MIELI Without Borders

Mental health awareness for foreign language speakers in Finland

Mental health is for everyone

Moving to and living in a new country can be terrifying and sometimes even traumatizing. About one third of foreign-language speakers in Finland feel that they would have needed support for their mental health but didn’t reach out. The main reason was the availability of information in a language they understand – or rather lack thereof.

MIELI Without Borders wants to fill this gap and go even further. We believe that access to mental health support should not be determined by your cultural or linguistic background, and we’re dedicated to fight for this.

Mental health does not discriminate. And neither should mental healthcare.

With almost half a million foreigners living in Finland, and an everchanging world-political situation, this is now more important than ever. Join us and become part of a community for foreigners, by foreigners that welcomes people regardless of language, origin, ability, gender, religion, or status.

Information

about mental
health

Guidance

about services
in Finland

Community

of non-Finnish
speakers

What’s new?

Breaking Barriers Podcast

This 2-episode podcast was created by 4 Diak (Diaconia University of Applied Sciences) students who wanted to bring attention to the link between racism and mental health. In this dialogical exploration, they discuss the professional social services perspective and what can be improved.

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Meeting differently

In this blog, Ingrid André describes the mindfulness walk experience on 10.10 in honor of World Mental Health Day where participants co-created through meditation and walking.

Mental Health Monday

Our last Mental Health Monday is on November 25th, and it’s about the Arts and Mental Health at Luckan Integration (Yrjönkatu 27, 00100 Helsinki) from 18:00 – 19:30.

Community party

Let’s celebrate another year of MIELI Without Borders together. We will meet for our end-of-the-year community party at Luckan Integration (Yrjönkatu 27, 00100 Helsinki) on Wednesday the 18th of December.

Registration coming soon