Monaliiku

About Monaliiku 

Monaliiku - Well-being and Sports for Multicultural Women is an NGO established in 2009 to create more opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds to engage in sports activities.
Our mission is to promote the health, well-being and physical activities of women and girls through sports, regardless of their religion, skin colour or cultural background and we aim to ensure and increase the equal participation of women and girls in sports and hobbies. We have expertise in understanding gender and culturally bonded characteristics related to sports environment and in integrating gender- and culturally sensitive methods.

Monaliiku is coordinating local projects and sports activities like Fit4Life, Mentor on the Move or Elderly Ladies on the Move. All these activities enhance the health and well-being of multicultural women and their families through sports. The activities vary from exercise groups to football and yoga or from swimming teaching to health education and sports events for families. We strive to engage in our activities the women who need support in integrating healthy lifestyle or sports to their everyday life. 

Monaliiku is specialized in arranging activities for multicultural women and girls who face different kind of challenges in participating to sports and exercise groups due to personal restrictions that stem from their cultural background, and which are not always recognized and considered in the society. Monaliiku is experienced in finding solutions that break down the barriers and obstacles that multicultural and immigrant women face when engaging to sports groups and activities and thus preventing their social exclusion in the society. 

Monaliiku also forms part of different European Union's funded projects such as the Out4In Project, Hooray or upcoming Mentor on the Move. 

Monaliiku is a very multicultural workplace with the employees representing different cultures from all over the world.

Your work as a volunteer 

Monaliiku is offering a one-year ESC volunteering position starting 6th of January 2025. The ESC volunteer will be working at Monaliiku’s office in Helsinki. The main task of the volunteer would be to support the work in the different projects and activities. The volunteer will also be
coordinating the activities in the different EU projects in which Monaliiku is a partner.

The volunteer will be mostly responsible with the communication with the different organisations involved in this project and with monitoring that the tasks in the projects are performed in time
and with the required quality. Monaliiku is currently a partner in three EU projects.

The volunteer will also be part of the office team and perform tasks related to office maintenance. The volunteer can also be working in other projects suitable for their skills and knowledge.

Volunteer profile

We hope that the volunteer is motivated, interested in the scope of our activities, has a good level of English, has good communication skills, works well in teams. The volunteer should be able to take initiative, work independently and be open to discover other cultures and different ways of doing things. Good organizational, IT and social media skills are an advantage.

All communication in Monaliiku is in both English and Finnish, which makes it easy for a person knowledgeable in English to take part in all activities. The bilingual communication can also help the volunteer to learn some Finnish. Please note that we can only accept volunteer applications from EU countries and Ukraine.