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11′ses has a new name… BUMPS & BABIES!  A very common name for moms groups around the world, why because it so cute!  So we are launching our lets make integration more beautiful version of this classic idea.  Beautiful Women with Babies & Hygge!

Danish Moms, and International Moms Coming together for Coffee, Tea, and Healthy Snacks.  How cool is that?   Many International Mothers have moved to Denmark for the long haul and want to meet more danish mothers, speak more danish and develop new friendships.  Lets make Integration more beautiful, how?  Through friendships that go heart to heart!

So come on a Wednesday, and meet some new mothers in Copenhagen.

1. First time at a Friends Event?

Last week I had a great chat with one of the girls from the Friends Project, over a cup of coffee. Where she shared her story, how she came to denmark, and finally she mention actually she had not come to an event as of now.  She said she had been nervous to come along alone and had asked a friend or two from school to come with the first time, but they could not. And then she did not have the courage to come herself. This was really really great input I told her.  And I talk to a few other women who said they too had the same fear of coming into a group of women, and being the new one.  And we would like to say that every woman in Friends has been where you are, either new in the country or new to the project, they would love to meet you and hear your story, and get to know you.  We always say Friends Cafe is like going to a cafe where you can sit with anyone, say hello and begin a friendship, it is what we are here for and what we believe in.  So we would love to encourage everyone no matter where you come from or how old you are, to give it a try.  Plus the cake and coffee bar is pretty good.

2. Cafe Night: Once a month we hold an open cafe night for women of all ages, a place to meet up with friends, and meet new friends. Think of a cafe, where you can sit down with anyone and start a conversation, and know its welcome. Mix that with coffee, tea, and hygge and you start to see how the night looks.
This Months Theme is “Your STORY.” We all have a story to tell, good, bad, beautiful, crazy, kinda boring but sweet, sad, maybe even hopeful. We would like to share stories, and we will have some optional creative spaces to do this if you want to. But as normal we will have cake, coffee, tea, and lots of hygge. So come bring a friend or just come and make a new friend!
http://www.meetup.com/Friendsproject/events/60806482/
http://www.facebook.com/events/400626999971272/

3. Book Club: 22nd May.
Do you love to read or want to challenge yourself to read more?
Would you like to build friendship over a good discussion about a book?

Then maybe Friends BOOK CLUB is for you. Each month the group will vote on a book, spend the month reading, and then will meet together to discuss the book and enjoy some time together. Check out our Meet up page for more info.
This month book is: The Social Animal by David Brooks
http://www.meetup.com/Friendsproject/events/61890442/

4. 11’ses Mothers Group
We have had a good little start to our mom’s group here at Friends.  The last few weeks we had between 3-6 moms each week.   Every Wednesday until the end of June Mom’s Group at kl.11.00 at Green Room at the Copenhagen Culture Center. (Drejervej 15)
http://www.meetup.com/Friendsproject/events/60773942/

5. City Gospel
City Gospel has asked for us to invite anyone from the Friends Network to join them in their Choir.  City Gospel is a great place to meet new danish friends, while most of the songs are in English. If you want to have fun, socialize and give it gas to sing, then the City Gospel might be something for you. They are 35 singers who meet every Monday from kl. 19.00 to 21.30 at Cafe Kant Drejervej 15 (side entrance).

“Gospel for me – it’s joy, good time with friends and being able to sing- to be completely free – that I love. And so it is that when I have been an ordinary Gospel Night it can seriously help me the rest of the week. I have it in me and I have joy in me. Gospel is my life for the whole week – This is where I collect energy ….. “Marcel, soloist at City Gospel, Member of the” Alien Beat Club “from X-Factor.
Price for 1 season (6 months): 700 – You pay only for the months you are here!  If you are interested in coming for a evening and giving it a try before you join you are more then welcome.  Contact: Christina Kjær Christensen, phone 2639 8668.

6. Social Medias.
Facebook Page:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kvinde-til-Kvinde-Friends/167120479969429
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Friendsproject/
Website: www.Friendsdk.com

April Newsletter

1. Cafe Night D.12 April, 2012, kl.19-22 :
The 2nd Thursday of every Month, The Friends Project hosts an open cafe event for women to meet new
woman and build lasting friendships. D.12 April, 2012, kl.19-22 at Cafe Kant (Drejervej 15)

Friendship is the key to integration and we would like more Danish woman to join in. So the month of April is “I ♥ Danes” Month at Friends. We would like to thank all our Danish Friends for being apart of the project as well as open our door for more Danish women to join in.

