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…
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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…
In 2015 we visited the community of Bhikiwind and built 10 brick homes for families who had suffered the devastating loss of their mud-homes and all their possessions, in brutal floods. Read more (here). In August 2022 we revisited these homes to see if they had been able to survive the most brutal and mammoth inundation in Pakistan’s history. All videos in this article are in Urdu but an English translated video will be compiled and uploaded by 25th September 2022. After an extremely severe monsoon in 2015 destroyed 10 Christian Homes in Bhikiwind, Kasur, BACA appealed for help to…
Pakistan has been ravaged by the worst monsoon flood that they have had in their recorded history. The size and scale of the disaster shocked the nations leaders. Listen to TWR Radio report on Pakistan by clicking the link below: https://www.twr.org.uk/podcast/newsdesk-lite-2/ You will need to enter your name and email to register with TWR Radio but the service is free. 33 million people have been affected by deadly flooding across Pakistan. Since the monsoon season began in mid-June, more than 1200 people have been killed of which 400 were children. It has been estimated that 364,000 people were displaced by…
Heavy rainfall has killed over 1100 people and destroyed over 100,000 homes in Pakistan. Christians have historically told by Muslim charities that aid can only be received if they convert to Islam. One Christian village in which many mud homes were completely destroyed received no aid from the Government or local Muslim Charities. Villagers believe this is because there are no Muslims living in the area. BACA has begun a food programme and has already given two weeks food supply to 30 Muslim and 30 Hindu families. More support is desperately needed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rBVToDlqzI&t=2s Video: Video of thanks from local Pastors…
For over two years British Asian Christian Association have been providing free meals for homeless people, the economically deprived and refugees and asylum-seekers. Our work began after Trustees became acutely aware of the growing homeless community in Ilford during a series of outreach events in Ilford Town Centre (click here). You can read a full review of our ‘Meals for the Needy’ project and watch videos (here). It includes an account of how we grew the service by meeting the homeless on the streets were they took shelter. The current economic climate has resulted in a huge increase in the…