{"id":317,"date":"2018-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2018\/10\/05\/shama-and-shazads-children-showing-remarkable-recovery-and-progress\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:00:00","slug":"shama-and-shazads-children-showing-remarkable-recovery-and-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/shama-and-shazads-children-showing-remarkable-recovery-and-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Shama and Shazad&#x27;s children showing remarkable recovery and progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BPCA Lead Officer Mehwish Bhatti met three of Shama and Shezad&#x27;s children on one of her regular visits to Lahore on 1st October 2018.&nbsp; She found the<br \/>\n    children healthy and in good spirits and spent a day providing good company to children who have come to think of her as a special aunt. Suleman (9<br \/>\n    yrs), Sonia (7 yrs) and Poonam (4 yrs) survived a vicious attack on their parents that say expecting mother Shama and her husband Shahzad who were<br \/>\n    accused of blasphemy, thrown onto a brick kiln fire after a brutal violent beating and gang-rape <strong><a href=&quot;https:\/\/britishpakistanichristians.worldsecuresystems.com\/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=621452&amp;A=SearchResult&amp;SearchID=1218294&amp;ObjectID=621452&amp;ObjectType=55&quot;>(click here)<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\n    \n<\/p>\n<div>\n    <br \/>Mehwish said:<\/p>\n<p><span style=&quot;color: rgb(79, 129, 189);&quot;>&quot;Suleman is now in1st grade and is enjoying his time at school a lot, especially the physical rewards of playtime. His favourite play areas are the swings, slide and see-saw and he can often be seen playing on these with great vigour. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Suleman&#x27;s favourite subject  is English and his particular interest is in English poems. He has promised to recite a  poem for me when I return to meet him next month.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=&quot;color: rgb(79, 129, 189);&quot;>&quot;Sonia and Poonam enjoy a strong bond of sisterhood and the eldest Sonia is very protective of Poonam. She and Poonam still share a bed and enjoy their private discussions and role-play games every night. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Sonia is in Kindergarten year 1 and loves  playing with dolls, so I have promised to buy her a doll and doll house set for Christmas.&nbsp; Poonam has also started school and is in the  Kindergarten.  She loves drawing with colour pencils and enjoys playing  with the stuffed toys at school.&nbsp; They both drew me some lovely pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=&quot;color: rgb(79, 129, 189);&quot;>&quot;All the children attend&nbsp; Catholic Church Asif Town,&nbsp; Lahore every Sunday and are also active members within their Sunday  school.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Their nanny Sobia (32 yrs) is taking good care of the childrens diet  and hygiene we have been informed by their grandfather [Muktar Masih].<\/p>\n<p>Mehwish added: <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style=&quot;color: rgb(79, 129, 189);&quot;>\n    <br \/>&quot;We are thankful to the Grandfather of the children who is taking care of the children despite being in his late 60&#x27;s.<br \/>\n    <br \/><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<div style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;><strong><span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;>The children are growing and we will be buying warm clothes for as winter is coming up and seek your help to make this happen.  If you would like to help us buy clothes \u00a3100) and pay for regular home visits (\u00a375 per month), and a live-in BPCA Nanny (\u00a3150 per month), please donate by clicking <\/span><a style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot; href=&quot;https:\/\/britishpakistanichristians.worldsecuresystems.com\/donate&quot;>(here)<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<br \/>\n    \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BPCA Lead Officer Mehwish Bhatti met three of Shama and Shezad&#x27;s children on one of her regular visits to Lahore on 1st October 2018.&nbsp; She found the children healthy and in good spirits and spent a day providing good company to children who have come to think of her as a special aunt. 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