New students on the Cyrene course

The latest intake of students has started on the sewing and literacy course we run. 30 women spend three months learning useful skills and this time they are being joined by four Pakistani refugees. We hope they all do very well.

Please vote for us to win £500

Please take a moment to vote for WWR to win £500 on the Small Business Britain website. http://smallbusinessbritain.intuit.co.uk/charity-challenge/projects.aspx We would like to improve our shop premises in Kathmandu, Nepal and the money would allow us to do this. Women who have attended our sewing and literacy course work in the shop and it enables them […]

The Cyrene Course has a Shop

We are deighted to announce that the Cyrene course now has a tailoring shop. Graduates of the sewing and literacy course that we run will work in the shop giving them an opportunity to earn an income, build their confidence and learn about retail. We pray that the shop will be a huge success.

Cyrene Course Update

The latest class attending the Cyrene sewing and literacy class has just graduated. They attended a graduation ceremony and were presented with certificates marking their achievement. The course was funded by Women Without Roofs and helps the women attending it to establish their own micro-sewing businesses from home.

Renee has arrived

Renee has arrived safely in Kathmandu, Nepal and has so far seen Bidya and Shova who are the pastor and his wife that run the Cyrene course for us. The course teaches women to sew, read and write which hopefully leads to them being able to run a small business from home. She has shown the […]