British Asian Christian Association, has noticed a surge in visitors to our ‘Meals for the Needy’ project based at Clementswood Community Centre in Ilford. To help struggling families to cope with the economy and our regular homeless visitors, we have been expanding the items we provide on distribution days. This month, we have been sharing toilet paper, sugar, tea bags, toiletries and much more to help with the demands of our visitors. We have also continued to serve hot tea, coffee and chocolate for the growing crowd of visitors attending our centre every week. This week in addition to our…
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We wrote to all our supporters in January this year to inform you about bomb survivor Aleeza Masih’s excellent school results and the need for a new prosthetic limb (click here). We are happy to announce that she has now had the new leg cast and it was fitted on 19th February 2023. Aleeza and is displaying great mobility again and we share a video below. We thank all donors that contributed to this work, which has allowed us to keep our promise to this family to cover costs for these prosthetic legs till Aleeza reaches adulthood. https://youtu.be/K1d1Klv7nQY Aleeza had…
Christmas is the time when children across the world receive gifts and the custom in Pakistan is for them to be gifted new clothes and shoes, usually from their parents. BACA has always been deeply concerned about the needs of the children of Shama and Shehzad, we have always attempted to reduce their feeling of the loss of their parents. With this in mind, On 15th December, BACA’s team took all three children to a well known shopping mall, so they like other children could buy new clothes to make their Christmas special for them. Shama and Shahzad for those…
The disfigured remains of a Christian child were found in a playground, in the area of Khaliq Nagar, Lahore, on Sunday. Forensic examination of the remains has led investigators to believe the child was sodomized, killed and his body vitriolized, in order to thwart identification of the murderers. Police have arrested one of two Muslim suspects, an all points bulletin (APB) is in effect as a national manhunt takes place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmRXfBP_2MA&t=161s At 12pm on Thursday 9th March, Adan Masih (8 yrs) left his home in Kahliq Nagar, Lahore, to buy some sweets from the shop on his street, but never…
New statutory guidance on the recording of so-called non-crime hate incidents will ensure police prioritise freedom of expression, the Home Secretary has announced. Under a new draft code of practice laid before Parliament today, the police will only record non-crime hate incidents when it is absolutely necessary and proportionate and not simply because someone is offended. The measure will better protect people’s fundamental right to freedom of expression as well as their personal data. The draft code follows concerns around police involvement in reports of ‘hate incidents’ which are trivial or irrational and do not amount to a criminal offence. The code…
Ruth Pfau, was a German nun who devoted her life to combatting leprosy in Pakistan. She went to Karachi in 1960 and spent over half a century taking care of some of the country’s sickest and poorest people. Dr Ruth Pfau, is known as the ‘Mother Teresa of Pakistan for her work towards the eradication of leprosy in Pakistan. She become the first non-Muslim woman to be given a full state-burial in Pakistan. On International Women’s day British Asian Christian Association, commemorate the life and achievements of Dr Ruth Pfau, who helped eradicate leprosy from Pakistan. She is often hailed…
A shocked teenager has joined many voices in condemning the recent death threats to 4 school boys suspended from a West Yorkshire school, for allegedly desecrating the Koran. The boys faced death threats and in a video shared by the Daily Express a mother can be seen apologizing for her son, who she describes as a ‘very, very, silly 14 year old’ and ‘has some challenges he suffers from high functioning Autism.’ the public meeting was held in a mosque. Watch video (here) Local police interviewed the 4 boys and recorded the incident as a non-criminal hate incident. They also…
A Pakistani Christian student achieved her Duke of Edinburgh scheme (click here), Gold Award at 18 Y/O despite the pandemic lockdown preventing many from achieving their goal. Initially, Hannah Chowdhry (19 yrs) set her heart on simply achieving the Certificate of Achievement, a certificate that recognized participants who managed to complete their Skills, Volunteering and Physical sections at Bronze, Silver or Gold level, but were unable to do their expedition and/or residential because of the pandemic lockdown (click here). Hannah achieved this and was one of the first children in the country to attain this certificate especially at Gold level,…
IMAGE: L-R Atiq Chowdhry (one of the founders of British Asian Christian Association), Rev’d Amelia Stanley and Juliet Chowdhry BACA Trustee. On Saturday 11th February Reverend Amelia Jacob launched ‘The Priest from Pakistan’ an account of journey of faith, at St James Church in Alperton. The event was presided over by Rev’d Ali Taylor who presided over the event introducing each speaker and shared her own thoughts on the relationship she has with Rev’d Amelia throughout the evening. Rev’d Ali Taylor and her husband themselves are history makers as one of the first and very rare married ordained couples in…
A mob of hundreds estimated at 800 Muslims stormed a police station in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province. The mob managed to snatch a blasphemy suspect from his cell and take him outside of a police station, where they lynched him. The video below has very graphic content that shows Waris being beaten after being taken from the clutches of local Police. Senior police officer Babar Sarfaraz Alpa spoke to press the same day, he explained: “On Saturday a man identified as Waris had been in police custody for desecrating the pages of a copy of Islam’s holy book, the Quran.…