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ULFAT’S STORY | POLICE TORTURE

ULFAT’S STORY | POLICE TORTURE

The following is a report from our legal team that regularly deals with cases of injustice.  Ulfat* is a single mother of six children. She has worked in Muslim houses for many years to look after her children. With tears in her eyes, she told us how many problems she...

HADIA’S STORY | BABY WITH PNEUMONIA

HADIA’S STORY | BABY WITH PNEUMONIA

Hadia* is a 40-year-old refugee woman who we met through our staff that are working with refugees. Her 16-month-old boy was severely sick with a high grade fever. Our staff brought them to the Life Center medical clinic.  Our doctor diagnosed the child with pneumonia...

HIRA’S STORY | DEFYING DISABILITY

14-year-old Hira* belongs to a very poor family in a village. Her father is a farmer, but a winter drought badly affected their crop, and they’re living hand-to-mouth.  Unfortunately, Hira and her siblings are affected by an unknown condition causing developmental...

HAMEED’S STORY | ILL & ENSLAVED

HAMEED’S STORY | ILL & ENSLAVED

Hameed* lives with his family at a brick kiln. At the beginning of December, the whole family fell sick with symptoms similar to influenza. Hameed, who was already living hand to mouth, did not have money to provide even food and warm clothes to his family, let alone...

SALMA’S STORY | UTERINE FIBROIDS

SALMA’S STORY | UTERINE FIBROIDS

Salma is a regular patient at our medical clinic who we used to treat for diabetes and hypertension. Then, the past two months she was coming with the complaint of prolonged periods along and increased bleeding. She also experienced severe abdominal pain. Our...

FARZANA’S STORY | TREATING DENGUE FEVER

FARZANA’S STORY | TREATING DENGUE FEVER

Farzana* first came to our medical clinic when her child was suffering from a high-grade fever. Our staff immediately checked him and gave him the required medication. The next day she returned again as Farzana came again with her child who was still suffering from...

SAJID’S STORY | NO HOPE IN SIGHT

SAJID’S STORY | NO HOPE IN SIGHT

Sajid* recently attended one of our mobile clinics at a brick kiln. His hands and feet were covered in mud as he came straight from making bricks. He had a fever, fatigue, and a cough with bleeding, which had already lasted for one month. Sajid said that he is the...

RABIA’S STORY | SEWING WITHOUT GLASSES

RABIA’S STORY | SEWING WITHOUT GLASSES

17-year-old Rabia* belongs to a very poor family. She is the eldest of five children, and her father is very sick. She enrolled in the sewing program to try to help her family and is very grateful to RAM for the opportunity.  However, she has weak eyesight that makes...

SIMRA’S STORY | DIABETES & THYROID DISEASE

SIMRA’S STORY | DIABETES & THYROID DISEASE

Simra* is a young Christian student in our sewing class. However, she always felt tired and irritated and did not show much interest in sewing. She was often absent from class due to sickness. She frequently took medication prescribed by a quack doctor at the...

NABILA’S STORY | THE BURDEN OF DAUGHTERS

NABILA’S STORY | THE BURDEN OF DAUGHTERS

Nabila* is an 18-year-old villager girl who lives in a mud house without any facilities. She has 6 sisters, but her parents have always considered them a burden.  In Pakistan, a woman’s parents are expected to pay her groom’s family a significant dowry. Three of her...

HUMA’S STORY | SEWING INCOME TO CONTINUE STUDYING

HUMA’S STORY | SEWING INCOME TO CONTINUE STUDYING

18-year-old Huma,* who comes from a village, joined our sewing school because of her family’s poor financial condition. Though it’s only been four months since she joined our vocational training sewing program, she has already begun earning from her new skills. She...

ZAINAB’S STORY | FORCED TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL

ZAINAB’S STORY | FORCED TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL

16-year-old Zainab* was forced to drop out of school after being unable to pay her tuition for four months. She wants to study and join the police force, but her family is not able to pay the fees and transportation as her father is an auto rickshaw driver.  However,...

RAZIA’S STORY | TYPHOID FEVER FOR MONTHS

RAZIA’S STORY | TYPHOID FEVER FOR MONTHS

As much as we can, we hold mobile medical clinics at brick kilns in the surrounding areas to provide medical care to those in need. Brick kiln workers in particular are subject to many health problems due to severe working conditions, malnutrition, and lack of access...

SARAH’S STORY | NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE

SARAH’S STORY | NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE

Sarah is a young Christian girl who lives near the Sablone House. She and her sister, Gulab,* both enrolled in our computer training center program for young Christians. Sarah's father is a drug addict and often does not come home for many days. Her mother is working...

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...

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...

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...

Farzana’s RESCUE

Farzana’s RESCUE

Farzana and Babar were a young Christian couple with two children, Sharon and Fariha, who worked in a brick kiln. RAM came to meet Farzana when she attended a vocational training workship hosted by RAM. Farzana told us that about their situation in the brick kiln. She...

Imran’s Rescue

Imran’s Rescue

A Christian man living in a village on the outskirts of Lahore, Imran was working in a textile factory as a sweeper. In January of 2019, Imran had not received his salary since October of 2018. Everytime he asked his manager for this salary, the manager told him that...

Arif Masih & Family’s rescue

Arif Masih & Family’s rescue

Arif Masih is a poor Christian man born in a brick kiln where his father and grandfathers were working as a slave. Nasreen, his wife, has the same background. They got married in a brick kiln with the previous debts of their respective families. God blessed them with...

Aqsa’s Rescue

Aqsa’s Rescue

Day in and out all she has known is work. In a society where men virtually dictate everything, Aqsa represents thousands of young women with little hope to find a better life. The term “better life” does not mean the same that you and I would think. To a Pakistani...

Mukhtar’s Rescue

Mukhtar’s Rescue

As Pakistan continue to struggle with corruption, injustice, unemployment, extremism, and political turmoil, we remain faithful to our call to help the destitute and needy. As Mukhtar Masih sat in the RAM office groaning with hunger, and covered in bruises and lashes...

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