medlemsberättelse

My speech Fountain house have been something like a second home for me. Only to receive food is elementary needs for me. And sometimes I have been sick, the protection and community gave me something really important. When I have a work to do after a period of sickness, it meant so much for me to have Fountain house. I remember once when a man said to me: you shall be healthy from your sickness. In the same time I had training in the kitchen. And this training was so much important for me. This meant for me, I had a place to spend my time, training myself to make recovery. I only worked three hours, but it was so much important. I trained myself in discipline and to come back to normal routines. Fountain house was something that I needed for a long time, now it is thirteen years. When we started at that time we began from the real beginning. We were in another place at that time, much more little than today. From the beginning it was not so organized, and we hired workers, we who were members choose staff at that time. It began with the leader of Fountain house, he came to my home and advocated for me to begin as a member. I was number one and he convinced me to begin being a member. More members were added and the group increased. This group choosed worker in a kind of jury, to decide what workers we should employed. After some time the first leader stopped working, and one of the workers continued as a leader. This is important, because without a leader it won´t work having a clubhouse. The name of this leader was Gitte Palo, and it meant we could continue. After…