 In 2001 a completely new area opened for her when she was asked to join Ilkka Puhakka and Reijo "Klinu" Loikkanen for evangelistic tours in Russian prisons.Since then she has been touring regularly in some 400 prisons and drug rehab centers, particularly within the former Soviet Union countries.In her home town/province Kokkola, Nina Åström has acted as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.