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Heaters Winter Drive | Lebanon | Nov 2024 Lebanon is facing severe distress once again. Large parts of the country’s cities have been devastated, leaving many homeless and reliant on donations for food, blankets, and clean water. With winter approaching, temperatures will soon drop significantly, bringing snow and harsh conditions that will make survival even […]
Visiting the Rohingya Refugees | Cox’s Bazar | Oct 2024 Comfort Aid International donors have supported 122 orphaned refugees for the last seven years at the Balukhali Primary School on the perimeter of the densely populated Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, and provided potable water to 40,000 refugees daily. Ali Yusufali’s blog captures […]
Kaka And Keema, And Clever Monkeys I recently find myself in Mumbai, India, a city I visit frequently. I’ve been visiting it since it was called Bombay, a bindas, badass city, where I, strangely, feel at home within the densely populated island, where nearly 22 million people live, packed tight, in relative harmony. Imagine, that […]
Emergency Aid for Yemen Flood Victims | August 2024 As Yemen grapples with a cholera outbreak and escalating food insecurities, 34,000+ families were displaced from unprecedented flooding and windstorms in August and into September. Some areas witnessed entire communities wiped out. Displaced families were in desperate need of emergency support as infrastructure services were severely […]
Blankets Drive | Winter 2024 Afghanistan, Syria, parts of Pakistan, and India experience severe winters, especially in remote areas. Sadly, many impoverished, old, infirm, and very young do not see the light of day as they succumb to hypothermia. This tragedy is avoidable with a contribution of US$32 per person. A thick, sturdy blanket will […]
Blankets Drive | Winter 2024 Afghanistan, Syria, parts of Pakistan, and India experience severe winters, especially in remote areas. Sadly, many impoverished, old, infirm, and very young do not see the light of day as they succumb to hypothermia. This tragedy is avoidable with a contribution of US$32 per person. A thick, sturdy blanket will […]
Blankets Drive | Winter 2024 Afghanistan, Syria, parts of Pakistan, and India experience severe winters, especially in remote areas. Sadly, many impoverished, old, infirm, and very young do not see the light of day as they succumb to hypothermia. This tragedy is avoidable with a contribution of US$32 per person. A thick, sturdy blanket will […]
Food Aid | Yemen | 2024 Comfort Aid International, in partnership with BETA Charitable Trust, continues distributing food aid monthly to internally displaced people in Yemen. Infant powder milk, rice, flour, oil, sugar, and sometimes meat are distributed in remote communities where children suffer from malnutrition. Photos of distribution: Maternity Ward | Al Kauthar Hospital […]
Appeal for Parachinar Aid | Pakistan | Aug 2024 Parachinar is a remote area in the Federally Administered Tribal Area of Pakistan, cordoned off by Afghanistan on all sides but one. On July 24th, 2024, violence erupted against the minority community in Parachinar by Taliban militants, closing the main artery connecting the region to the […]
I return to Dar es Salaam at the start of the holy month of Muharram. Yet another opportunity to partake in the remembrance and pay respect and honor Imam Hussein (a) and his family for their devotion and sublime sacrifice for the pleasure of Allah and the reformation of Islam – for me, a time […]
