I spent my Eid day in the blistering heat of Banadir Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia; a place of trauma, suffering and pain. Before me, I saw mothers with their children and children without their mothers looking around with empty eyes. With temperatures soaring well above 30˚C, and no electricity, food or water, this was an Eid like no other. Having spent many Eids in Scotland, watching the children of Somalia suffering and not knowing this day to be any different was difficult for me to bea

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It’s a bright, sunny day in London. Looking out of my hotel room window, I notice every minute there is at least one plane taking off and landing at Heathrow, London. Some passengers probably going on holidays, some back to work and others may be heading home to their loved one's. I am also going to be flying this evening back to East Africa. My flight will take me to Nairobi and on Monday I will depart to Mogadishu, Somalia to witness the relief work of Islamic Relief. I will spend my Eid

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Sat, 13th Aug 2011  9am- On our way to Griftu Hospital, Wajir West- I am getting use to travelling now on these sandy road tracks, a lot bumpy but what is scary and equally surprising for me is the great speed at which my driver Edin is shifting this 4 x 4. The whole route once again is very dusty and extremely hot. There is very little shelter from the sun. All the tree leaves have dried up hence no tree shadows. It won’t take much time for my body to dehydrate out there.

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Thursday 5am- It is an early morning start, heading to Wilson airport, Nairobi flying to Wajir on ECHO flight. I am the first passenger to arrive in the car park of the airport. Apart from the security people no one else is here. Even the single check-in office is locked. Zabloon, Jessay and Elvis, our staff from Wajir office are also travelling with me on this 40 seater plane. The landscape looks beautiful, green fields, forest, can see movement of vehicles on the dusty roads. 10am-

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