Ukrainian youths enjoy summer in Helsinki

Ukrainian children and young people from Helsinki’s partner city Dnipro came to Finland for a summer camp in July and enjoyed nature as well as sightseeing in Helsinki, said the City of Helsinki in a press release on Tuesday.

Helsinki made a cooperation agreement with the City of Dnipro in December 2023. One of the special themes of this cooperation is working with children and young people.

To that end, the City of Helsinki collaborated with Leirikesä ry and Helsinki YMCA to hold a two-week camp for children and young people from Dnipro in Helsinki and its surroundings in July.

A total of 30 young people from Ukraine came to enjoy the Finnish summer and take a break from their stressful everyday life in their war-torn native country.

The young people from Dnipro spent the majority of their camp period in the naturally beautiful environment of Kiljava Camp Centre in Hyvinkää.

The camp provided them with plenty of action-filled theme activities, hobby and arts and crafts clubs, and peaceful tent village moments among their own group.

In their leisure time, the children taking part engaged in activities such as wall climbing, jumping on a trampoline and swimming in the local lake.

During their trip to Finland, the children and young people also got to enjoy an urban adventure and see the most important sights of Helsinki.