Passing on the shawl

Three women have been trained by one of their own cohort to make shawls. An empowering experience for them all.

Anna M Townsend ~ Author

One of the women that Women Without Roofs supports in Nepal, called Durga, makes beautiful shawls.  She started this work because the women we support have formed a cooperative and make loans to each other.  Her success has prompted three other women to seek to be trained by her and so this week she spent three days of her precious time patiently teaching them how to make shawls.  With just one spinning wheel between them it took time and perseverance.

It is fantastic to see Durga flourish through teaching them, and for the other women they now have a new skill to help them become independent.  Everyone at WWR is delighted.

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Huge congratulations to Women Without Roofs class of 2017

Congratulations to WWR’s class of 2017 on their excellent exam results

Anna M Townsend ~ Author

Five children of women that Women Without Roofs -Nepal supports have just passed their School Leaving Certificate exams with flying colours!

Jamuna’s son – B+

Rabina’s daughter Kabita – B+

Mina’s daughter- A

Hasta kumari’s son- B

Sarita Palpali’s son  – A

Congratulations to them all!

These are some the children WWR supports by paying school fees, not the particular children that have just passed their exams!

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The current residents of Grace Women’s Home

Don’t they look great?

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Urgent prayer request

Please pray for this lady, Sarita, who took an overdose on Saturday.  WWR helped to admit her to hospital, where she was regrettably chained to the bed, and we have also sought the help of KOSHISH our mental health partner.  However, her condition is still not stable and she has had to be re-admitted to a different hospital.

Please pray for wisdom for our hardworking personnel and the medical staff treating her.  Pray that she will be back to full mental and physical health very soon.

Thank you.

Dal Bhat Day

On International Women’s Day, which this year is on Wednesday 8th March, we’d love for you to join us in eating Dal (lentils) and Bhat (rice).  It is the staple food for our ladies and they eat it twice a day at around 11am and 7pm.
We’ll be in touch nearer the day with recipes and ideas.  We hope it will be a good opportunity for you to tell your friends about WWR and if possible to raise some funds by offering to cook Dal Bhat for people you know.

Manju’s business is thriving

This is Manju, she’s flourishing at her shop stall because of a loan WWR gave her.

A Thankful Church

WWR was able to help this church repair its roof that collapsed during the earthquake. It is the location of our sewing and literacy course and the congregation is delighted we have been able to help. This has just arrived from their pastor “Everyone from our church are very honoured and grateful to you and ur team that you have helped our church.last Saturday I gave the amount to church and everyone were so happy and they have said that convey the team that we are very thankful…god bless them and their ministries and prayed for u all.”