Comfort Aid International

CAI Newsletter – May 2017 – B

Ramadhan 2017 Iftaar Relief Update: Let us bring relief and happiness to the poor during this holy month for the pleasure of Allah. Please donate at www.comfortaid.org now or pledge. Allah bless. Iraq Homes For The Homeless Project Photo Update: This new 32-home Hydery project between Najaf and Kerbala, catering to poor refugees, is nearing […]

Sydney / London Diaries

Sydney / London Diaries Sydney Diary Alhamd’Allah, Sydney is sunnier and a bit warmer than Melbourne and Adelaide. At first glance, the city resembles any others in the US or Canada, with wide roads, traffic snares and a downtown with skyscrapers. Except they ape the British and drive on the wrong side of the road. […]

No Worries / Pathani Hugs

Flying three hours from Mumbai to Dubai and another fourteen to Melbourne, Australia is tasking, especially for a young lad like me; take my word for it. Unlike my last visit to this mammoth country where I was grilled for almost two hours for stupid reasons, I am pleasantly waved through immigration and customs without […]

Indian Summers / Jamun Ice-cream

Summers in Mumbai are hot and steamy, but Allah has bestowed many advantages and mercies in this furnace-like weather as well. The tropical fruits I so lovingly covet mature in the sauna, so they ripen and sweeten. The results are spectacularly delicious jackfruits, jamuns (Java plums), papaya and the king of all fruits – the […]

Water, Water

Flying into cooler Nairobi from Mumbai is such a relief, even for a few days. The best part of Nairobi, I think, is the weather, because let me tell you, traffic frustrations will take my life, in one form or another, should I choose to stick around for any length of time. I thought it […]

CAI Newsletter – March 2017 – B

BETA / CAI Efforts For Yemen Milk Program Continues The joint efforts of Beta Charitable Trust UK, and CAI USA continues with the milk feeding program for children suffering from severe malnutrition in Yemen due to the continued blockade. The most recent distribution will be the fourth, bringing relief, albeit temporary, to the suffering masses. […]

Happy Birthday / Nepal Calling

Happy Birthday Clearing immigration at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is now a piece of cake, since I have done it so many times, and I am at the Leela less than ten minutes later. My mind reeling with jetlag after almost twenty-four hours of flying, I am dead to the world the moment my […]