Christian humanitarian aid
Helping Christians in Need Around the World
Together, we can bring hope, freedom, and practical help to Christians facing poverty, persecution, exploitation, and oppression.
Our first major focus is helping Christian families and individuals in Pakistan who are trapped in debt bondage and forced labor in brick kilns.
The need
They Need Help. We Can Help.
Some Christian families in Pakistan become trapped in cycles of debt and forced labor. Housing, work, and repayment are bound together, and without outside assistance a family may have very little ability to leave.
It often begins with an ordinary emergency — an illness, a funeral, a failed harvest. A cash advance is offered. Repayment is then deducted against work, and new costs are added faster than the balance falls. Children are pulled in to help. A family that simply needed help through a hard season can find itself unable to walk away.
Practical assistance at the right moment — food, medical care, schooling, legal advice, and support toward stable work — can change what is possible for a family. That is the work we exist to do.
Illustrative photograph. Not a photograph of the family described.
Featured story
The “Masih” Family
Pakistan · Name changed for safety
A Christian family describes taking a small advance during a medical emergency, then finding the balance harder to clear with each passing season.
According to the account shared with us, the family accepted an advance payment (commonly called a peshgi) to cover urgent medical costs. Repayment is deducted against brick production, and additional costs for food, fuel, and illness have made the balance difficult to reduce.
Your donation
What your giving can make possible
Gifts to Christians in Need International may be used to provide assistance of the kinds below, where it is appropriate, lawful, and genuinely helpful to the family involved.
Emergency assistance
Rapid help when a household faces a sudden crisis.
Food & basic necessities
Staple food, clean water, and essential household supplies.
Medical assistance
Treatment and medicine that families cannot otherwise afford.
Education for children
Fees, books, and uniforms so children can stay in school.
Legal assistance
Independent advice for families in exploitative arrangements.
Debt relief where permissible
Where appropriate and lawful, help toward outstanding advances.
Escaping exploitative labor
Support for families seeking a way out of forced labor.
Transitional & economic help
Tools, training, and stability during a fragile transition.
We do not promise specific outcomes. Every situation is different, and some forms of assistance depend on local law, verified need, and the safety of the people involved.
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Hold these families before God
Prayer is not a substitute for practical help, and practical help is not a substitute for prayer. We invite you to do both.
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Every gift supports our humanitarian mission among Christians facing poverty, persecution, and forced labor.