The visit was organised by the Union for Christian Culture in Finland and long standing URI pioneer and journalist in Finland, Heidi Rautionmaa, who is a leader in the Religious Forum of Helsinki Co-operation Circle (CC).

 

 

Musie Hailu participated in the Finnish Social Forum. He was one of the international panellists on the opening panel, where he talked about the Global Ethic and the global financial crisis.

 

Together with Heidi Rautionmaa and activists of the Union for Christian culture, he attended various meetings and workshops, among others with Finnish Member of Parliament, Pekka Haavisto, officials of the Ministery of Foreign Affairs, the new Ambassador of Finland to Ethiopia.

 

A meeting with the Bishop of the Orthodox Church was also organized, where he addressed students of a business college and participated in a peace prayer.

 

Mussie Hailu awarded a Golden Rule medal to Prof. em. Reijo E. Heinonen for his outstanding work for the last 30 years on the Global Ethic and peace and to Ms. Heidi Rautionmaa for her excellent interfaith work in Finland and for pioneering the work of URI in Finland. A third medal was awarded to Ms. Helena Kekkonen who was also the recipient of UNESCO Peace Award in 1983 and who has been working in peace education for over 40 years.