Taksvärkki campaign 2026–2027
Who Gets to Hope?
During the 2026–2027 academic year, we will be boosting young people’s hope. We want every young person to be able to have confidence in the future and to shape it.
With the proceeds from the Taksvärkki fundraising campaign, we support work with young people. In Kenya, young people living and working on the streets receive support from their associations to build a safe life for themselves. They take part in training programmes that help them set up a small business or find a job.
Participate in the Taksvärkki campaign and support young people!
Together we build a better world
Taksvärkki uses the proceeds of the Taksvärkki fundraising campaign to support the work of its partner organizations with young people in six countries.
Taksvärkki works from youth to youth
By spending one day at work and donating their pay to Taksvärkki (ODW Finland) ’s campaign, Finnish youth fund a long-term development cooperation projects. Taksvärkki’s local partner organizations are in charge of the practical implementation of the projects.
Taksvärkki promotes the conditions for young people to participate in the development of their own communities. Young people are the protagonists, not merely beneficiaries in Taksvärkki’s projects.
Thanks to the funds collected in Taksvärkki, our work can continue. We support youth inclusion and human rights in Guatemala, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal and Sierra Leone.
”The steps I’ll take to ensure the future is bright … First, I need to be doing well. And also help the next person close to me.”
Victor, Kenya
“If you want to shape the future, the most important thing is to do something. It doesn’t matter if you’re not perfect at it.”
Vanshika, Finland
Taksvärkki Day is your chance to make a difference!
Your Taksvärkki workday can be any day during the school year. During the Taksvärkki Workday, the students in order to earn a pay. The pay is then donated to the Taksvärkki fundraising. The Taksvärkki Workday can be realized as a traditional one-day work for each student or, for example, as a joint event of the entire school.
In Finland, the Taksvärkki campaign has a strong development education component. Our volunteer Global Educators visit elementary and secondary schools in different parts of Finland and hold workshops on equality, discrimination, active youth, and children’s rights. These workshops are complemented by high-quality learning materials and study packages for teachers. The goal is to raise a sense of global responsibility in Finnish youth and to build links between youth.
Do you need help or tips organizing a Taksvärkki Day? Please contact us: ilmoittautuminen@taksvarkki.fi
This is how we can work together to give young people hope:
15€
For 15 euros, two young people in Kenya are taking part in a training course on financial and entrepreneurial skills. The savings and small loans provided by the youth’s own associations help young people to set up small businesses.
35€
For 35 euros, one member of a youth association in Kenya is taking part in a course on mental wellbeing and can act as a peer support for other young people.
55€
For 55 euros, a youth group in Guatemala carries out awareness-raising and advocacy work on young people’s rights for a month.
Taksvärkki fundraising day
One part of the Taksvärkki campaign is the Taksvärkki fundraising campaign. It is based on a day’s work, or ”Taksvärkki”.
Different collection methods:
- The student or pupil participates in the Taksvärkki Workday and donates their pay to Taksvärkki.
- The school organizes a Taksvärkki event, such as a concert or sale, the proceeds of which are directed to the campaign.
- Student councils can participate by donating part of the proceeds of its café or kiosk to the campaign.
Where can you find Taksvärkki jobs?
On a Taksvärkki Workday, you can work in a company or household, for example. Taksvärkki work can be done almost anywhere, for example in a shop, office, café, home, local radio station, theater or parliament as an assistant. The whole school or class can also do contract work for a municipality or company together.
The Taksvärkki Workday also makes workplaces familiar
On a Taksvärkki Workday, students can learn about working life in a field they are interested in. At the same time, they can gain useful experience and network for future summer jobs.
Taksvärkki Newsletter
Taksvärkki’s monthly newsletter (in Finnish) gives perspectives on different cultures and the realities of developing countries. It gives useful tools and materials to be used in global education in schools and other educational institutions as well as the latest news related to the campaign.
Undugu Society of Kenya
Undugu Society is Taksvärkki’s partner organization in Kenya.
Through collaboration between the organisations, support is provided to young people living and working on the streets who are setting up their own associations. These young people learn leadership and advocacy skills and act as agents of change within their own communities, drawing on the training and peer support provided by the project.
Read more about Taksvärkki’s development cooperation projects.
You can find more information on Undugu Society’s work on Undugu’s homepage.
Our achievements in 2024
18 400
children and youth in Guatemala, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal and Sierra Leone participated in Taksvärkki’s development cooperation programme.
3 200
active youth participated in implementing the Taksvärkki’s development cooperation programme.
2 900
adult duty-bearers participated in promoting and supporting the rights of youth.