{"id":3629,"date":"2026-02-05T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stoneinternational.org\/projects\/befree\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:18:38","slug":"befree","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.stoneinternational.org\/en\/projects\/befree\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy a brick!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And help free 30 families from the brick kilns in Pakistan.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Debt bondage is a form of slavery in which entire families are often trapped for generations by a debt. This debt is taken on with an employer where both working and living conditions are deplorable. Because of extremely low wages, high interest, and charges for food and housing, repayment becomes virtually impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result? Whole families grow up in poverty, without education and without a future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is how we build freedom together for families who are trapped.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

With\u00a0our <\/strong>BeFree! program,<\/a> our goal for 2026\u20132027 is to free up to 30 families from modern slavery. Whether we can achieve this fully depends on the resources available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every brick you purchase contributes to more than liberation alone. We provide families with safe shelter, basic necessities, help find and create employment opportunities, and offer coaching and education. By supporting families toward self-sufficiency, we prevent them from being forced to return to the kilns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy a brick yourself, and share this campaign with friends, family, churches, businesses, and your network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, we can give thirty families, and the generations after them a renewed sense of hope and opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us. Give. Share. Build freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Matthias \/\/ Ambassador<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our ambassador would be happy to get in touch with you, we would, of course, love to personally deliver the brick to you. But please feel free to reach out to us directly as well. (0031 6 372 87 362<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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