Pro Humano in English

LC Helsinki Pro Humano ry in a Nutshell

Pro Humano was founded on October 4, 1989. It is the second joint lions club in Finland with both men and women as lion members. Its Charter Night was on April 20, 1990.

Pro Humano is a member of the Association of Finnish Lions Clubs and belongs to its District 107-N.

During the passed over thirty years, new member have joined us, and some have had to leave mostly due to changes in their personal lives. One of the founders was still active in the club till the end of June 2021. We are grateful to our founding members for their innovative contribution to our club. We have ten members at the moment, including two couples. Four of us are Melvin Jones Fellows. We are not a big club, but we are all active in lions work.

Our standard and flag were designed by lion Jouko Martikainen, one of our founders. The symbol represents our faith in common good, humanitarian goals and cooperation worldwide as indicacted by our name.

You can contact us by our e-mail address helsinki.pro_humano@lions.fi.

What do we do?

During the years, Finnish lions have carried out many projects to raise funds for supporting those in need. We have participated in these national and international projects such as LCIF and others.

One of the recent ones has been the Nuusku project raising funds for the prevention of drugs. Nuusku (the sniffing dog) collected funds especially for the customs and their dogs sniffing the drugs already at borders. Pro Humano was the most successful one of the clubs in the District 107-N, and collected a total of 11 Nuusku toy dogs in return for its donations.

We have also for several years paid for the training of 2-3 teachers in the Lions Quest Programme, totalling up to some 20 teachers. One of our members was also a tutor in the Programme and has made scientific research on its results in behavioral changes.

We have also collected funds for two pianos, one for the School of the Blind Children in Espoo and one for the ward of chronically ill senior citizens in a hospital in Helsinki. We have also supported the Iris Centre providing rehabilitation services to blind children in Finland. This support is still going on.

We have supported children in Bangkok, Thailand, and in Estonia. We have had two goddaughters, Nadeesha in Galle and Dinesha in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Both of these girls have now finished their studies.

Recently we have mostly joined forces with some colleague clubs in the area and participated in joint projects together.  Working together for a meaningful goal is so important.