About this Website

Service Information

The Online Family Shelter is a website maintained by the Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters.

The Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters is a national child welfare organization. It aims to safeguard a child's right to a favourable growing environment and safe development, to support parenting and families, and to prevent domestic violence.

The Online Family Shelter focuses particularly on the position of children and youth in the families. Violence should not be part of a child's growing environment.

There are 2500 to 4000 visitors to the Online Shelter monthly.

Contact information:

· Responsible editors of the Online Shelter website are Auli Ojuri and Roope Karjalainen.

· The Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters, Asemamiehenkatu 4, 00520 HELSINKI.

· (09) 454 2440

· E-mail: nettiturvakoti@etu.inet.fi

The Online Shelter is funded by Finland's Slot Machine Association and private donations. In 2008 the Online Shelter is supported by Monster Oy. The Online Shelter is part of the www.apua.info portal and was founded in 2001 with financial support form the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

All pictures have been obtained from internet image banks. Drawings in the top header of the navigation item ‘Children' were made by Salla Savolainen. Illustration of the ‘Fighting at home' in the navigation item ‘Children' has been produced by Mandala Oy.

The Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters reserves the rights in the contents of the website. The contents of the Online Family Shelter website may be quoted if reference to the source is made. Images may only be used in articles relating to the Online Family Shelter.