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after 1994 to refugees from all over Africa. Working with refugee communities myself and a Philippine social worker, felt the low tuguese, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Lingala) The women feel comfortable and safe with Katharina Leyshelter1. The group is open to all women resident in the shelters coming from:Angola,morale of the women so intensely that we started running a weekly psychological and morale support group in a women’s refugee him. He is the only male and his presence a¡ects the group in a supportive way. Our work with the group focused on 1) the practical requests made by the women to get access to education, health care, docu-and my co-worker, a Swiss psychotherapist with help of a Burundian male interpreter.Thousands of refugees from the war torn countries suchas:Rwanda, Burundi,Angola, CongoandSudanenteredSouthAfricato¢nd a safe place of exile.This has placed increased burdens within the new society that has problems such as extremely high unemploy-ment amongst their indigenous black people. Moreover, tensions and in-¢ghting between the refugee communities themselves, and between South Africans and refugees have increased these already existing tensions.Bread and roses: su women in a multi