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 [...]
One of the few ways to help children out of poverty is to help them receive education. That is why we are supporting 11 schools in the brick kilns of Pakistan. In certain areas of Pakistan you can see miles and miles of tall chimneys with black smoke drifting out [...]
Nadeem forced to make bricksI heard about an old man called Ghafoor working in a brick kiln. He had an invalid daughter called Bushara and a 10 year old grandson called Nadeem living with him and his wife in the brick kiln. Sadly Ghafoor died and his debt was transferred [...]
Thanks to our supporters we have just funded the release of the 30th family from slavery in the brick kilns in Pakistan. Shahzad Kamran, a key partner in Pakistan, has been used by God to help us release 29 of those families working as bonded labourers. He wrote: “Brother I am [...]
Sajjid Masih and his wife Saima were brick kiln labourers working at a brick kiln owned by Yousaf Gujjat situated in Chack number 59, near Kot Rada Kishan, in Kasur district of Punjab province of Pakistan. They had 3 young children Salman, Sonya and Poona. The exact details are a [...]
On my recent visit to the brick kilns in Pakistan I saw Shahid and his brother Ilya helping their enslaved parents to make bricks. Surely it’s not right for children as young as 4 and 6 to be forced to make bricks? There are literally thousands of Christian families enslaved [...]
