Joensuu Soroppi - Meeting place for all Soroppi runs the cafeteria with the help of volunteers. Many kind of help is offered for people in need. In the cafe you can spend time, read papers, have some coffee, meet your friends, take up new hobbies, have meetings and receive information about different kind of things. Regular users are for example self help groups such as Gamblers anonymous or groups of drug addicts and Russian immigrants. The Center for Voluntary Help Services is built up of various functions.
Workers are mostly volunteers.
It gives social support, information and help for problems. Delivered food is free of charge. The service is organised by the co operation of Red Cross and Church. KOTO-Program KOTO is a model to count taxation and income. With a help of computer program one's income, taxation and benefits can be compared so that it can be calculated how the change in one benefit effects on the total financial situation.