New and unwanted items give lease of life to deprived Christian families in Pakistan

Jan 25, 2022 by Jill

from the British Asian Christian Association:

British Asian Christian Association continues to collect and send unwanted clothes, toys, household goods and other useful items to deprived families in Pakistan. We are able to collect items from any home in London as long as they are willing to pay the cost of fuel for our driver to travel from Ilford to your home, office or other venue.

We can only collect items that are reusable, clean, operational and of value to the families that we support. In Pakistan we work with several churches in Lahore to ensure that needy families are aware of how and where to collect items. Registered families are placed on a cycle to maximize the number of people needing support who have access to the service.

To arrange for a collection or to drop of your gifts to our centre directly, please call 020 8500 1192 or alternatively email admin@britishasianchristians.org.

Shipping of these items to Pakistan cost us £1.50 per kilo it is not exactly cheap but is the most inexpensive way we can deliver these good to the many families we support. If you would like to help us pay for the shipping then please do click this (link).

This is one of the most unsupported aspects of our work but is often one of the most helpful in regards of the number of people reached, the productivity of the items given away and the economic gap that such support fills. I explain… a large amount of the domestic cost to a family will be kitchen utensils, clothes and household goods for which often little support is given. Our gifts give solace to an increasing number of families who often have only one or two pairs of clothes which they can wear for many years.

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