The Freedom Campaign: End Bonded Labour and Modern Slavery
"...and to free those in bondage, and to help those burdened with debt, and for expenditure in the Way of Allah..."
(Quran 9:60)
We may believe we live in a free society, yet there are 24.9 million people around the world living in forced labour, and one in four of them are children. Entire families are forced to work in brick kilns and domestic work for wages that cannot even cover daily survival, let alone the crippling debt that traps them. This is modern slavery.
The Freedom Campaign by Al Mustafa Canada aims to end this injustice. We pay off the debt of families trapped in bonded labour and sets them free. One donation breaks a cycle that has held entire families for generations.
Bonded labour, also known as debt bondage and peonage
happens when people give themselves into slavery as security against a loan or when they inherit a debt from a relative. Then, while the worker labours to repay the debt, the employer continues to add on additional expenses.
They are heavily exploited, often doing life-threatening work such as operating kilns, lifting heavy bricks and working in unhealthy conditions. Entire families get trapped in this form of bonded labour, working endlessly for their freedom.
If the person who borrowed the money passes away, the debt is transferred to their children, causing an endless, vicious cycle. Children are also trapped, with 80% of them never going to school.
Your donations can help take a family out of modern-day slavery & help generations to flourish.
What Is the Freedom Campaign?
The Freedom Campaign targets bonded labour, one of the most widespread forms of modern day slavery. Across Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and parts of Africa, millions work in brick kilns, mills, mines, and factories under conditions that violate basic human rights.
Al Mustafa Canada runs this campaign to free a family from debt by paying off their loan directly to the kiln owner. Once the debt amount is cleared, the family walks free. Many have never known freedom. Neither did their parents or grandparents.
How We Free People from Bonded Labour
The Freedom Campaign runs a direct, four-step process.
Step 1: Al Mustafa Canada receives your donation to free a family from debt.
Step 2: Our local team identifies families trapped in bonded labour and confirms their debt amount with the kiln owners.
Step 3: The team travels to the site, sits down with the family and the kiln owner, and pays off the loan in full. The family walks free. For many, it is the first time in generations that anyone in their bloodline has known freedom.
Step 4: Al Mustafa sends you photos and a personal message from the family you helped free.
Your donation does not disappear into a fund. You see exactly where it goes and who it reaches.
The Freedom Campaign is Al Mustafa Canada’s initiative to end bonded labour by paying off the debt that traps entire families in forced work, freeing them completely.
These families are usually in extreme poverty with no assets, credit history, or documentation banks require, leaving kiln owners as their only option, however exploitative.
Kiln owners add ongoing charges for housing, tools, and daily necessities on top of the original loan, so the debt grows faster than the family can ever repay it through labour alone.
Bonded labour persists across Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and parts of Africa, particularly in brick kilns, mills, mines, and other manual labour industries.
Yes. Freeing a family from bonded labour is Zakat eligible, and Al Mustafa Canada maintains a strict 100% Zakat policy so your full donation reaches the family.
$2,000 reflects the typical debt amount owed by families in bonded labour, allowing Al Mustafa Canada to plan and fund each family’s freedom consistently.
The family receives their freedom immediately, and Al Mustafa Canada sends donors photos and a personal message so you see exactly who your donation helped.
