During the past few decades, SYL’s themes for development cooperation have been education, supporting students, and increasing the awareness of development cooperation in Finland. The development cooperation work has promoted the principles which we value also in other activities: sustainability, fairness, and education. SYL’s development cooperation activities also involve volunteers in Finland, for instance through SYL’s Development Cooperation Advisory Board (KENKKU).
KENKKU
KENKKU consists of a group of volunteers who represent different student unions. The advisory board is in charge of managing SYL’s development cooperation projects together with the SYL board member in charge of development cooperation and the development cooperation coordinator. Members of KENKKU are elected for an academic year and the recruitment takes place in spring via JYY. If you are interested in applying, follow JYY’s communication channels such as the weekly Student News JYYTISET, JYY website and Facebook.
Current project
SYL is supporting the education of disabled students in three publicly funded universities in Ethiopia. The project aims to provide disabled students with high-quality education on an accessible basis and on level terms with other university students.
The project is supporting the participation of disabled students in the universities in question, by establishing or reinforcing the institutions’ services for the disabled. The aim is for the universities to continue providing such services and assistive devices after the project. This has worked well in previous, similar projects. The project also aims to reduce gender inequality, by ensuring that both women and men participate in the education arranged through the project.
The project is in receipt of project funding from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Because the project is assisting disabled people, the Ministry’s funding covers 92.5% of its costs, the remaining 7.5% being covered by donations.
Read more about the project, KENKKU, and SYL’s development cooperation on SYL’s website.
Donations
You can support SYL’s project by making a donation at the same time as paying JYY’s membership fee in OILI-system. Donating is completely voluntary.
Small-scale money collection information
Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä
Small-scale money collection number: Money collection has ended
Implementation period and area: Money collection has ended
Fundraising account: Money collection has ended
The intended primary use of collected funds:
The purpose is to support Empowerment and Mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities in Higher Education in Ethiopia II (EMPOWER 2) project. Our umbrella organization, the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL), is supporting the education of disabled students in three universities in Ethiopia. The project aims to provide disabled students with high-quality education on an accessible basis and on level terms with other university students.
The project is supporting the participation of disabled students in the universities in question, by establishing or reinforcing the institutions’ services for the disabled. The aim is for the universities to continue providing such services and assistive devices after the project. The project also aims to reduce gender inequality, by ensuring that both women and men participate in the education arranged through the project.
The project is in receipt of project funding from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Because the project is assisting disabled people, the Ministry’s funding covers 92.5% of its costs, the remaining 7.5% being covered by donations.
The intended secondary use of collected funds:
The purpose is to support Zambia Inclusive Higher Education Project (ZIHEP). Our umbrella organization, the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL), supports the inclusion of students with disabilities in target universities by establishing or reinforcing disability-specific services in university student services and empowering students with disabilities through the activities of their associations in Zambia. In this way, students with disabilities learn to demand the support measures they need so that they can also complete their studies after entering the university.
The project is in receipt of project funding from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Because the project is assisting disabled people, the Ministry’s funding covers 92.5% of its costs, the remaining 7.5% being covered by donations.