So we are hoping everyone can invite a dane along for our lovely cosy cafe night. Danish Friends, Coworkers, mother-in-law, classmates, or neighbor. Send a Facebook invite to some Danish friends via our event page here: http://www.facebook.com/events/322434981138920/
20 kr. for endless coffee,tea and snacks!

2. Pal-Sac 3rd April Kl.19-23.00:
Our Friend Ali, once a month host the most cosy little letter writting club in Norrebro.  Come Stop by and write some snail mail with Post A Letter Social Activity Club.Guest host: Erin Towsley In a world saturated with digital content, Pal-Sac wants to remind you that handwritten letters are easy and fun. Each month at Cafe Lyst, Pal-Sac arrives with an improvised post office, a stack of blank paper and postcards, and alot of stamps.We invite you to take a rest from your screens of all sizes and send a postcard or a letter. Write and mail a message, or just come for the atmosphere.
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Bring cash for stamps.
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3.  Volunteers for Charity Event (Marketing, Film, and Journalist)
Every year we host a charity event to help raise money and awareness for Human Trafficking Victims here in Copenhagen, in partnership with Forvandling Womans Conference. Last years Event was called, The Mad Tea Party, a charity show that fused acting, music, and a lottery, and we raised 63,000kr. for hopenow.dk and their work.

This year we are planning on a Fashion Show and concert and our goal is to raise 100,000kr.  We are looking for 2 volunteers who have educations in journalism, film, and marketing that would be interested in joining our working team, and would be interested in donating some time over the next 6 months until 14 September when we hold the event.  Its a great opportunity to work on a fun project that makes a big difference, and it does not look to bad on a CV either. If you are interested email: jessica.eisenbraun@kulturcenter.dk.  And we can find a time to meet in the next 2 weeks.

4. 11’ses (Mothers Group)  Every Wednesday from 11 April.
Woman to Woman welcomes all expecting moms, and moms
on leave(with their little ones) to join for tea. Share tips and advices,
meet other women who are where you are and others who are a few
steps ahead.

Eleven’ses is an British term for mid-morning break with tea around 11o’clock. We will ask for a 20kr. donation to cover refreshments to the group. Our primary languages will be English, but we hope many Danes will also attend. The group will meet Starting:Wed. April 11th, at Kl.11.00 at the Copenhagen Culture Center. (Drejervej 15 CPH)  Interested in joining contact: Liz Read at lizread63@googlemail.com
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/409587235725443/

5. Girls Night Out @ NORD NIGHT CLUB. Saturday, April 7, 2012, 10:00 PM
Maja and Kate are hosting: Girls Night out @ Natklub “Nord”…It’s a great (stylish) night club in the center of Copenhagen Check out all the snazzy details of this stylish night club: www.nordnatklub.dk/30konceptet.

The special thing about this night club is that it attracts a more “grown up” audience: In fact you have to be at least 30 years old to get in! FREE entrance before 11 pm/ after: 90,- Let’s meet (exactly) at 10 pm outside – when the club opens – there won’t be a lot of people at that time but then we are sure not to stand in line to get in…And get a few tables inside. They have a rule: for every number of 6 guests ONE person under the age of 30 (but over 25) can come in! So if we are a group of 18 people: 3 out of us can be under 30 years old.

PS: If you get there later than 10 pm you will have to find us inside (hope you are able to! Please make a comment when you RSVP if you can’t make it at 10 pm – and remember: It will cost you 90,- after 11 pm! (If you are under 30 years old you will have to take your chances..If they should check your ID I can’t guarantee you will be let.  Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Friendsproject/events/56298822/.

We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying all the sunshine the last few days.  We are working on a few gatherings for this month, and some new activity groups to begin this spring, now that winter is leaving us behind.

