Comfort Aid International

July 1st, 2011

2011 Ramadhan Iftaar Fund: Repeating our efforts of past 17 years, CAI will insha’Allah assist in providing poor families with Iftaar support this coming blessed month of Ramadhan. I will personally supervise part distributions in Afghanistan and India, insha’Allah. Our reach will include feeding programs for the poor and destitute in the following countries: – […]

Bosnia’s Killing Fields

Kamal Pejmahovic, at first glance, looks intense, a loner, angry, even. A tall, handsome, sturdy man of about 40, Kamal works for the Islamic Center in Sarajevo as a handy man, responsible for everything between required repairs to cleaning and general maintenance; he is very good at what he does, a dependable man to have […]

June 19th, 2011

2011 Ramadhan Iftaar Fund: Repeating our efforts of past 17 years, CAI will insha’Allah assist in providing poor families with Iftaar support this coming blessed month of Ramadhan. Our reach will include feeding programs for the poor and destitute in the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Srilanka – 3,200 families @ US$28 per family […]

Bosnia The Beautiful

Bosnia Herzegovina (BH) is on my wish list of countries to visit for quite some time, so when Orison Charitable Trust (OCT) in the UK offers me an opportunity to join their group visiting June 8 – 13, why, I seize it. The start, however, does not have an auspicious beginning. It is a wet […]

June 6th, 2011

2011 Ramadhan Iftaar Fund: Repeating our efforts of past 17 years, CAI will insha’Allah assist in providing poor families with Iftaar support this coming blessed month of Ramadhan. Our reach will include feeding programs for the poor and destitute in the following countries: – 3,200 families @ US$28 per family unit 25 kg wheat flour […]

Back in the USA!

Phew! It has taken us about 3 (hard) weeks to kinda settle down here in super quiet Sanford, Florida. India is already a fading memory; cannot believe we divorced each other not even a month ago. Coming back is a stressful delight but we are very fortunate to have a very supporting Amina Bhabhi and […]

May 26th, 2011

The Wretched Muslims Of Sarepole, Afghanistan: A community of about 5,000 very poor and destitute Muslims make up this society in Sarepole, Afghanistan. These people escaped Taliban atrocities in early 2000’s by fleeing to Iran where they lived in poverty but in relative safety. They have been now expelled back to Afghanistan for various reasons. […]

7 Days Of Tea In Afghanistan

I have blogged a considerable amount about my forays into Afghanistan, to a point further narrative, from me, perhaps, might seem excessive repetition. So I will let someone who accompanied me this last trip in April (my 18th, his 1st) tell the story of our adventures in rural Afghanistan, perhaps the most beautiful and cruel […]

May 10th, 2011

CAI Aids Poor Students In Tanzania Get Vocational Training: CAI donors, through Nyota Foundation of Tanzania, recently helped 10 poor student girls with vocational education. These poor girls (read about their background here) will be able to fast track to employment after completing these courses, insha’Allah. CAI Opens New Elementary School In Sarepol – Afghanistan: […]