Seven Women

Seven Women: "empowering marginalised women through skills training & employment"

Since starting uni last year, every Wednesday I volunteer at the Seven Women stall on campus. Seven Women is a fair trade charity that aims to empower women in Nepal. It began by Stephanie Woollard in 2007, after visiting Nepal where she found seven disabled women in a shed making candles and soap in the hope of selling their produce for their livelihood. However, they were ostracised from society, so Steph bought the products and sold them on her return home, sending all the money back to these women. Now, there are over 900 women who are a part of Seven Women, women who are disadvantaged, with disabilities, from abusive backgrounds, single mothers' etc, all of whom now have a place, are being trained to create the products sold, and being given shelter and fair wages.

It is an incredible organisation and I'm really proud to be a part of it, as it helps so many women who otherwise would be living in terrible conditions. I really encourage to look on their official website, you don't have to buy products, but just to even find out more information about the organisation and share it, because it is a really good cause that does change so many women's lives:

Seven Women link  

The reason why I have decided to write about it now, is because of the earthquakes that have been in Nepal over the past couple of weeks, which have devastated the country. Because of this, all the money is currently going towards the earthquake appeal, to help provide food, shelter and clothing for the people. There is an option to donate through the website too. Every dollar counts to help the people in Nepal. Thanks