Do your internship at Kulttuurikeskus Ninho
Develop a more diverse children’s culture in Finland while preparing for your future career
The Ninho Internship Program offers internship opportunities for committed and interested students. This is an integral component of our multicultural association’s goals, and provides concrete benefits to our projects: Kolibrí Festivaali, Lukupesä reading nest program, PICNIC family encounters among others.
Students doing an internship are actively involved in their assigned project or team and play an important role in some of the day-to-day operations of the association while achieving their internship learning objectives.
Our internship opportunities are available for individuals from diverse nations, geography, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, religion, ability, spirituality, age, experiences, viewpoints, disciplines, etc.
The Ninho Internship Program
Ninho offers an intercultural and multilingual team environment, mentorship, and a wide array of learning opportunities for students interested in the non-profit sector.
Particularly, we offer the opportunity to learn and be active doing work that supports the creative expression, communication and participation of various immigrant and multicultural communities in the children’s culture sector.
Duration and location of the internship:
Our typical internship lasts 3 months, full or part-time (50% or 100% dedication). We can consider short-term full-time internships (5ECTS European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System). It is possible to extend an existing internship if the intern, their program, or supervisors agree and if it fits the schedule and resources of our association. Team projects are a possibility, depending on our needs and resources.
- Internships can be hybrid or in-person, depending on the position, but only for students located in Finland. In some special tasks, the internship could be completed exclusively online. This will be decided on a case-by-case basis.
- Please note we provide internship certificates, however, for the time being, Ninho can only offer unpaid internship opportunities.
- Students from Erasmus+ program can also be considered.
Want to do your internship at Ninho? Check out our 2026 Calendar!
Open 2026 Internship positions:
Project Assistant
- Application period: 1.-31.12.2025.
- Selection process: Interviews on 19.1.
- Internship period: February to April.
- Duration: 3 months, depending on the educational institution’s program.
- Location: Helsinki Capital region – Hybrid.
- Language skills: Fluent English is needed, but other minority languages in Finland are a plus (Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi…).
💡Perfect for: students of events or cultural production, social services, or other studies related to community building.
Working under the guidance of our General Producer, you’ll help us produce events included in our projects Lukupesä: ‘Leemos Juntos / Lemos Juntos’, storytelling marathons in Spanish and Portuguese, KABOOKS!, Multilingual musical storytelling celebration and ‘Reading Together’, a day full of storytelling sessions in more than 10 languages to celebrate International Children’s Book Day.
You’ll learn all the steps of multicultural projects in children’s culture, collaborating with Oodi Library, Embassies, community-based associations and other institutions.
How to apply: Fill in the form and email your CV to info@ninho.fi. If possible, please add a recommendation letter (e.g., advisor, teacher, employer). Use the subject line: ‘Project assistant position’.
Community building
- Application period: this is an open position waiting for the best candidates.
- Internship period: the project has 2 annual periods: usually from Feb-June and from Aug-Dec. Internships can have a 3 to 6 months duration.
- Location: Helsinki Capital region – Hybrid.
- Language skills: Fluent English and Spanish are needed.
💡Perfect for: students of events or cultural production, social services, community building and/or with background related to children’s culture field.
The person will coordinate our project PICNIC Art Family Encounters in Spanish.
This project involves coordinating encounters of 2 groups of Spanish-speaking families who gather at Pasila Library (Helsinki). One group has families with babies, and the other families with toddlers and children aged up to 5-6 years old approx.
You’ll learn to coordinate projects, design the families encounters and (if possible) you can facilitate activities like storytelling sessions, musical activities or easy movement exercises.
How to apply: Fill in the form and email your CV to info@ninho.fi. If possible, please add a recommendation letter (e.g., advisor, teacher, employer). Use the subject line: ‘PICNIC position’.
Upcoming internship positions in 2026:
Marketing and Communications
- Application period: 2.-23.3.2026.
- Selection process: 24.3.-20.4.2026.
- Internship period: Around the 3rd or 4th week of May, until August or November, depending on the student’s internship.
- Duration: 3 to 6 months, depending on the educational institution’s program. 6 months internships will have advantage in the selection process.
- Location: Helsinki Capital region – Hybrid.
- Language skills: Fluent English needed. Other languages like Finnish, Swedish, or any other minority language in Finland (Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic…) are a plus.
💡Perfect for: students of communication, marketing, events or cultural production.
You’ll help us create and run the marketing campaign of our flagship project Kolibrí Festivaali. Working under the guidance of our Communications Coordinator, you’ll create written and visual content for our SoMe channels (IG, FB, LK), website, and press releases to help us reach more families and allies.
This intern position is a great opportunity to learn about all the steps involved in children’s culture, events communications, as well as accessible and intercultural communication.
Community building and non-formal learning
- Application period: 7.-28.5.2026.
- Selection process: 29.5.-19.6.2026.
- Internship period: August to October.
- Duration: 3 months, depending on the educational institution’s program.
