Support Our House Project
It has been a long term dream from our initiative to have a house project. This is in line with our long term campaign “No lager for women* and children, Abolish all lagers”.
We know this is a long shot in the unknown, especially because our organisation is based on a majority of women* who are still in their asylum process and threatened with everyday racism and deportation.
This includes also women who have very limited chances of getting access to the housing market. However, we believe with your solidarity and support, we can realise this dream.
It is from this solidarity that, we have been offered to buy a house in a small village in the State of Brandenburg. A small village where most probably the residents are against foreigners, but we have also met a few residents in the same area, who are happy to live in a diverse community. This is what we want to build on.
We have been able to interact with many housing projects all over the country, where we have experienced warm welcome and political solidarity.
Some of us have had the privilege of staying in Solizimmer or bedrooms offered to people in need, which have been both very helpful and a learning space.
From these experiences, it was possible to learn a lot on how left-wing movements, individuals and supporters operate and organise. This has been an eye-opening experience on what it means to be perceived as anti-racist and being anti-racist (an uncomfortable topic for another day).
We have been more than grateful for these opportunities. This is why we look forward to your solidarity and support to be able to build an autonomous solidarity and social housing project of our own. This does not mean though that we will no longer need the spaces you have provided for us. We need them now more than ever, because the political climate is blowing against us and without you, many of us will be blown away.
We also know that it is not a walk in the park to run these spaces. We have many unanswered questions, for example, where will Women in Exile find the thousands of Euros needed to buy the house. Or, do we have the capacity and energy to fix and clean up this house which looks to be in a such a messy state?
With your solidarity and support, we are ready to give it ago!! Our motto is to “keep on going” and this why we believe we can make this dream become a reality!