Nazir Masih with his wife Nusrat have been making bricks for the last 15 years. When asked why he was working as a bonded labourer to the brick kiln owner he said to save his wife and children he had to pay for caesarean operations when they were born but [...]
As many of you know, we have three main aims for Bringing Good News: To advance the proclamation of the gospel To relieve poverty and suffering To encourage self sufficiency That third priority - "to encourage self-sufficiency through small income generating businesses" - has been one of the harder aspects of [...]
John Symons, one of my trustees, had a great trip to Pakistan where he visited and encouraged the leaders and teachers of the brick kiln schools. He also visited 6 of the 17 Sunday schools that we also support. One of the aspects that really pleased me from the trip [...]
Just imagine there is a crisis in your family and you need to borrow money. You have no collateral; your friends are poor and no credible bank will lend to you. Where would you go? This is the situation for many poor Christian families in Pakistan. What do they do? [...]
Sabir Masih and his family are the 46th family you have freed from the brick kilns. Your support has transformed the life of this family. This is the report that I received: “I am glad to share that Sabir Masih has been released from the brick kiln slavery and started new [...]
I am writing this just after returning home from a fantastic trip to the USA where I received great hospitality and generosity. I thank all those I met in the States. I have been invited to preach on poverty next Sunday so I have asked a few people for their [...]
In December 2015 through your support Javed Masih and his family were set free from slavery in the brick kilns. He is now a Sunday school teacher in Lohara Wala where 15 Christian families are enslaved. Shahzad writes, “The place that is given to the labourers is not in a [...]
This article was originally posted on Thursday, 24 November 2016 Thanks to your support we have been funding eleven schools and nineteen Sunday schools in or near the brick kilns of Pakistan. You also allow us to fund eight young people to attend Gujranwala Christian Technical Training College which has [...]
There are many remarkable and faithful people who serve the people working in the brick kilns of Pakistan. Two of those remarkable folks are Taskeen Yousaf and her daughter Shaina (pronounced Shy-nuh). Together, they help oversee nine brick kiln schools, teaching the children in those schools everything from math [...]
Mrs. Taskeen giving sewing machine and certificate to one of the graduates Thanks to your support we were able to fund six sewing centres in Pakistan this year. These vulnerable Christian girls attending the sewing centres learnt how to cut, sew and make garments. They also received great encouragement from [...]
