On 11th September we reported on the devastation caused by the recent deluge in Pakistan on the village of Khipro in the Sindh (click here). Due to infrastructure damage and constant monsoon downpour it has been unsafe for our officers to reach families affected in this village. However on 16th September BACA finally were able to reach this beleaguered village. With the help of Pastor Paul we were able to provide food, mosquito nets and pray with families. Though Pastor Paul and his team live in Sindh they still had to journey a treacherous 67Km distance from Behrani to Khipro. …
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A young Christian man from Zafar Wali in Sambrial died while in the custody of police during a brutal interrogation involving violent torture. Bashir Masih (52 yrs) now becomes the 7th Christian man killed in a Police station during a rough interrogation since 2009. On 17th September around 7.30am Assistant Sub iInspector (ASI) Ghulam Murtaza and Police Constable Azmat Ali arrested Bashir Masih from a school bus he was driving in Zafar Wali, and took him to Model Police Station Sambrial. Bashir Masih worked as a rickshaw driver and School bus driver. He worked endless hours to feed his family…
After a recent article of our stirred up both negative and positive responses from some of our supporters, we convinced Revd Darrell a member of the Anglican clergy and a long-term supporter of our group, to write about climate change and the Church. You may not all agree with the contents but we share it with you to further stimulate a conversation, that we might all grow and learn together. Either way it is a very interesting and informed read. Read about British Asian Christian Association’s flood relief programme in Pakistan (here) I am a sometime supporter of the BACA. …
East Leicester has become the scene of a war between two faiths. Hundreds of Hindu and Muslim men and youths in their teens and early twenties have been slugging it out, over a cricket match and a number of simmering issues over the last few months, at least. Breaking News 25th.09.2022: A further Riot occurred in Birmingham with 200 Muslims outside a Birmingham Hindu Temple on 20th September, and plans for a similar protest/riot outside a Hindu Temple in the London Borough of Brent have been condemned by the local MP. Read more (here) In a BBC report it has…
Pakistan has suffered it’s worst floods in known history. The floods are a result of record torrential rainfall, melting glaciers in the nations northern mountains and to some degree form the uncoordinated release of water from dams in India. Read more (here). https://youtu.be/6eUrNu49Yr4 The UN children’s agency UNICEF have warned in particular about the impact of these floods on children, they said: “When a sudden onset emergency such as an earthquake or hurricane strikes, it’s children who suffer first and suffer most. As well as the immediate, devastating impacts – loss of life, destruction of homes and communities – the…
A monstrous deluge during this years monsoon in Pakistan has left the nation facing a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. Read more (here). A statement by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari (5th September), World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, read: “Over 1290 lives lost and 12,500 people injured. Over 33 million affected, including over 6.4 million in dire need of humanitarian aid. Almost 634,000 displaced people living in camps. “Over 1460 health facilities affected, of which 432 are fully damaged and 1028 are partially damaged. Access to health care facilities, health care workers and essential medicines and medical…
Since mid-June 2022, tens of thousands of people in Pakistan have been forced to flee their homes following deadly floods across Pakistan (click here). British Asian Christian Association were working in Goth Ibrahim Khan village (click here) serving Christians and Hindus forgotten (click here) by the Pak-Government and Muslim aid agencies. After some day we were informed by Pastor Musa that another community of Christians in the village of Kipro Sanghar were also homeless and hapless due to the record-breaking deluge. Although the Sindh Government is trying to reach as many people affected by the recent deluge to provide aid…
Hannah Chowdhry, one of our volunteers began her life at a Scottish university on the same date that Queen Elizabeth II passed away. To show their respect for the former sovereign her mother Juliet Chowdhry and Hannah visited Balmoral Castle on Saturday 10th September. There they laid some flowers in remembrance of Queen Elizabeth II. Only hours earlier they had watched the vehicle procession in which the coffin with Queen Elizabeth’s body was taken to Holyrood Castle in Edinburgh, before it was to be displayed at St Giles Cathedral for public mourning. Juliet Chowdhry, said: “I felt it was important…
There has been an upsurge in visitors to our ‘Meals for the Homeless’ project after the death of Queen Elizabeth II induced mourners who wanted to pray for the future of the UK and King Charles III. Many new visitors that came to the prayer session have continued to visit our ‘Meals for the Needy’ project. https://youtu.be/MU8HQh7LpoM Video by Hannah Chowdhry: Visitors get a range of meals and food at our ‘Meals for the Needy’ project. They come to us rain or shine knowing they will receive a great service, meet others for friendship and good quality food. On 8th…
Queen Elizabeth II died today (8th September 2022) at the age of 96 after 70 years of reign. Buckingham Palace released a statement earlier today in which they said ‘The Queen died peacefully in her sleep’. Senior Royal family members were at her bedside in Balmoral Palace, where she was kept under medical supervision, after doctors became concerned about her health. Queen Elizabeth visited the nations of Pakistan and India in 1961 and in 1997, the latter date to celebrate the 50th anniversary for both nations. Her husband Prince Philip passed away last year and the Queen’s demeanor seems to have…