- Location: Helsinki Capital region – Hybrid.
- Language skills: Fluent English needed.
💡Perfect for: students of social services, pedagogy, community building, intercultural communication, or any other non-formal learning studies.
The person will coordinate our project PICNIC Art Family Encounters in Spanish.
You’ll help us create and run different tasks to produce our flagship project Kolibrí Festivaali.
You’ll be in charge of Kolibrí’s feedback (an important tool to listen to all peers and enhance the festival) and will assist our volunteer’s coordinator. Additionally, you’ll help us design 2026 Serenity Corner, a very important space in the festival, especially for people in need of a quite space.
Project assistant
- Application period: 7.-28.5.2026.
- Selection process: June 2026.
- Internship period: August or September until November-December.
- Duration: 3 to 6 months, depending on the educational institution’s program.
- Location: Helsinki Capital region – Hybrid.
- Language skills: Fluent English needed.
💡Perfect for: students of events or cultural production, social services, or other studies related to community building.
Working under the guidance of our General Producer, you’ll help us produce our event Día de Muertos – Family Day. Additionally, you’ll assist in coordinating our Día de Muertos Community Gathering, and help us create reports, or other tasks related to our different projects.
This intern position is a great opportunity to learn about all the steps involved in children’s events production, as well as accessible and intercultural communication, and project management.
Ninho is the place for you if you are interested in:
- Learning about and experiencing the agency of immigrants in Finland, especially the Ibero-American Community.
- Learning about educational, cultural and communication processes.
- Honing language skills, especially Spanish and Portuguese.
- Supporting togetherness, wellbeing and dialogue processes of plurilingual families.
- Promoting minority heritage languages, children’s literature and reading mediation.
- Learning about the artistic, scientific and creative talents of people from diverse backgrounds and abilities.
- Diversifying the children’s culture sector.
Together we can tailor a suitable learning journey, a way to provide you with the learning opportunities you need.
What kind of internship you can do at Ninho?
Production assistance
Help organize events with diverse audiences and actors. It’s a good opportunity for students interested in interpersonal relations, customer service, facilitation, cultural production, wellbeing processes, social work, design etc.
Special projects
For students who need support for ongoing specific projects in the form of desk research, and other information-seeking tasks, or support with other tasks compatible with the person’s desired learning outcome.
Translation and interpretation
We usually translate most of our communication materials into English, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish, to break down language barriers and enhance accessibility. We provide opportunities for those who want to hone their language skills.
Communication
Run strategies, social media campaigns, create written and audiovisual content, and communicate with our audiences to get more visibility of our projects and events, and spread out our mission.
Project management
Conduct projects, and maybe even coordinate a small team of volunteers in an area of their expertise. We are open for proposals to work with communities, so if you have an idea, contact us!
Get to know our projects and programs
Ninho’s biggest project is Kolibrí Festivaali, a unique multicultural, free and open art festival for children and their families. During 13 editions, we’ve reached more than 20 000 attendees and more than 30 communities.
But Kolibrí is not our only project! Work with communities at PICNIC, develop reading mediation at Lukupesä, connect with communities at KABOOKS! and much more!
Get to know Ninho’s mission and values
Kulttuurikeskus Ninho ry (Ninho) has been working since 2016 to develop a more multicultural and plurilingual children’s culture in Finland. Our activities are recognized as opportunities for learning, togetherness and dialogue, supporting plurilingual families and immigrants in Finland who enjoy spending high-quality time together, learning about and experiencing different cultures.
Ninho’s activities are based on global education and active learning, through multidisciplinary artistic expressions celebrating diversity. We embrace what makes us different, learning from one another and appreciating the beauty of building something new together.
Partner Universities and schools
Some experiences from other interns at Ninho
Leo Spano, student from Diak
“How wonderful it has been to work with you on such a valuable mission you have undertaken!
It was a privilege and an honor to support you in this great project. Thank you for teaching me so much! More than what I learned, you inspired me to seek out a project that gives as much as this one!.”
Hansani Dahanayake, student from Jyväskylä University
“As a Master’s student in Language, Globalization, and Intercultural Communication, I found this to be an ideal internship opportunity that allowed me to connect academic theory with real-world practice.
I learned how communication and intercultural theories come to life in a real multicultural environment. I also had the opportunity to work closely with experienced and inspiring staff members, who shared their valuable insights and professional experiences.
One of the most rewarding parts of my internship was being able to contribute to promoting children’s cultural experiences, supporting inclusion and intercultural understanding.”
Patricia Zamudio, student from Helsinki Business College
“My experience has been extremely enriching and satisfying. I have had the opportunity to perform key tasks in financial administration. These activities have allowed me to gain a deep understanding of financial processes in the context of a non-profit organization.
The team has been incredible, and their support has been fundamental to the success of my internship. I greatly value this experience for the knowledge I have gained and the people I have met. Thank you for the opportunity.”