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2,000 Pakistani Christians evicted to the roadside and living in fear of typhoid

Project(s): 41-842

Country: PAKISTAN

Local doctors and experienced news correspondents are shocked by the appalling conditions being endured by some 2,000 Christians in downtown Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. Despite being only ten minutes from health centres, two people have died in the 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) heat, with many more in danger of dying from dehydration, infection or the cumulative effects of poverty.

How did they end up here? Approximately a year ago, around 214 Christian families were promised land in the Chak Shahzad district of Islamabad. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) of Islamabad arranged their move and told the families to set up tents there until possession had been finalised. Then three months ago the CDA changed their minds forcing the Christian families to live in the road amidst squalid conditions, where their only water supply runs all too close to an open pit latrine and a waste dump. There are up to 20 people sharing one tent, which only adds to the discomfort.

Our partners in Pakistan commented, “Since Christians are discriminated against by the majority population, nothing has been done to help them.”

Whilst the Pakistan authorities are still to act, Barnabas has been able to secure a way to provide practical aid to the families now. This aid will take the form of food items including rice, lentils, onions and cooking oil for each affected family, as well as buckets and water containers to reduce the risk of typhoid affecting the tightly packed camp.

For only £34.75 ($56.94 or €40.33) you can feed a whole family for a month. Five water containers each capable of carrying 20 litres, costs only £7.40 ($12.15 or €8.60). Any one of these items could be a lifesaver.

Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, International Director of Barnabas Fund says, “Here is a real opportunity to save lives. Our brothers and sisters in Islamabad are in dire need of material assistance to prevent disease ravaging their already stricken camp. Please be praying that we can raise the necessary funds quickly to meet this life-threatening need.”

 

 

“To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.”
(1 Corinthians 4:11 TNIV)

Please follow this link to see CNN’s coverage:
 
http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2009/08/13/perry.pakistan.camp.cnn

 

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If you would like to make a gift to help these Christian families in their desperate need then please click to donate online using our secure server (Please quote project reference 41-842 – Christian victims of violence and injustice in Pakistan)

If you prefer to telephone, dial: 0800 587 4006 from within the UK or +44 1672 565031 from outside the UK (Please quote project reference 41-842).

If you prefer to send a cheque by post: Click this link for the address of our regional office. (Please quote project reference 41-842).

Please Pray:
  1. The Capital Development Authority can find housing for all those currently living on the roadside and can do so soon.
  2. That discrimination against Christians in Pakistan will cease.
  3. For the distribution of aid to be completed soon so that conditions do not worsen in the roadside camps and that lives may be saved.
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