MaZaFi

MaZaFi is a net­work of a Finnish con­sor­tium with two Malaw­ian and two Zam­bian high­er edu­ca­tion insti­tu­tions in health care, par­tic­u­lar­ly nurs­ing, pub­lic health nurs­ing and mid­wifery. The con­sor­tium has received Eras­mus+ Inter­na­tion­al Cred­it Mobil­i­ty (KA171) fund­ing from the Finnish Nation­al Agency for Edu­ca­tion since 2016 to sup­port rec­i­p­ro­cal stu­dent and staff exchanges and capac­i­ty build­ing among the insti­tu­tions. With minor changes, the net­work has worked togeth­er to enhance the qual­i­ty of nurs­ing edu­ca­tion and enable pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and mul­ti­cul­tur­al under­stand­ing since 2005.

The par­tic­i­pat­ing insti­tu­tions are:

• Kare­lia Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences (Kare­lia), Joen­suu, Fin­land (coor­di­na­tor of the project)
• Metropo­lia Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences (Metropo­lia), Helsin­ki, Fin­land
• Rive­ria (voca­tion­al edu­ca­tion and train­ing), Joen­suu, Fin­land
• Kamuzu Uni­ver­si­ty of Health Sci­ences (KUH­eS), Malawi
• Daeyang Uni­ver­si­ty, Malawi
• Lusa­ka Col­lege of Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery (Lusa­ka), Zam­bia
• Liv­ing­stone Col­lege of Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery (Liv­ing­stone), Zam­bia

Current project funding

1.8.2023 – 31.7.2026 and 1.8.2025 — 31.7.2028 / Eras­mus+ KA171 Inter­na­tion­al Cred­it Mobil­i­ty

More infor­ma­tion about the fund­ing instru­ment:
Eras­mus+ glob­al mobil­i­ty for high­er edu­ca­tion, gen­er­al infor­ma­tion
Eras­mus+ ICM Hand­book for Part­ner Coun­tries
Eras­mus+ ICM Hand­book for Par­tic­i­pat­ing Organ­i­sa­tions
Eras­mus Stu­dent Char­ter — your enti­tle­ments, oblig­a­tions and duties as an Eras­mus+ stu­dent before, dur­ing and after the mobil­i­ty peri­od!

Student and staff exchanges

The Eras­mus+ project funds stu­dent and staff exchanges between high­er edu­ca­tion insti­tu­tions in Fin­land and Malawi, and Fin­land and Zam­bia. The length of stu­dent exchanges is 2–3 months and the mobil­i­ty peri­ods can include stud­ies and clin­i­cal prac­tice. The staff exchanges nor­mal­ly last 7 — 14 days and con­sist of e.g. lec­tures, work­shops, dis­cus­sions and co-cre­ation with col­leagues.

The fund­ing cov­ers the costs of flight tick­ets, insur­ance, and liv­ing costs for incom­ing stu­dents and staff in Fin­land. Stu­dents with few­er oppor­tu­ni­ties (stu­dents with under­age chil­dren, stu­dents in extreme pover­ty, orphans, and stu­dents with phys­i­cal dis­abil­i­ties) may be eli­gi­ble for a top-up grant.

This project does not fund Finnish stu­dents’ exchange peri­ods to Malawi or Zam­bia. How­ev­er, there are oth­er fund­ing options for them. More infor­ma­tion is avail­able at their home insti­tu­tion’s inter­na­tion­al office.

Stu­dents and staff mem­bers inter­est­ed in the project should con­tact their home insti­tu­tion. The home insti­tu­tion coor­di­na­tor informs about appli­ca­tion times for exchange. After the inter­nal selec­tion, the home insti­tu­tion nom­i­nates the can­di­dates to the part­ner uni­ver­si­ty abroad. There is a sep­a­rate appli­ca­tion process for incom­ing exchange stu­dents to Kare­lia (Kare­li­a’s web­site for incom­ing exchange stu­dents) and Metropo­lia (Metropo­li­a’s web­site for incom­ing exchange stu­dents). The con­tact per­sons below sup­port stu­dents in the appli­ca­tion process and in prepa­ra­tions for the exchange peri­od.

Contact persons

Kare­lia:
Katri­ina Korho­nen, Eras­mus Coor­di­na­tor, Admin. coor­di­na­tor of MaZaFi project, katriina.korhonen(at)karelia.fi
Anto­nia Stavri­dou, Inter­na­tion­al Offi­cer, mobility(at)karelia.fi
Kir­si Tan­ska­nen, Lec­tur­er, Depart­men­tal Inter­na­tion­al Coor­di­na­tor, [email protected]
Mari Savolainen and Ter­hi Hag­man, Lec­tur­ers: [email protected]
Metropo­lia:
Katari­ina Ala­va, Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions Advi­sor, katariina.alava(at)metropolia.fi
Tin­ja Kaivolahti, Lec­tur­er in Pub­lic Health Nurs­ing, [email protected]
San­na-Mari Man­ni­nen, Lec­tur­er in Mid­wifery, [email protected]
Rive­ria:
Lau­ra Häy­hä, Lec­tur­er, laura.hayha (at) riveria.fi
Kamuzu Uni­ver­si­ty of Health Sci­ences:
Dr Gen­e­sis Chor­we, Exec­u­tive Dean, School of Nurs­ing, gchor­we (at) kuhes.ac.mw
Daeyang Uni­ver­si­ty:
Ellasy Khon­je, Act­ing Dean of Nurs­ing, khon­jel­lasy (at) yahoo.co.uk
Lusa­ka Col­lege of Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery:
Angela Chipepo Mwa­ba, Act­ing Head, achipepo (at) gmail.com
Liv­ing­stone Col­lege of Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery:
Regi­na Muche­len­je, Coor­di­na­tor, Head of Depart­ment, livingstoneschoolofnursing(at)gmail.com

Student and staff experiences

Mayamiko, Daeyang Uni­ver­si­ty, exchange at Metropo­lia 2022
Metropo­lia lec­tur­ers’ Insta­gram account @lehtoritgoesafrica
Kare­lia and Metropo­lia lec­tur­ers in Zam­bia Youtube
Kare­lia stu­dent in Malawi 2023 Insta­gram @mikkiksenmatkassa
Kare­lia stu­dents in Malawi 2019 Youtube Tuo­mas ja Ville goes Malawi (in Finnish)
Kare­lia stu­dents in Liv­ing­stone 2022 @harkkasambiassa
Metropolia stu­dents’ arti­cle in Tehy jour­nal, 2022 (in Finnish)