, which started in January, where students learn the basics of Finnish. About 10 participants were accepted into the group.
On the evenings of the language café, there is a loud chatter in the club room, where students learn to pronounce a, e and y. How do I sit, you sit, he sits? We have also sung with the integration mentors, in Finnish of course.
Learning Finnish is not easy for Ukrainians, but we repeat and practice. In the more advanced group, the level is already higher, they already know more words, talk about hobbies and feelings. However, words with the letter y challenge the learners. Those who have received temporary protection have the desire and motivation to learn Finnish, because it is the key to getting by in everyday life, the path to studies and enables access to working life.
The language café met on Tuesdays
from 5 pm to 7 pm, two or three times a month
and continued until mid-May.
For the summer months, the language café moved
to outside and started language walks.
During the walks, we got to know Kuopio,
it´s history and notable people.
The language walks will continue until end of August.
