KÄPY – Child Death Families KÄPY ry
KÄPY ry is a non-governmental organization devoted to providing peer support for families whose child has died. KÄPY was founded in 1991 by families who had lost a child through SIDS, and the original Finnish name reflected that. But since its foundation KÄPY has grown a lot. The organisation offers support primarily to families and parents whose child has died in the late stages of pregnancy, in infancy, childhood, or young adulthood. KÄPY provides peer support, peer training, promotes the interests of families and takes part in research.
If you would like to attend to the peer support group meetings for parents, please contact us. At the moment we don´t have ongoing group in english but if we will have enough participants the group will be organized.
For grief support call
Our counseling line
+358 45 325 9595
is open at Wednesdays from 9:00 am – 11:00 and 12:00 – 14:00
or you can also email to us tuki@kapy.fi
Some links for grieving parents
- International Stillbirth Alliance stillbirthalliance.org
- International Society for the Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death ispid.org
- First Candle firstcandle.org
- stillstandingmag.com
- lovelossproject.com
- abedformyheart.com
- grievingparents.net
- grievingparents.net/surviving-my-first-year-of-child-loss/
- stillapartofus.com Still a Part of US – a podcast about stillbirth and infant loss
Contact us
Address
KÄPY – Child Death Families KÄPY ry
Åkerlundinkatu 3 B, 4. krs.
33100 Tampere
FinlandTel. +358 45 652 4395
Email. tuki@kapy.fi