This years' Christmas celebration at Nendre was built around the Advent Circle, which symbolizes the community spirit, our close ties with each other, a place and space for everyone, our unity, our diversity and our common values. We are grateful for the love and friendship that we can share with the kids and families at Nendre! 

How to fulfil the needs of families and society at large, in the 21^st century? How to reduce tensions between professional and family life, irrespective of the gender of the parents or the family structure? Edita Koliataite, director of Nendre, was invited to reflect on these questions and share the experiences of Nendre in the pannel of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Diversity Europe Group on the topic "New Role Models for Societies in Europe", organized by the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels on November 12, 2019.

Our partners and supporters Emmaus Åland have launched an annnual 500 euro award for people with connection to Nendre or project activities that follow the main principles of the Emmaus movement - respect for people and environment, sharing, openness, solidarity and welcoming. This year Ruksteliai family will be awarded 100 euro for their active engagement in and contribution to the activities involving the whole Nendre community. 100 euro award also goes to Kipras Radvilavicius who joined the day center for school-children this year and has provided the kids with motivation of gaining new knowledge in inspiring and creative ways. The rest of the award will be used for a joint excursion with the aim of strengthening a sense of community and solidarity among families at Nendre. 

We wish you all a peaceful and joyful Christmas time and a successful and healthy New Year 2020!