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The blessed month of Rajab is here. There is a deluge of Facebook posts, WhatsApp forwards, and emails extolling me to become more pious and Allah-conscious this month. Our respected and revered aalims, too, are all fired up – recite this and that dua they extoll in sermons, recite ziyaarats, pray these many sets of […]
2023 Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal The holy month of Ramadhan is not too far away and CAI must mobilize to distribute food aid to the poor and destitute across the world. Rice, wheat, sugar, flour, and cooking oil worth US$50 will go to each eligible household to supplement their iftaar. Please help us feed a hungry […]
Kisukaali, I want to die. These words are from Mullah Mchungu as I sit alongside his bed. I feel safe, as the menacing walking stick that he sometimes brandishes is nowhere in sight. He is ailing again. At just over eighty years old, I’d expect his human engine to have ups and downs, and aches […]
Lifesaver Blankets Distribution – Syria 3,200 blankets were distributed to Syria’s internally displaced refugees in Hessya, Lattkia and Sayyeda Zainab Districts of Shaam. Sharing photos. Housing Appeal – Sindh, Pakistan CAI is appealing for help to build 200 homes for the devastating victims of the Sindh floods. Each one-bedroom home, with a built-in bathroom and […]
Slipping And Sliding Working and traveling for CAI takes me to numerous hot spots in this world and although most of them are dicey, uncomfortable, and sometimes outright dangerous, a recent trip to commission a completely renovated CAI donor-funded school in a remote village in Tanzania is one that I will cherish – for the […]
Igalula School – Kigoma, Tanzania A very happy day for over 900 students now with a spanking modern school at their village in Igalula, Kigoma, Tanzania. A proud BCT (UK) / CAI (USA) undertaking. Winter Food Aid In Afghanistan / Yemen Most poor farmers in Afghanistan plant wheat they will eat during the frigid winter […]
Pakistani Dairy I purchase an Emirates ticket to fly me to Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. Emirates gives me a seat on their partner airline, Flydubai because they do not fly to Multan. Flydubai reassigns my seat to a vague airline, Smartwings, an airline based in the Czech. Rather confusing but here I am flying in a […]
Lifesaver Winter Blankets Distribution – Yemen About 2,500 lifesaver blankets were distributed to the poor and homeless in remote Yemen. There still remains a need, especially for Syrian refugees, many of whom are widows and orphans exposed to the bitter cold of winter. Please help if you can by donating a blanket at $32, or more. Sharing […]
A Pudgy Flight, A Dicey Ride, And Babul Ki Dua A visit to the chaotic town of Gorakhpur and a drive to the village of Hallour in UP is not for the faint of heart. But nothing that I cannot handle, except the early morning flight from Mumbai, is packed and the fellow beside me […]
Lifesaver Winter Blankets – Yemen Winters in Yemen can be deadly for the homeless and destitute. CAI has been aiding the poor in Yemen caught in the conflict of violence for years. There is a real need to distribute lifesaver blankets to the interiors of Yemen by December 15. We need 1,400 warm blankets that […]
