Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Asrama - East Timor

The CWL Executive  Team is pleased to announce that the CWL Project of the Year for 2025/2026 is the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Asrama or for short Mae Clara Asrama, it was unanimously voted in at our Council Meeting in June 2025.

The Asrama consists of two boarding houses for impoverished school girls who reside in the very remote areas in East Timor and have no way to make it school every day. Road conditions are treacherous most of the time, however, when the weather closes in these school children would not be able to attend any type of daily schooling. The Asrama do receive some food donations from the government however it is normally just bags of rice and some food items.

All the students have appropriate aged chores to complete to help earn their keep. One graduated student has begun University studies and the Asrama is supporting her through this.