Health Buddy Program
Page last reviewed 16.9.2025
Hivpoint’s Health Buddy Program aims to find motivated and enthusiastic people to be our advocates. The Health Buddies spread knowledge about sexual health including HIV and sexually transmitted infections in migrant and refugee communities. The Health Buddies will also participate in planning the sexual health activities.
The goal of the program is to raise awareness of HIV and sexual health in communities we are not reaching at the moment. Sexuality and sexual health are sensitive topics and sometimes hard to discuss openly. Health Buddies as our sexual health advocates have a great opportunity to share knowledge about safe sex, sexual health, Hivpoint and our services.
Do you want to become a Health Buddy?
Health Buddy Program will not be implemented in 2025!
Health Buddies for 2025 have been trained in the Care, Support and Safety Project. Read more >>
When applying you don’t need to have any training in sexual health issues beforehand. The most important thing is that you are interested in sexual education and willing to learn! We will train and support all our Health Buddies.
You can be our new Health Buddy if you…
- Moved to Finland from somewhere else / have a multicultural background
- Are interested in sexual health and rights
- Have the ability to speak about sexual health and rights in other languages except Finnish and Swedish
- Have a community or group in mind where you could conduct the sexuality education workshops
- Respect sexual and cultural diversity
- Can follow the training that Hivpoint will organize for the educators in Finnish or English
- Are over 16 years old
Working hours and reward
Health Buddies will get a reward for their work. Health Buddies plan activities together with a Hivpoint’s specialist. The work is very flexible, and it is possible to organize the working hours to suit your own schedules.
You don’t need to be an expert on sexual health yet, as we will train you on that!
Apply for Health Buddy training
There is no Health Buddy training this year 2025!
Additional information
Health Buddy program
Laura Keskinen
laura.keskinen(at)hivpoint.fi
