As a result, she started to encourage the prisoners to choose the subjects of their courses and discuss issues of universal concern as well as their own problems.
[1][2][3][4] Born on 11 June 1926 in Leppävirta, Pulmu Helena Nousiainen graduated as a chemist but later turned to education for peace.
[3] Inspired by the Brazilian pedagogue Paulo Freire, she encouraged Finnish prisoners to choose the subjects of their courses and discuss issues of universal concern as well as their own problems.
[5] In 1975, Kekkonen was elected secretary general of the educational association Vapaan Sivistystyön Yhteisjärjestön.
Together with her husband Risto Kekkonen, she organized buses to transport school children and provide essential supplies for the refugees.