Volunteerism & ICTs: Finland

Finland at a Glance


Languages	Finnish, Swedish (both official); small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities
Religions	Evangelical Lutheran 90%, Greek Orthodox 1.2%, none 9%, other 1%
Ethnicity	Finn 93%, Swede 6%, Sami (Lapp) 0.11%, Romany (Gypsy) 0.12%, Tatar 0.02%
Population	5,238,460 (July 2007 est.)
Capital	Helsinki, 515,765
Currency	Euro (EUR)
Web Domains	.fi
Phone Codes	00-358

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Get Involved with ICVolunteers' Projects in Finland

ICVolunteers-Switzerland is the Swiss branch of ICVolunteers. Historically, the Swiss office is the cradle of the whole organization. ICVolunteers has local presence in a growing number of countries, including Finland.

We invite you to look over what we are doing in the area.

ICVolunteers Projects in Finland:

Launch of House of Languages

http://wwv.icvolunteers.org/index.php?what=projectsshort&id=224

2006-07-15 03:46:56

Linguamón? House of Languages is a consortium involving the Government of Catalonia, the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia and the Universal Forum of Cultures Foundation, with the aim of promoting the world's languages as a.

Africa@home: Volunteer Computing for Africa

http://wwv.icvolunteers.org/index.php?what=projectslong&id=223

2006-07-13 00:00:00

While you are sending an email or surfing the web, your computer could be helping to tackle one of Africa's greatest humanitarian challenges, malaria.

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