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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thanks to your support we have been able to fund the release of Boota Masih and his family. Boota was born into bonded slavery because his father was also a bonded slave. Not only did Boota have to work in very harsh conditions ........ but he and his family were [...]
Pastor Younas Shahab serves the Lord’s people in a very poor area of Pakistan. He worked hard building a church with savings from his own labour. He was a faithful servant of God but a few months ago his faith was tested when he got seriously sick. All of a sudden [...]
