Finnish ideas, Indian classrooms

VentureVillage was founded by Unnikrishnan S Kurup and Dr Anup Jinadevan, two Keralites who have lived and worked in Finland for more than a decade. An engineer and a doctor, they had seen as parents how differently children learn in Finland.

After the 2018 floods in Kerala, they helped raise funds for the state’s recovery and looked for a lasting way to give back. Education was the natural answer. Rather than exporting Finnish solutions as they are, they chose to build programs together with educators, so that they fit the schools that use them.

The first programs, FutureCity and GreenCity, taught children how the economy works and how to care for the environment, through games and role play. Today our programs in India also cover climate action with E4ET, and menstrual health with My Period My Pride.

Our programs focus on what children need for life: the economy, sustainability, working life, society and entrepreneurship. They make these themes enjoyable and practical.