Lotta Svärd Foundation

Lotta Svärd Säätiö is a foundation founded by the Lotta women that continues their work by enabling, through the returns on its assets, everyday security for Finns. Its activities include community grants, the Lottagalleria, Lottamuseo, Lottakanttiini and Lottapuoti. The foundation also financially supports the Non Fighting Generation ry (NFG) programme that guides young people away from violence. Lottamuseo is a specialised museum maintained by the foundation that records the history of the Lotta Svärd organisation and its members and studies women's voluntary work as part of the country's history. The Lottas founded Suomen Naisten Huoltosäätiö in 1944 as a continuation of the relief work of their disbanded organisation; it still operates under the name Lotta Svärd Säätiö. In accordance with the Lottas' wish and the foundation's rules, its purpose is to assist women's education for action in crisis situations, assist children and young people who have faced a crisis, cherish the Lotta heritage and maintain Lottamuseo.

The Lottas founded Suomen Naisten Huoltosäätiö in 1944 as a continuation of the relief work of their organisation, which had been disbanded in 1944. It still operates under the name Lotta Svärd Säätiö. In accordance with the Lottas' wish and the foundation's rules, the purpose of Lotta Svärd Säätiö is to assist women's education for action in crisis situations, assist children and young people who have faced a crisis, cherish the Lotta heritage and maintain Lottamuseo.

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