From the beginning Women in Exile found there was a need for refugee women and their children to celebrate at the end of the year. Give presents to the children, eat together and be merry with friends. To some this is important because it reminds them of their traditions of good times in their home countries and to the others it is a part of intergrating into the new culture of holiday mood. It is also the possibility for women from different Heim to meet, exchange ideas and catch up with the work of women in Exile. This is is an opportunity for us to meet new refugee and non refugee women interested in our work.
This year we were lucky to have refugee women from other states such as Bayern, Mekllenburg Vorpermman, Anthalt Sachsen. That means we should not only network with refugee women only for demos, tours and conferences but also to celebrate with us.
This year was no exceptional as the women met in Berlin in a project house where we held a festive party. We had lots of fun, presentation of presents for the children, dancing between grown ups and children, and more importantly food and drinks!