Mama Santa Claus’ of Kenya
By Sikiladi
A word from the editor, The Asian Weekly, Edition 590 
The season of musical Jingle bells is here
The excitement of Christmas cheer is here
Santa Claus dummies seen in full gear
At the malls, at the parties & everywhere
Yet there are those who act like Santa
Not in December, but throughout the year
Aruna Varsani handing out re-usable sanitary pads to the girls in remote parts of Kenya
The human form of the real Santa attitude
Deserves our appreciation and gratitude
Santa Aruna Varsani with her fortitude
As “Together for better” being her magnitude
Reaching out to the remote feminine of Kenya
Ensuring menstrual hygiene & health educate
The energetic form of the Santa sentiment
Comes in the form of “Amara Charitable Trust”
Smita Shah, Bindi Shah, Manisha Dave & Vasha Vora
Vasha Vora’s passion to educate and empower
Along with Smita, Manisha and Bindi’s power
Planting trees, enhancing life styles of youth
Proactively raising Kenyan child polished & couth
The unconditional love of the Santa straight
Beams from the heart of Kamal Tolia’s gait
Kamal Tolia
Together with her team of” LHSG” guys and girls
Spreading rays of healing light without any frills
Educating, planting trees and caring for the ill,
Healing hurting hearts, sharing forgiveness pills
Buzzing with freshness, negating pain & pity
The young blood of “Women’s Islamic Society”
Asma Bukhera, Zoya Adam, Irfa Chaudhary, Sanaa Asif, Shabnam Qureshy, Shruti Shah &Mehreen Adam
Bring cheer to the pained little hearts a plenty
Handing out gifts of abundance in loving unity
Asma, Zoya, Ifra, Mehreen and young Shruti
At Kenyatta Hospital’s wards with Sanaa and Qureshi
Dr.(Mrs.) Prabha Choksey
Changing lives of children & families with Albinism
Educating, providing prescription glasses as humanism
Dr. Prabha Choksey’s ambition to offload the curse
Her” Albinism Foundation” filling their empty purse
Introducing dignity and honor to the Albino child
She ensures a generation that speaks their mind
The Sikh Women’s Society sees no color, caste or creed
These Mamas habitually act as Santa for all those in need
Sikh Women’s Society, Kenya
Mandeep, Amarjit, Darshan and Sukhwinder’s combination
Gifts many young & old joyous moments of jubilation
Providing families with rations, medical aid and school fees
Conducting eye camps, counselling & paying house rents
Her caring heart wishes to see no suffering
Rani Ramchandani to Kenya is God sent offering
Rani Ramchandani
Having served over 800 PWDs with well wishers
Bettering lives of many with merciful abundance
Catering to basic needs of some Old- Age Homes
Alongside providing to school and kids homes
They are not left behind despite their simplicity
Our big hearted Mamas’ with their element of charity
Anju Mullick
Contributing to needy children in and around Nairobi
Anju, Harshada, Simmi aim to remove disparity
Donating food, clothes and warmth of blankets
Helping upgrade many a shattered shelters
Shariffa Keshavjee’s unique gift comes with a difference
She writes chirpy little tales for the young ones’
Shariffa Keshavjee
Giving time and effort to ‘Girl Guides’ an Institution
Training ladies at “Hawker’s Market Girls Centre”
Over 30 years of Joy distribution from her gown
Giving free education and ration she wins the crown
Santa Pooja Vaya’s habitual helping hand knows no end
Caring for disabled, supporting education of students off hand
Raising awareness & funds for Chinmaya University
Supporting Nyumba ya Wazee giving back to society
Voluntary Teaching Sanskrit as a social commitment
With Red Cross working at disaster management
Aruna Varsani’s Together for Better aims at bettering young lives for an empowered Kenya.
Monica Gokaldas, Grace and Kamal Tolia giving reiki healing to an orphaned Cheetah Cub at the animal orphanage
Kamal Tolia and Monica Gokaldas caring for orphaned animals
Kamal Tolia and Mala Tolia iving reiki treatment to the volenteers at the centre for handicapped people in Mauritius 
vna Gokals helping them to plant trees 
Kamal Tolia teaching reiki to the Vraj Ganga – program for elderly at Lohana Samaj, Nairobi 
Kamal Tolia gives reiki healing to Cows in Vrindavan, India 
Kamal Tolia teaching them to plant trees at Farasi lane School
Pooja Vaya helping as a Red Cross volunteer
Pooja Vaya helping in times of distress
Aruna imparting skills to the youth of Kenya
Kamal Tolia and Harleen Gokaldas giving reiki healing to a tree
Monica Gokaldas of LHSG teaching Reiki to the visually impaired at their school in Thika Town, Kenya
Monica Gokaldas joins the well wishers of Dr. Choksey’s Albinism Foundation along with others
Monica Gokaldas handing out the rations to Sr. Anthony of Nyuma Ya Wazee by Little Sister’s of the Poor at Kasarani, Nairobi
Ladies of Sikh Women’s Society handing out rations at the School for the Visually Impaired at Thika Town, Kenya
Simmi Bodani during one of her weekly visits ensuring good food and fulfilling needs of children around Kenya
The Lotus Healing Seva group members at a voluntary reiki camp 
LHSG team during reiki workshop at HCK 
LHSG members Kamal, Monica, Laveena, Shariffa during a forgiveness workshop at Faraja Cancer Care, Nairobi 
Young Islamic Women giving out gifts at children’s ward of Kenyatta Hospital.
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