1. Cafe Night:  March 8th, 2012 Kl.19.00 (Cafe KANT Drejervej 15  2400 KBH NV)
This Thursday, we are having our monthly cafe nights, this are open events for women to come to meet up and develop Friendships. We have entitle this month Cafe Night: GOODBYE WINTER, HELLO SPRING.  It might be a bit native to say Goodbye to winter, but we can dream! We will have bottomless cups coffee, tea, and cupcakes for 25 krs.   So please come and lets enjoy some good time together.  Please as always feel free to invite some Friends, from school, and work!  Save the date: Apirl 12, 2012

2. Spring Brunch March 17th, 2012 KL.10-12.30  (Cafe KANT Drejervej 15  2400 KBH NV)
Let’s celebrate! Because we know there are very few things women love, as much as brunch with your girlfriends.  Friends in Partnership with Kvinde til Kvinde would like to invite you and your friends to a cosy Saturday Women’s Brunch at Cafe Kant, on Saturday March 17th 2012. Kl.10-13.30 (15 Drejervej 2400 Copenhagen NV.)

Women to Women Brunch is where we as women of all ages can gather together, share our stories, and feel encouraged to reach our full potential in life with good food and good friends. ( At 13.00 Kvinde til Kvinde will have a inspiration message in the mainhall at the culture center which women are optionally invited too.)

Tickets include a delicious brunch, juice, tea, coffee and cost 145kr. We will have a special price of 105kr. for pensioners and students (with valid student cards).
Tickets will be on Sale at www.KvindetilKvinde.dk  or can be brought at the Friends Cafe Night. 8th March. March 8th, is the last day tickets will be sold, online as well, and no tickets will be sold at the door.

Standard Ticket: http://www.kvindetilkvinde.dk/forvandling2011/Brunch/
SU, Pensionist: http://www.kvindetilkvinde.dk/forvandling2011/brunchstuderende/

3.  Groups with a Purpose:  We are working on developing a few groups with purposes for the spring of 2012.  One of these groups will be a yoga group, and a pregnant women’s group.  If you could be interested in hosting a group.  Let us know.  email us at 1to1friends@gmail.com

4.  PAL-SAC  March 6th, 2012. kl.19-23  CAFE LYST NØRREBRO. One of our dear friends Ali, started a group last spring called PALSAC which has become a huge sucess in Copenhagen.
You are welcome to join in and write some snail mail with them at Post A Letter Social Activity Club.In a world saturated with digital content, Pal-Sac wants to remind you that handwritten letters are easy and fun. Each month at Lyst, Pal-Sac arrives with an improvised post office, a stack of blank paper and postcards, and alot of stamps.

We invite you to take a rest from your screens of all sizes and send a postcard or a letter. Write and mail a message, or just come for the atmosphere.

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Open to everyone.
Pay-what-you-can donations for stamps and supplies very appreciated.
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Contact us at {{ copenhagen@pal-sac.com }}
Visit us at {{ http://pal-sac.com/ }}
Like us at {{ http://www.facebook.com/postaletterDK }}

5. THE GOOD STORIES:  We would love to hear any good stories, people would like to share.  Have you felt like you have develop some friendships via friends?   Have you had a great story from a cafe night or event.   Are you apart of our one to one program and have had some good times.  Share it.   We are looking to put something together for our website.

6. Social Medias:  Stay connect with updates via all the media forms out there.  Did you know we are on Facebook, Meetup, and have a HomePage.  Click the links below and keep up to date.

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends/
Meetup:  http://www.meetup.com/Friendsproject/
HomePage: http://www.friendsdk.com

Friends Evaluation Report. January 2012

Download as a PDF.  Here:  Friends Evalueringsrapport jan2012


Let’s celebrate! Because we know there are very few things women love, as much as brunch with your girlfriends. Friends in Partnership with Kvinde til Kvinde would like to invite you and your friends to a cosy Saturday Women’s Brunch at Cafe Kant, on Saturday March 17th 2012. Kl.10-13.30 (15 Drejervej 2400 Copenhagen NV.)

Women to Women Brunch is where we as women of all ages can gather together, share our stories, and feel encouraged to reach our full potential in life with good food and good friends. ( At 13.00 Kvinde til Kvinde will have a inspiration message in the mainhall at the culture center which women are optional invited too.)

Tickets include a delicious brunch, juice, tea, coffee and cost 145kr. We will have a special price of 105kr. for pensioners and students (with valid student cards).

Tickets will be on Sale from 16 Feb. at www.KvindetilKvinde.dk or can be brought at the Friends Cafe Night. 12 March. Or Monday to Friday at Copenhagen Culture center until March 8th. No ticket sold at door, and last online ticket sales is March 8th.

