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ETRA-liitto ry
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ETRA-liitto ry
ETRA-liitto ry (ETRA Association) is a Finnish temperance NGO with several local branches all over the country. Its goal is to promote healthy and temperate lifestyle habbits by health education, lectures, seminars, booklets, health papers and vegetarian restaurants etc.
1956
ETRA Association is established with the name Elämäntavat Raittiiksi - Liitto r.y. The first chairman was Ph.D. Henning Karström. He was a well-known biochemist and had been working together with A.U. Virtanen, when this received his Nobel prize in biochemistry. Karströms studies on entzyms are still counted high and valued a as the pioneer work in the area.
1957
The first film against tobacco smoking "One of 20.000" is ordered to Finland and it is shown in schools. By the year 1991 ETRA Association has the largest temperance film and video loan service in Finland has.
1960
Road to health -correspondence course is planned together with the Bible Corresponce School.
The first vegetarian cooking course is arranged during the camp for mothers.
1961
Smoke Signals -paper is established. During the next three decades this paper planned for the school kids was sold/given every year 30.000 - 100.000. The reprints were largest in the beginning of 1970s just before the first tobacco law in Finland.
1964
The first Stop Smoking in Five Days -course is arranged in Finland.
1967
The first time the shortening ETRA is used with the name of the association: Elämäntavat raittiiksi -liitto ETRA ry.
Tauno A. Luukkanen is chosen as a managing leader.
1969
Savu-Sirkku (Smoking Sue) is introduced to the Finnish public during the Finlands 50 year Fair.
The project continues and had by the turn of the century reached about 900.000 young people in the schools and visitors in fairs. Smoking Sue was a mannekine doll which could smoke and had lungs of glass with white fiber that became dark because of smoking. In later years has been used pigs lungs to show how dark the lungs can become because of smoking.
1970
The first temperance poster "Money and Life" -is published by ETRA Association. During the following years there more and more posters and their message is changed more positive: "Young healthy not smoking." The most sold poster has been "Your cigarrette distroys the lungs of the earth".
1971
A large torch march against smoking is arranged in Tampere. Similar marches were during the next years arranged in several other cities.
1973
Stop Smoking in Five Days -course material was translated and published in Finnish.
All over Finland large Stop Smoking -courses are arranged, the largest 1975 in Helsinki in Alvar Aalto's recently built Finlandia-house and in another larger facility in the town.
1975
ETRA Association gets a new logo.
1980
The name of the organization is changed to ETRA-liitto ry.
In Helsinki many temperance organizations are marching against selling beer free with the theme "Keskiolut Alkoon".
1986
The Smoking Intervention program begins in Tanzania. It continues to 1993, when the film Tobacco in Tanzania becomes ready. The film has been shown several times in Finnish and Swedish TV.
Tupakka Tansaniassa -videonäyte
1993
Interactive computer program Aikapommi (Time Bomp) against Tobacco Smoking is planned. 1998 it is made as CD.
The tobacco intervention project as a WHO:s consult begins in Tiantsin in China.
1994
The temperance work in Finland is rearranged and ETRA-liitto chooses to work with Raittiuden Ystävät, the oldest temperance organization in finland established in 1853. As an another partner to ETRA-liitto is chosen the Christian Blue Band -organization.
1995
The booklet Vine in the Bible is published.
1997
Parents with Responsibility -program is planned together with Raittiuden Ystävät. It is found to be uptodate topic. The booklet is chosen the best health booklet of the year. Later to the same Responsibility topic is added Grandparents with responsibility (1999), Youth leaders with responsibility (2000) ja The parents of the first year baby (2003) -materials.
1999
Breath Free material is used to write a new handbook for stop smoking -courses.
"Health Education and Tobacco Intervention Program" begins in Nepal as pilot project. In Nepal the responsibility if the project has been carried by Scheer Memorial Hospital and Sundar Thapa has been chosen as a project leader. By the end of the year 2008 the two day health course has been attended by more 200.000 students and teachers and the street dramas have reached more than 300.000 students and parents. The program has also been working together with the Nepalese TV and radio. A film "Request" has been shown several times in Nepalese TV.
2003
Raittiuden Ystävät publishes the booklet "Who decides... about smoking" written by Aune Greggas with pictures by Julius Mylius.
The booklet can be bouth from Raittiuden Ystävät.
2004
The first evaluation trip to Nepal to check the Health Education and Tobacco Intervention Program (HETIP) in Nepal. All the schools which are visited are absolutely interested of the program. Both smoking teachers, students and the parents say, they would stop smoking, and those who do not smoke, say they will never begin.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland gives money to continue the Health Eduction and Tobacco Intervention -program in Nepal in the years 2004-2006 (40.000 eur/year). The plan is that all the school attended will declare as Smokfree schools.
2005
Health EXPO is arranged for the first time in Finland. It has a poster exhibition with 16 different health topics and several health measurement tests, blood pressure, PEF, body fat, health age etc.
2006
Association of Adventist Women gives Woman-of-the-Year-Award to Aune Greggas for the Health Education and Tobacco Intervention Program ja ESA&EVA School Project in Nepal in Seattle (WA) 14.10.2006. By the end of the year about 150.000 young peolpe from classes 5.-10. and about 200.000 nepalese have followed the street dramas on different health topics.
Evaluation trip to Nepal is made by Ari Mönttinen, the chairman of ETRA-liitto as a leader. With him there were Kari Karanko and Matti Lahtinen from the Ministry for Foreing Affairs in Finland. In Surkhet the group is welcomed with hundreds of flowers.
The ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland continues the support to the Health Education and Tobacco Intervention Program in Nepal in the years 2007-2009 (68.000 eur/year). During the three years it is planned to meet 42.000 students and teachers from the classes 5.-10. in 180 villages and arrange in each village a street drama of health topics. The 2-day health course helps the schools to become Smokefree. < img src="tytotluokassa.jpg" width="110" height="75" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="1" align="left" alt="Oppilaiden opetusta Surkhetissa evaluaatiokäynnin yhteydessä">
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