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 [...]
A young man called Shahzad has been an inspiration for us to become involved in the brick kiln ministry in Pakistan. So far we are supporting 6 schools,11 Sunday schools, a few sewing centres and so far set 20 families free from slavery in the brick kilns. I am amazed [...]
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 [...]
I wrote in April about the terrifying ordeal of the residents of Joseph Christian colony which was attacked by an inflamed Muslim mob that burnt and destroyed 178 homes, causing 258 families to flee for their lives. SLMP, one of the organisations we support in Pakistan wanted to help these [...]
I first met Chanan Masih in October 12 when this 80 year old man with a broken leg was helped into the office of VVM. He was followed by his very frail almost blind son called Shokrat. We learnt this 80 year old man and his blind son were still [...]
Imagine you live in a country where 95% of the population is from a different religion to yours. Imagine that you live in constant fear of that majority. Then one day that fear is fully realised as an inflamed mob comes into your small colony and burns and destroys 178 [...]
We all know that we cannot take money with us when we die but I read a book recently that said, "You can't take it with you but you can send it ahead." This is of course in line with the words of Jesus, "store up for yourselves treasures in [...]
We partner with Shahzad Kamran of Vast Vision Ministries to help bonded slaves working in the brick kiln factories of Punjab. We have recently funded a Christmas celebration programme for over 500 children from the brick kilns. All the different Sunday school children that we support attended and took part [...]
