A woman in a blue shalwar kameez with a white headscarf stands in front of a table.

RASHEEDA’S STORY

Rasheeda, who belongs to a poor Christian family, lives near RAM. She is diabetic and suffers from hypertension. Her husband brought her to our medical clinic. She could not walk or stand properly because of many wounds on her feet. Our medical staff quickly...
Sisters Shumaila and Maria stand in front of green trees outside. They both wear black dresses with shawls over their head and shoulders.

Shumaila and Maria’s Story

Sisters Shumaila and Maria are two brilliant students in our sewing class at the Sablone House. Their family takes care of animals that belong to Muslims, and in return they get food and a living place, which they share with the animals. Their own mud house was...
A young Pakistani man wearing a baseball cap and a striped button down shirt looks at the camera as he sits at a desk on a computer.

ZEESHAN’S STORY

  Zeeshan is a young Christian enrolled in our 3-month computer training course. Zeeshan belongs to a poor family and is the only earner in the house. He works as a photographer, but he does not have editing skills. He has been paying a editor most of his...

IMRAN’S STORY | RICKSHAW BURNT, REPLACED

In February, Christian rickshaw driver, Imran,* drove through a religiopolitical protest. Those involved saw an inscription on his rickshaw indicating that he was a Christian and set it on fire. The rickshaw was now completely destroyed. Imran is the only provider for...

KHADIM’S STORY | MALNUTRITION

KHADIM’S STORY | MALNUTRITION

Currently in Pakistan, food prices have soared 30-40 percent due to inflation and weather that has destroyed wheat crops. We are seeing many patients come in to our medical clinic with symptoms of poor nutrition. When asked why they are not eating properly, they say...

SONIA’S STORY

SONIA’S STORY

As Women's History Month comes to a close, we would like to highlight the story of one of the bright young women enrolled in our computer training classes.  18-year-old Sonia attended school up until a year ago when her mother became severely ill. She had to begin...

FLOOD RELIEF | ASIA & AZMAT’S STORIES

FLOOD RELIEF | ASIA & AZMAT’S STORIES

Although it has been five months since the extreme monsoon flooding in Pakistan, water is still standing in many fields. People continue to live in makeshift camps. Children are dying due to typhoid fever, malaria, and pneumonia. Thanks to partnership with AMG...

SUGRA’S STORY | BURN VICTIM

SUGRA’S STORY | BURN VICTIM

This story is how we helped Sugra. In villages here, people use cow dung as a fuel to cook food. One day Sugra was failing miserably to start a fire. She tried using gasoline and suddenly the fire spread to her clothes. Sugra was shocked and did not understand what to...

SAJJAL’S STORY | Flood Relief Project

SAJJAL’S STORY | Flood Relief Project

Extreme monsoon flooding wreaked havoc on Pakistan this summer, destroying lives and livelihoods.  Sajjal is a church elder who lives in interior Sindh in a small goth, which means village in Sindhi. One day during our relief efforts, he told us the story of the...

Supporting young christians with disabilities in Pakistan

Supporting young christians with disabilities in Pakistan

Ariela, Lian, Daud, Emmanuel, and Sehrish are young Pakistani Christians that experience a disability, a physical illness, or have a special need for education funding. Siblings Ariela and Lian (pictured on the bottom) both suffer from celiac disease, which causes a...

RASHEEDA’S STORY

RASHEEDA’S STORY

Rasheeda, who belongs to a poor Christian family, lives near RAM. She is diabetic and suffers from hypertension. Her husband brought her to our medical clinic. She could not walk or stand properly because of many wounds on her feet. Our medical staff quickly...

SHAMA’S STORY

SHAMA’S STORY

Shama and her family were enslaved in brick kiln factory. Because Shama contracted polio in her childhood, she is disabled and cannot walk and work properly. She was suffering great pain from working at the brick kiln, but unless she and her family met a daily quota...

NAILA’S STORY

NAILA’S STORY

18-year-old Naila was hit in the head with a steel rod during a fight in her area. She lost a lot of blood and had to have surgery. Because of that, doctors recommended that she not remain in hot weather for too long.  Unfortunately, Naila’s family did not have their...

Shumaila and Maria’s Story

Shumaila and Maria’s Story

Sisters Shumaila and Maria are two brilliant students in our sewing class at the Sablone House. Their family takes care of animals that belong to Muslims, and in return they get food and a living place, which they share with the animals. Their own mud house was...

ZEESHAN’S STORY

ZEESHAN’S STORY

  Zeeshan is a young Christian enrolled in our 3-month computer training course. Zeeshan belongs to a poor family and is the only earner in the house. He works as a photographer, but he does not have editing skills. He has been paying a editor most of his...

COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER NOW OPEN | ANISH’S STORY

COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER NOW OPEN | ANISH’S STORY

Thanks to a generous contribution from the Harold C. Smith Foundation, RAM now has a computer training center! We recently completed all preparations, and 20 young Christians are now enrolled in a three-month course to learn Microsoft Office, basic graphic design and...

MEDICAL CLINIC NOW OPEN

MEDICAL CLINIC NOW OPEN

In partnership with World Compassion Fellowship, RAM Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of its new medical clinic located next the Sablone House. An overwhelming turnout showed up for medical care, with 100 people lining up to be seen the first day.  The...

Fatima’s Rescue

Fatima’s Rescue

Fatima was a 55-year old woman working in a brick factory in Lalyani, one hour south of Islamabad. She was brutally tortured by the brick factory owner because she refused to work on a day she felt particularly weak and ill.  RAM took her to a hospital, but the...

Qaiser & Nadeem’s rescue

Qaiser & Nadeem’s rescue

Twin brothers Qaiser and Nadeem were sold into slavery to a feudal lord when they were five-years-old by their parents to pay for the wedding of their daughter. In Pakistan, parents absolutely must provide a dowry for the daughter's wedding so this poor family had no...

Shaheen’s Rescue

Shaheen’s Rescue

An 18-year-old Christian girl, Shaheen was born into a poor family enslaved at a brick kiln. Despite working day and night they still did not make enough to live. Shaheen's father was diagnosed with heart disease and was unable to work for several weeks. The family...

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