Social Work Without Borders (SWWB) is a pioneering organization dedicated to promoting local care while making a significant global impact. Our mission is rooted in the belief that effective social work transcends boundaries, enabling all individuals to thrive to the fullness of life.

We are dedicated professionals committed to enhancing the well-being of individuals and communities through comprehensive, high-quality social services and genuine care. We operate with a strong emphasis on compassion and integrity, striving to deliver tailored solutions and development plans that meet the diverse needs of those we serve, particularly refugees and stateless communities.

By focusing on compassionate care, global collaboration, and holistic development, we strive to create lasting change that uplifts individuals and fosters more just and equitable societies.

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Projects and Programs

Project Safe

A direct intervention to rescue, relief and respond to high risk cases of child protection and gender-based violence that include domestic violence, sexual abuse, trafficking and others by having case management (hospital visitation, police reporting, home visitation, counselling service, etc), community safe placement (providing shelter within the community) and community-based protection (support from community).
Project Side by Side

A development work for and with the community-based/led organization to form a professional service framework with a purposeful and meaningful design of the organization identity, service structure, referral system, programs, casework, group work and community work to better serve and support their own communities.
Project Staircase

A journey to build capacity, train and supervise individuals such as community leaders, mobilisers, focal points to step up and move up higher in their work professionalism and personal growth.
Project Stack

An empowerment program focusing on holistic personhood in terms of personal growth and wellness that paired together with existing program that the community has. For example, on top of an existing sports program, additional values such as leadership, protection awareness, mental health will be incorporated into the program.
Project Supercede

An initiative to advance and strengthen the current Malaysia’s social work scene in its standard, quality, treatment, welfare and wellbeing of social workers and helping professionals.
Trauma Care Program

A program that trains, equips and helps people to be more trauma aware, trauma informed and trauma sensitive.
Holistic Social Work Approach Program

A program for people who are interested in helping industry to help without hurting, and provide help in a meaningful, purposeful and sustainable way.
Holistic Education Framework

A contextualized framework for refugee learning centres to adopt in educating the students beyond academic by looking at the holistic wellbeing, multiple intelligences of the students as well as a safer and healthier study environment and school ecosystem.