Loimaan Evankelinen Kansanopisto

Loimaan Evankelinen Kansanopisto

Kansanopiston Säätiö

Loimaa, Finland

EducationRefugees & MigrationChildren & YouthEmployment & Skills
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Profile last updated: July 18, 2026

About

Loimaan Evankelinen Kansanopisto is a non-profit organisation based in Loimaa, Finland working on education, refugees & migration, children & youth +1 more.

Loimaan Evankelinen Kansanopisto (LEKO) is a Christian folk high school in Loimaa, Finland, operated by the Kansanopiston Säätiö foundation. It offers adult education, including self-sufficiency courses, basic education for adult immigrants, and continuing education such as Christian art therapy and supervision training. It also rents accommodation and conference facilities at Mustajärvi camp centre and runs social services for children and young people, including a family group home and a child protection unit. The school takes part in Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps youth and staff exchanges with partners in Latvia, Sweden, Germany and other countries.

Location

Loimaa, Finland

Legal form

Säätiö

Legal name

Kansanopiston Säätiö

Registration

1023192-9

Focus areas

folk high schooladult educationimmigrant integrationself-sufficiencychild welfareyouth exchangeLoimaaFinland

Languages

FIEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

EducationRefugees & MigrationChildren & YouthEmployment & Skills

Works for

YouthRefugees & MigrantsChildrenStudents

How they work

Direct servicesVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Elämän varassa omavaraa

Education · Finland

Year-long and shorter courses in self-sufficient living, including livestock, wild herbs, gardening, preserving and cooking.

Aikuisten perusopetus maahanmuuttajille

Refugees & Migration · Finland

Basic education for adult immigrants and asylum seekers aged 17 and over who lack a Finnish basic school certificate.

Loimaan perheryhmäkoti

Children & Youth · Finland

Seven-place family group home for unaccompanied minors under 18 who have been granted residence permits.

Countries of operation

Finland

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Turun AMK, Varsinais-Suomen hyvinvointialue, Allianssi Youth Exchange

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