Fatima Said, executive director for Project FINE will share her experience of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s during a women’s reception Wednesday, March 28.
The event, hosted by the Saint Teresa Institute, will run from 4:45 to 6 p.m. in the Common Room of Saint Mary’s Hall. Refreshments will be served at 4:45 p.m., and the program will begin at 5 p.m.
Said was sent to a refugee camp in Croatia where, though she had a tough and unpredictable life, she started a school in the camp. She now influences refugees' and immigrants' lives through her work with Project FINE. This event is in celebration of women.