Girku SOS

Developing a helpline in Sami language

Girku SOS

Developing a helpline in Sami language

Girku SOS

The Interreg Aurora funded project Girku SOS aims to develope a service for the Sami population who need someone to talk to anonymously about life struggeling matters. Girku SOS will contribute to better public health by being present to all people who need someone who is good to talk to when life is difficult. With the help of good technology anyone in need can contact the service completely anonymously. Those who contact can be absolutely confident that all of the volunteers, located throughout Sápmi, will speak sami language and have cultural understanding.

Read more on the project website

Contact: Gry Heggas Jensen – gry.jensen@kirkens-sos.no

Lead Partner EU
Stiftelsen Kyrkans SOS

Lead Partner Norway
Kirkens SOS Nord-Hålogaland

TYPE OF PROJECT
Regular project

SUB-AREA
Sápmi

PRIORITY
Better and more sustainable cross-border governance

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
Cross-border capacity building

PROJECT DURATION
2023-04-01 – 2025-04-01

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
352 100 Euro

EU-FUNDING, INTERREG AURORA
70 560 Euro

NORWEGIAN IR-FUNDING
121 000 Euro

STATUS
Ongoing

Social, ecological and economic sustainable development is an overarching goal in the Interreg Aurora Programme. All projects funded by Interreg Aurora contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Girku SOS project contributes primarly to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Project News

Girku SOS
Events

Should I Stay, or should I Go?

The Interreg Aurora funded project Girku SOS aims to develope service for the Sami population who need someone to talk to anonymously about life struggeling

Girku SOS
Results

Sami helpline for better health

Interreg.no has written an article in Norwegian about the Interreg Aurora funded project Girku SOS. The project aims to contribute to better public health by

Steering Committee meetings in Vaasa
News

New Interreg Aurora projects approved

The two Steering Committees, for sub-area Aurora and sub-area Sápmi, have met 14-15 June in Vaasa to decide on new cross-border cooperation projects in the