The project was continuation to a long partnership between Karelia and Metropolia Universities of Applied Sciences and the four Zambian and Malawian institutions. Riveria College as a vocational institution brought a broader perspective of Finnish healthcare education to the consortium. The project aimed at professional growth and capacity building of lecturers and students (nursing, public health nursing, midwifery) through mobility periods in Finland, Malawi and Zambia. In addition, it aimed at increasing awareness of global health issues and improving multicultural skills among participants, the participating institutions and their working life partners, where students carried out their clinical practice periods as part of their exchanges. A major goals were also to contribute to the modernization of teaching and learning methods and to consolidate internationalization within all the participating institutions.