Wounded Finnish Peacekeepers Association

Wounded Finnish Peacekeepers Association (VKV ry) is an organization for Finnish military and civilian peacekeepers and crisis management veterans who have been disabled in service. The association also provides expertise on experiences of the wounded veterans both to existing and potential members and governmental decision makers. VKV ry works in close cooperation with the Finnish Peacekeepers Association (SRTL) and other veterans’ organizations but is an independent actor.

VKV ry was founded in 2013 on a need-basis firstly to promote the issues and difficulties of veterans who were disabled in service and secondly to act as a peer support platform, especially for those disabled in service who are excluded from the support provided by the state.

The association provides rehabilitation and other support to those members who are not covered by state compensation, peer support to all its members and participates as a subject matter expert in the preparation and decision-making of matters concerning the wounded veterans on different levels of society. For example, in 2024, VKV Ry had a meeting with the the National Defense Committee on veteran support and participated in the preparation of the Ministry of Defense’s National Military Crisis Management Veteran Program 2025–2027.

Members

The members of the association include peacekeeping and crisis management veterans who have been wounded, injured or gotten a service related illness from several decades and various operations. The injuries of the members vary from serious physical injuries that affect them for life to smaller injuries, joint and nervous system injuries, PTSD in all its forms and other mental health disorders.

Anyone who has been wounded, disabled, injured or gotten ill due to service on deployments and who accepts the purpose and rules of the association can become a member. Members are approved by the association’s board upon application.

Membership applications are to be made via a free-form email, in which the applicant is asked to provide, in addition to their own information, information about their service and the injuries (as accurately as it can be recorded in the email), the subsequent treatment and the impact on the present.

Support members

Everyone is welcomed to support our association and its veterans by making a donation of ten euros (€10.00) to our account FI38 5740 92200851 74, with your name and contact information in the banking message.


Donations

You can support the association and its activities with any amount you see appropriate to the association’s account FI38 5740 92200851 74. All donations received by the association are used for rehabilitation or peer support activities for members.