Shackled by debt
In Pakistan, over 2 million people, including around 70% children, are trapped in bonded labour, toiling endlessly in brick kilns, fields, and factories. Many work in the country’s 20,000 kilns, producing 45 billion bricks annually in harsh, unsafe conditions. These kilns, while essential for construction, are plagued by child labour, toxic fumes, and modern slavery, forcing entire families into unbreakable cycles of debt and exploitation with no hope of escape.
We have the opportunity to transform lives by liberating families from bonded labour at targeted brick kilns. By paying off their loans, we free the most vulnerable—especially women and children—providing life skills, Christian counselling, and small business grants, empowering them to start anew in freedom.
HELP US DELIVER HOPE
Can you help free one of these families?
Javed’s Family
For 30 years, Javed has known no life outside the suffocating boundaries of the kiln. Yasmin has only one arm and has spent her entire life making bricks, first as a single girl and now as a mother.
Tariq’s Family
Tariq and his wife have been enslaved in a brick kiln for 24 years. Their three young children have never held a book or entered a classroom they were born into labour and toil for survival.
Farzad’s Family
Farzand has spent nearly 50 years in slavery. Alongside his wife, he raised six children, each one now enslaved in the brick kiln system, passing on the only life they’ve ever known.
Khalid’s Family
Khalid and his wife have been trapped in slavery for over 30 years. They have four children, all forced to work in the kiln instead of going to school.
YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
These Families are free now!
Perwaiz’s Family
Trapped in debt for 22 years, Perwaiz’s family borrowed £300 for medical treatment for their disabled son. Their debt now totals £2,750. They’ve been trafficked from one brick factory to another, with all their children forced to work—including their eldest son, who cannot walk. Their plea is simple: “Please set us free.”
Naveed’s Family
Naveed took a small loan for his wedding, but ten years later, he, his wife, and their two children remain trapped in a brick factory. The children, instead of playing or attending school, make bricks daily. Naveed says: “Please set me free from this bondage.”
Abid’s Family
Born into bonded labour, Abid has spent his life in the brick factory. With no skills beyond brick making, Abid, his wife, and children are trapped in exploitation. Without help, his grandchildren will face the same fate. Together, we can break this generational cycle of slavery.
Buy a Brick
For just £100, you will help fund the cost of freeing a family. Every brick brings us closer to ending their bondage.