Standard Ticket: http://www.kvindetilkvinde.dk/forvandling2011/Brunch/

SU, Aupairs, Pensionist: http://www.kvindetilkvinde.dk/forvandling2011/brunchstuderende/

Happy Holidays to Everyone this Season,

We from the Friends, hoping everyone is staying nice and warm these days.  I have the December Friends Newsletter for you all today.  And we are looking for some cosy days with you all.  Oh and just a reminder to join our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kvinde-til-Kvinde-Friends/167120479969429.  Here you can see our new Friends Promo Video. Starring Valdis, Erica, Nadine and Louise!  And see all our photos, and get weekly updates.

1. Friends Celebration Sunday 27th November.  Last weekend we had the Friends Celebration Sunday 27th November. Where the Church in the Culture Center invited us in to share about, The Friends Project.  The City Gospel Choir performed, and we had 20 minutes to talk about the Friends Project and share personal stories of integration.  Jamila Adam, was asked two questions.  What has been the hardest thing about your integration process?  and What is one thing you wish the average Dane would know about integration?   Jamila shared her story and then asked every Dane to understand that it is not enough for internationals to want to integrate, because most want to, what it comes down to is for the average Dane to want to be welcoming to new people in the society.  We asked for people to come and sign up for our One to One Program.  And we had 20 danish women say, YES I will be a friend!  Which is very exciting.  Thank you to everyone who came, and supported Friends.

2. One to One: Friendship Program.   We have 20 new danish women sign up for our One to One Program.  If you are interested in being a part of the Friendship Program.  Which you can read more at our website. http://friendsdk.com/danish-friend.  Then you can email us at: 1to1friends@gmail.com.  And we will get you match with in the next week.

2.  Danish JuleHygge  with a Purpose! Kvinde til Kvinde… would like to invite women of all ages (0-101 years.) to a Christmas Party with a Purpose on Saturday 10th December from kl.13.00-17.00. Cafe Kant 15 Drejervej 2400 KBH NV.  A Danish Christmas afternoon with Christmas music, activities, crafts and good friends. This is a perfect day to invite your mother, daughter, sister, best friend or new friend to a hygge afternoon with a holiday purpose. We are asking every women to come with a small gift for our, “ You are Precious.” campaign where we collect gifts for people who are in need over the holiday season. (suggested items are gloves, socks, cake mix, toiletries for both men and women.) We will be serving a Christmas snack special. 20 kr. for & unlimited coffee and tea.
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Women2women/events/42870112/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/312232742121263/

3. Volunteering to Collecting Gifts for Refugee, Homeless, and other people who are in need this Holiday.  Christmas is approaching fast and we need you! This year, we will collect Christmas gifts for those who have none. And we are looking for people who would be willing to donate few hours this Christmas season to make a difference. The project is called “You are precious”, and every gift we give will be have a this statement on it. We have a big need to find volunteers who will help us collect the gifts this Christmas season.
We have been allowed to stand in front of certain stores and give people a little wish list of different small gifts they can buy. The idea is simple, after receiving the wish list, people can buy the small gift in the store, and then drop the gift off with one of our teams on their way out of the store. The gifts go to: Sandholm / Kongelunden refugee camp , trafficked women, lonely elderly people without family.

The Days you can sign up to collect: 30 November, 01 December, 07 December, 8 December, 14 December, 15 December We meet at. 17.00 to 19.00 at Drejervej 1-17 2400 KBH NV.
Write to us when you can and we put you on a team.  YOU MUST SIGN UP with Christina which days you can come!!!  29425517 E-mail: Andreasen.christina@gmail.com
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Women2women/events/42026212/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/304378029579936/

4.  Pilates with Friends.

This November and December our own Kate Konicek will be hosting 3 Pilates workshops for the Friends Network.  They will be held on  November 16, 30 and on 14 Dec.  from kl.17.15- 18.30.  They will be held at the Copenhagen Culture Center. 17 Drejervej, look for the signs. This is a great opportunity to meet up with Friends and do something fun and challenging together.  Kate is a professional pilates instructor and will lead the workshops for every level. So grab a friend and come along. So bring your mat and some water.  The classes will be held for a small 30kr. donation to Kate for donating her time and talent.  ( If you cant find the room please call, Jessica at 41952112)