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2020 Winter lifesaving blankets for Afghanistan / Yemen The goal is within reach. Please consider donating a blanket or more to ensure a homeless or destitute widow with children will sleep in relative comfort this winter. These very thick (5 kilos each covering an adult and a child in comfort) cost US$25 each, and are…

CAI Opens 50th Global School When Comfort Aid International began the construction of donor schools in the poorest and remotest parts of the world, I prayed really hard to Allah to let us complete at least 25 before I died. Allah smiled and said no way! I will make it at least 50, Yusufali! Please…

2020 Lifesaver Blanket Drive   Sugarcane Project In Kenya Pays Dividends CAI donors sponsored the lease of 10 acres of agriculture land for a poor village in Busia, Kenya. The villagers pitched in to clear the land and plant sugarcane which can easily be marketed to nearby sugar mills when ready. In the time it…

CAI Worldwide Orphans Back In School After a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CAI worldwide orphans (except India where the shutdown continues) are now back to school, albeit with stringent protection in place. Sharing some photos:   Yemen: Afghanistan: Rohingya orphans in Bangladesh: The Plight of the Rohingyas The plight of the Rohingyas…

Water For Rohingya Refugees - Help Needed I bring your attention to the CAI water projects for 39,000 Rohingya refugees rotting in squalor camps outside Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.   Two deepwater wells, two massive pumps, 28 massive storage tanks, and a network of distribution pipes bring pure potable drinking and daily-use water to these hapless people 24×7,…

Sindh, Pakistan Floods – CAI Donors Send Food/Water Aid Unprecedented rains in Pakistan have left thousands in people in Sindh homeless and hungry, especially the poor. Karachi has been especially hard hit, crippling the city. CAI has teamed up with Hussaini Foundation to feed 1,400 families essential rations worth Rs.2,500 each. The initial target amount…

CAI Plans To Expand Yemen Orphan Care To 200 As you may already know, CAI supports 100 poor orphans in Yemen, 50 girls/50 boys. These orphans are part of the 660 worldwide poor orphans CAI supports, providing them a life of decency and dignity. This includes quality education, which is the cornerstone of their upkeep. Yemen has…

Aid To Beirut – Lebanon CAI donors reacted to the tragedy in Beirut, Lebanon, and aid was on its way within three days, bringing hard to source food and medical supplies to the victims of the blast. CAI is still short of funds for this project so please help if you can. Sharing a few…

Disaster In Beirut, Lebanon – Urgent SOS With Beirut declared as a disaster-stricken city, the massive blast earlier on August 5 has caused widespread damage leaving over 150 people dead, nearly 4,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. These numbers will undoubtedly be higher once the chaos subsides. CAI has committed to help with an immediate need…

Qurbaani Note: CAI is not accepting qurbaani requests for Africa and India anymore; all others still available until July 28, 2020. Aid To Displaced Afghan Refugees: About 300 families (3,000 people) were recently forced out of their village near Belkhab in Sarepole District of Afghanistan and fled to Mazaar Shereef for safety. They now literally…

Qurbani Rates Please donate at www.comfortaid.org – Donate – Food Aid – Qurbani

Food / Medical Aid For COVID-19 Victims In Yemen Yemen was already in terrible shape with dire war and violence conditions, now made worse by COVID-19. There is a disaster brewing and CAI is mobilizing to help with medical aid, in addition to the existing food / milk-powder-for-infants that is already in place. Urgently needed…

CAI Feeding/Medical Program For COVID-19 Worldwide Victims Continue – Lebanon/Afghanistan/Yemen In The Spotlight CAI donors are continuing the feeding programs for daily wage earners who are in lockdown confinement, unable to work, and whose families are going hungry. Food aid to over 12 countries continues, especially in Lebanon, Yemen, and Afghanistan. CAI has received distressing…

Eid Gifts For Orphans: 300 out of the 660 orphans under CAI care received gifts from donors making their Eid day a happy one in the midst of so much pain. The other 360 will insha’Allah receive their gift after the lock down in their locations ends soon insha’Allah. Sharing a few photos. Zanzibar Water…

Zakat Fitra CAI will insha’Allah facilitate the distribution of Zakat Fitra to the poor and destitute in several countries on Eid-el-Fitr. The countries covered will be determined later, depending on how much is collected. At this time, it will be in Afghanistan, India, Iraq and Yemen. The rate depends on every individuals common meals; CAI…

Ramadhan 2020 and COVID-19 Aid Update: CAI is concluding the distribution of food in 24 countries to supplement iftaar for the poor, and those struggling with unemployment or an inability to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The combined iftaar / COVID-19 food aid programs totaled US$860,000 in supplementing food aid to over 32,000…

Aiding Victims Of Coronavirus In Multiple Countries: CAI donors reached out to those who are directly affected by the disease and those who have had their income disrupted by the lockdown. The following areas of distress received food and/or medical aid: Areas in and around Mumbai, India – 5,000 families received food aid worth US$68,000.…

Aiding Victims Of Coronavirus In Five Countries: CAI donors reached out to those who are directly affected by the disease and those who have had their income disrupted by the lockdown. The following areas of distress received food and/or medical aid: Areas in and around Mumbai, India – 5,000 families received food aid worth US$68,000.…

SOS – Urgent Appeal For Coronavirus Victims Urgent appeal for food during the lockdown period in India and Pakistan. CAI is receiving grim reports of desperate food issues due to the coronavirus lockdown situation in India and Pakistan. The availability of food is getting difficult and prices are soaring. Those living in slum areas, especially…

Ramadhan Iftar Aid For Poor Families – 2020 For this 24th year straight, CAI donors will insha’Allah help supplement the iftaar of about 14,000 poor and destitute worldwide, in 14 countries – Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leon, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. The average budget for the…

Ramadhan Iftar Aid For Poor Families – 2020 For this 24th year straight, CAI donors will insha’Allah help supplement the iftaar of about 14,000 poor and destitute worldwide, in 14 countries – Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leon, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. The average budget for the…

Mobilization For Ramadhan 2020 – Help Now! For this 24th year straight, CAI donors will insha’Allah help supplement the iftaar of about 14,000 poor and destitute worldwide, in 14 countries – Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leon, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. The average budget for the supplemental…