About WWR

Women Without Roofs (WWR) is a small, yet growing, charity based in England that benefits women and their families living in Nepal.  We have a small team of staff in Nepal and they help women that are on their own and are struggling to survive.  Many of these women also have children and we do as much as we can to help them.   All of our women are vulnerable, sometimes a husband will abandon his wife because of the stigma of leprosy, or perhaps the husband is in jail or dead.  Each of our women has a different story but the common thread is that they are on their own.

Laxmi and her two children

Each woman we support receives from WWR money for her rent and medical bills.  This gives her security and she knows we are with her for the long term, our staff meet with them regularly.  Those with children receive a little extra per child.

Often this is enough to get the women back on their feet, however for some of our women there are other issues that they face.  Recently we have helped women provide good nutrition for their children, given them equipment to make items to sell and provided them with all kinds of household furniture and utensils.  It is our aim to break the cycle of poverty in the families we help and so we provide uniforms and pay education costs where needed.

A recent graduation class from our sewing course

In addition to our direct relationships with the women we also run a Sewing and Literacy course to give many women a skill and help them to provide for their families.  On completion of the course we have a shop in Kathmandu where the women work and sell items they have made.

Please take time to read our other web pages about the Grace Women’s Home and the Cyrene course; they will tell you more.

Thank you for taking the time to read about Women Without Roofs.  We are always looking for extra supporters and if you can help in any way please contact us:  support@wwr-nepal.org