Persecuted Christian orphans · Pakistan

Hands Together to Deliver the Oppressed

In Pakistan, abandoned children survive on the streets or are forced to work from the age of 4 or 5. They are our brothers and sisters in the faith.

Your gift today helps give them safety, food, education and the means to build a future of dignity and hope.

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Smiling orphans sitting on the ground holding up their plates of food

The reality of orphans in Pakistan

Children in danger every day

These orphans are abandoned, mistreated and forced to beg or work in inhumane conditions to survive, in a country where Christians are severely oppressed.

2%Christians, in a country that is 96% Muslim

8^thcountry where Christians are most persecuted¹

3^rdin the world for child mortality²

11%of children aged 5 and over work³

A toddler alone against a brick wall, holding a flatbread

Abandoned

Babies are rejected at birth, sometimes thrown in the garbage. Others are left alone on the streets, hungry and thirsty.

A young barefoot boy carrying a heavy load of bricks on his back

Forced labour and violence

Held captive in forced labour, in extreme heat of 113 °F. This boy carries 120 lb of bricks on his back, barefoot, and is beaten every day.

A boy carrying a heavy bowl on his head in a dusty workshop

Exploited

Captured to be exploited, they work with no way out and no chance to go to school.

A boy in dirty clothes holding out his hands

Forced to beg

To survive, they must beg or search for food in the garbage. Exposed to violence, gangs and abuse.

These little ones are our brothers and sisters in the faith. They know violence, fear and abandonment.

With love and compassion, help us give them the food they need, a safe refuge, tenderness and the hope they so badly need.

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Who we are

A mission born from a calling

In 2025, a few Christians in Canada who did not know each other answered the same call from God: to help 40 persecuted orphans in Pakistan, whom a Pakistani Christian had taken in and was feeding with all his strength, despite his own persecution.

That is how the non-profit organization Hands Together (Mains Ensemble in French) was born.

Our team is 100% volunteer. Your gifts go directly to support the orphans in Pakistan, through our two native missionaries. We are in touch with them every week and receive financial reports from them with receipts, photos and videos.

The founders of Hands Together, smiling together — Lucie, Richard, Claude and Marianne founded Hands Together.

Our mission

To rescue and protect persecuted Christian orphans and children who are abandoned, mistreated or exploited, by giving them safety, food, education and the tools they need to build an independent future, in dignity and hope.

We also support the most vulnerable persecuted Christians and widows through humanitarian aid, tools and education that help them become independent and take charge of their lives.

Before

Abandoned on the street: hunger, thirst, extreme heat.

A boy holding his little brother, both dirty and barefoot

After

Fed, loved, educated.

Our missionary hugging a young orphan — Tenderness, at last.

The orphans seated in rows for a meal, dressed warmly — Mealtime.

A smiling girl holding her bread and meal — No one goes to bed hungry anymore.

A smiling boy with a plate of watermelon — A happy, healthy child full of energy.

Children in school uniforms giving a thumbs-up — The children go to school.

Two little boys eating a chicken meal — Nourishing meals.

Two children holding boxes of new shoes — The orphans are clothed and have shoes.

Seven smiling girls standing against a brick wall — Safe, together.

A boy giving a thumbs-up, holding his meal — Thank you!

A group of joyful children giving a thumbs-up — Joy restored.

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“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me. Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:35-36, 40

Donate

A gift that saves a child's life

Two smiling girls eating their meal, seated on the ground

$50 a month covers all of a child's needs: three meals a day, clothing, hygiene products, schooling and a roof. Above all, that child is rescued from the street, hunger, abuse and forced labour.

$25feeds and protects a child for 2 weeks

$50 / monthall of a child's needs for one month

$100all the needs of 2 children for 1 month

$250pays for special medical care

$500buys essential supplies

If many of us give the amount God has placed on our hearts, we will be able to build the Refuge of Hope and rescue even more children.

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Canadian non-profit organization. Donations are not tax-deductible.

Other ways to give

Interac e-Transfer (Canada)

Interac e-Transfer: to donations@handstogether.charity

By cheque

Payable to “Hands Together Organization”
27 Av. Bernard-Dumont Ouest, St-Raphael, QC G0R 4C0, Canada

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Orphanage building project in Faisalabad

Let's build the Refuge of Hope

Today, 40 orphans live in two rented houses, in difficult conditions:

Three to a small bed. In summer, they sleep outside.
Up to 122 °F in rooms with no windows.
No real kitchen, no fridge, no clean water. Water has to be bought every day.
Threat of eviction: without a building, the orphanage is not legal. It has already happened.

We urgently need a building to welcome more children. With no more room, we can no longer take in other orphans in danger and give them a safe refuge.

Illustration of the future Refuge of Hope orphanage — Illustration of the future Refuge of Hope.

Three little girls sleeping squeezed into one small bed — Three girls in one small bed.

Boys sleeping crowded together on mattresses — The boys sleep crowded together.

The current kitchen: a small stove on a table, outdoors — The “kitchen” is outside, with no roof: when it rains, it rains on the kitchen.

Our vision: build a refuge for at least 100 orphans

Over the years, hundreds of children will be rescued thanks to this refuge.

Safe dormitoriesWith windows and bunk beds

Kitchen and clean waterRefrigerator and water filters

EducationComputer lab and sewing centre

Solar energyAgainst daily power cuts and high electricity costs

Food self-sufficiencyGarden, chickens and goats

A place to be lovedFor children who have known only fear and violence

$1505.5 sq ft of refuge

$25010 sq ft of safety

$50020 sq ft of protection, or supplies such as water filters

$1,00036 sq ft of refuge, or tools, or animals for their self-sufficiency, such as chickens or goats

🤍 I give to build the Refuge

Nehemia in his school uniform, proudly holding his trophy and report card

Nehemia's story

At 5 years old, Nehemia was rescued by our missionary. He had been abandoned on the street with his brother and sister, aged 2 and 3. He searched through garbage at a hospital entrance, living with hunger, thirst and fear.

Today Nehemia is 10. He is loved, fed and clothed. He is first in his class and received an award trophy.

Help us build the Refuge of Hope to house Nehemia and rescue other children like him.

🤍 I give to build the Refuge

Aid to persecuted families and widows

We have also provided practical help to the poorest widows and Christian families.

A widow and her daughter receiving groceries — Food aid for a widow with no income and her blind, mute daughter.

Christian families receiving bags of flour — Food distribution for persecuted Christian families.

A child holding groceries for his family — Groceries for a family in need.

Very poor families gathered in a courtyard — Visiting and supporting very poor Christian families.

A woman drinking clean water from the well — Clean water from a well we had dug for severely persecuted Christians.

Joyful children washing their hands with water from the well — The children's joy at the clean water from the new well.

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Thank you for your generosity

Our team is entirely volunteer. Your gifts therefore go directly to the field in Pakistan, to the most vulnerable.