History & staff.
Named accountability — the leadership, the field network, and the work this program continues.
Who runs this work
Leadership & staff
- Keith Davies Director
- Max Gibson (Mosheh Ben Avraham) Founder
- Naaman Griffin Staff
- Ann Leake Staff
Board & field network
- Pastor Aneel Saleem Board Member, Pakistan Division
- Simcha-Chaya Ben Avraham Board / Founder, ForAfricanJews.org
Source: History & Staff page (legacy). Roster pending owner re-confirmation.
History
The rescue work began in 2009 with Farrukh Harrison Saif, supporting marginalized minorities in Pakistan affected by religious discrimination, blasphemy laws, forced conversions, abductions, and bonded slavery — with a focus on liberating bonded laborers in rural brick kilns.
In 2017–2018, that work merged with the US-based Emergency Committee to Save the Persecuted and Enslaved, founded by Keith Davies and Farrukh Saif. Since 2009, these organizations combined have rescued more than 35,000 individuals from brick-kiln slavery and other programs, and advocated against the abuse of blasphemy laws in Pakistan.
Founded in 2022, Redeem the Oppressed continues this work in parallel — with the added goal of extending programs to Afghanistan, Israel, and Africa.
Heritage & founders
- Farrukh Harrison Saif Began the rescue work in 2009
- Keith Davies & Farrukh Saif Founded the Emergency Committee to Save the Persecuted and Enslaved (2018)