Unfortunately, bonded slavery is very common in the Southeast Asian country where we serve.
The bonded enslaved live at the kiln/brick factories, under below-average living standards, and work in hazardous conditions. Bricks are made through a very tough, labor-intensive, and manual process.
Our goal is to educate children born in the households of people who are enslaved.
We believe that through education, these children will one day acquire technical skills and grow up to help their families get out of bonded slavery through gainful employment with fair compensation.
Read more about bonded and modern slavery.
Enslaved Children
The Cycle Of Bonded Slavery
Low paying jobs
Bonded Slavery
Extended slavery
Poverty & lack of skills
Debt
Lack of financial resources
Because of the nature of the brick-making procedure, bricks are only made when the weather is favorable. This means that during rainy and extremely cold and hot seasons, workers are unemployed for days and months, especially in the summer and winter. Consequently, they take additional loans to survive. A shortage of financial resources for hospitalization and medical supplies are other reasons for debt. Due to a lack of awareness as well as scarcity of education, women from this community face the most challenging medical and health conditions, especially during pregnancy. This cycle of low wages, new debt, and accumulating, high-interest rates can keep the families enslaved for generations.
Lack of financial resources
The root causes of bonded slavery
Lack of education
Lack of technical skills
A day at the kiln factory
to encourage the enslaved families we serve
In December 2024, with the partnership of our on-the-ground team, we had the opportunity to visit the enslaved families and the students we currently serve in this Southeast Asian country*. This video gives an overview of the lives of our students and the residential community in which they live on the kiln factory’s premises. The average loan per family of our current students in local currency is 207, 500.00 i.e., USD 741.00. We firmly believe that the best way to break the bondage of slavery and the long-term solution to deliver these enslaved families from generational debt is to educate the children, enabling them to one day obtain the technical skills with fair compensation.
A school day for our young scholars starts with devotion, recitation of the 10 commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, and supplication. Most children from the neighborhood we serve do not get three meals a day. We are doing everything possible to send our dear children home with full stomachs after school. Join us in raising this generation by breaking the bondage of slavery through encouragement, education, and empowerment.
Launched Projects
Presently, we have one school serving 31 children born in the households of enslaved families, many of whom started school for the first time in January 2025. Four teachers, one supervisor, one guard, one caretaker, and one project coordinator educate, mentor, and care for these children. We consider it a privilege to launch the first Christian school in this specific area of this Southeast Asian country*, where minorities face several challenges from neighbors with differing beliefs.
School Guidelines And Policies
We provide a safe, respectful environment where the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being of our team together with students is a top priority.
Safety
We want to ensure that our on-site staff and students feel encouraged, appreciated, valued, as well as respected.
Respect
We screen our staff to authenticate their Christian beliefs and, in addition to the traditional educational curriculum, only teach in a biblical context to the students.
Beliefs
We follow educational guidelines issued by the local government ensuring that the curriculum is up to date and aligns with our values.
Curriculum
We train and mentor children through spiritually sound and mature stewardship.
Moral mentorship
We teach and disciple children by closely following biblical values and ethical principles.
Biblically sound discipleship
All our paid team members serve the children and their local community*
Meet Our
On-Site Team
Your contribution to the individual sponsorship program will allow us to bring the educationally deprived enslaved children of the nearby kiln factories that are within drivable distance. While it is our goal to open more schools for the enslaved children, at this point, we are unable to launch schools at these nearby as well as remotely located kiln factories immediately. By providing safe and secure transportation, we can bring the enslaved children to our school, who desire to receive education and long for a bright future that is free from bonded slavery, marginalization, and oppression.
Future Projects
Our goal is to launch more schools for the enslaved children of kiln factories and children with limited to no access to education. Soon, we aim to expand the existing project by opening school doors for more students to join their peers. This vision can turn into reality through sponsorship and partnership
* For reasons related to security, the specific location of our school and the names of our team members cannot be revealed at this time. We thank you for your understanding.
Individual Sponsorship Program
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Testimonials and Interviews
