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Aleeza Masih (5 yrs) was only 1.5 years old when she survived the brutal terrorist attack on Quetta Church on 17th December 2017, (click here). The attack on Bethel Memorial Methodist Church during a Nativity service, killed 9 people and would have been worse had it not been for the bravery of volunteer Christian security officers (click here). Aleeza Masih lost her right leg and bowels after a large piece of shrapnel embedded itself in her limb. An initial operation left her in a critical state after hospital workers failed to clean her wound properly and gangrene set in. https://youtu.be/kMSwyYIEyEk …

A Christian woman was raped by her Muslim employer, who sent for her to go to his private quarters at the end of her work shift. After the ordeal the woman’s family still reeling from news of the sexual assault, were met by an armed gang at their home the following morning demanding they all go back to work. Rimsha Riaz (18 yrs) was employed in a glass crushing company alongside members of her family all of whom were hard-working loyal employees for Haji Ali Akbar, a successful Muslim businessman. Members of the family  turned up for work as usual…

The home of Pakistan’s most famous orphans has had a facelift and two new ceiling fans installed. BACA has also replaced items of kitchenware that had been stolen while they were visiting distant relatives. Suleman (13 yrs), Sonia (10 yrs) and Poonam (8 yrs) survived the beating and then burning alive of their parents before there very eyes in 2014.  Their father Shahzad Masih and his wife Shama two slaves indentured indentured under a bonded lbaour contract,  were falsely accused of blasphemy in 2014.  Before the couple could be arrested and then challenge for their acquittal in court, they were…

There are several thousand Pak-Christian asylum seekers in Thailand all of whom are treated as illegal immigrants, even though a large percentage have either UNHCR registration as an official asylum seeker or refugee. This forces them to work cash in hand jobs for a pittance under extremely difficult and unsafe circumstances.  Last year a Pak-Christian father died after a fall from a high ladder and was entitled to no compensation, even worse the business that hired him was not punished.  Babar Ishaq left behind a large family with a severely mentally-impaired child – they are one of our beneficiaries.  Read more (here)…

When Russia shocked the world by initiating a war with Ukraine (click here). British Asian Christian Association’s trustees agreed to find ways to support both people fleeing the war and those choosing to stay in Ukraine. Our work towards this grows in strength and we gave the finance required to start a food programme for  many Odessan’s choosing to stay in Ukraine.  Already our partners led by Pastor Vasilev have begun to share bags of food and Bibles with desperate people. Photo of one of the Bibles that has been distributed Many people have lost their jobs after more wealthy Ukrainians…

Badil Masih (10yrs) was sodomised and murdered by his employer Mr Mohammed Ikram and a cohort, in July 2019, for daring to seek full payment for work he had carried out at a scrapyard (click here). British Asian Christian Association stepped in to pay for legal costs, and support the family financially as they challenged for justice.  Despite clear evidence of a crime courts offered pre-arrest bail to the murderers who began to threaten the Christian family and key witnesses (click here). Though Badil’s mother  Shareefa remained stoic throughout the court process.  The witnesses were nobbled by the murderers and their…

Hannah Chowdhry, a long term community campaigner and volunteer for British Asian Christian Association, has been named a ‘Community Champion’ by the Child of Britain Awards. At the prestigious JW Marriott Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, children and young people received their awards at a glittering ceremony, hosted by legendary television presenter, Eamonn Holmes OBE. The Child of Britain Awards were hosted for their inaugural year: “To celebrate the inspirational achievements of remarkable young people across Britain. “Honouring extraordinary moments of personal courage, bravery, sporting and creative achievements.” There were 11 award categories, highlighting those that champion causes in their…

As a group that was working throughout Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum Jubilee celebration period, we wanted to make sure our regular visitors had the same level of celebration as everyone else. Too often homeless communities are forgotten about during public celebrations while some of the homeless community simply have a crises of confidence, due to their social circumstances. This year however, from Thursday 2nd June through to Sunday 5th June BACA held a mini celebration, that included music, jubilee bunting and flags and some jubilee inspired food. Even better, we brought our event out into the streets to…

A Christian farm worker was  brutally murdered by two Muslim men in a village named Muslimania, Sialkot, Pakistan.  The men used farm sickles and scythes to inflict large gaping wounds to the head and body of the murder victim.  They then then threw bricks at his head smashing his skull – probably to make sure he was dead. A hose was then placed around the neck of the corpse which was dragged through the farm onto the streets nearby the home of the murder victim. His family were later awoken at 3.30am by the terrified employer of the deceased Christian…

A Church started during the British Raj and gifted to local Pastors some time before Indian independence is involved in dispute over land owned by them. The church land when handed to native leaders of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Ministry was built in a city centre and is often viewed enviously by local Hindus, said Pastor Sami Ravi Kumar. In April 2015 a local Hindu woman entrepreneur illegally built a wall and sequestered a large part of church land despite having no legal documents for land ownership. On May 22nd 2022, our BACA Operations Manager visited this Andhra Evangelical Lutheran…