Creating Opportunities | Making the Impossible, Possible!
Reshma’s Story After trying for three years, the Pakistani government finally decides I am not a threat to their country and grants me a visit visa. They have reason to fret and delay as they are (naturally) apprehensive with anybody with numerous in and out passport stamps visiting India and Afghanistan. I want to go […]
Mobilizing For Ramadhan The holy month of Ramadhan is about 2 months away and CAI must mobilize to feed the hungry all over the world once more. We are targeting the most vulnerable areas that are often in remote and violence-prone areas of the world. For this exercise to be successful and cost-effective, CAI is […]
Bollywood In Najaf? It is incredible how the Coronaviruses have upturned all our lives, but especially for frequent travelers. Like me. Consider this. Emirates Airlines has me on a confirmed flight to Najaf from Dar via Dubai. I have made all the arrangements (a pain of sorts), taken the accursed doodoo tests, made appointments, booked […]
2021 Yemen Cholera Vaccination Concludes Cholera vaccination to 14,000 poor children affected by the violence in Yemen, co-sponsored by Beta Charitable Trust (UK) and CAI has concluded. Sharing a few photos of the program in rural Yemen: Helmand Water Project Update This project, bringing fresh potable water to over 8,600 people in poor, rural Afghanistan […]
A slap There is a war of words of larger-than-life proportions next door at the Leela Hotel here in Mumbai, India. I can hear the feuding couple hurl filthy abuses at each other as clearly as if they are right here in my room. The fight is about the man supposedly paying too much attention […]
A Day In The Life Of… CAI’s worldwide donor sponsored orphans enjoy a lifestyle that is both practical and educational. They receive all the necessities, comforts, and opportunities in life any kid from a normal family would, including a chance to excel in quality education. Here are some recent photos of our children at Sakina […]
My Bloody Gallbladder Stones For uninteresting reasons, I end up in the emergency room of Fatimiyah Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. I must have a very large stone in my gallbladder removed. Kind of chap-chap. The hospital is in Soldier Bazaar, located in a lower-middle-class neighborhood of this sprawling city. The emergency room is busy, with […]
Afghans Are Hungry The hunger situation in Afghanistan is a disaster of epic promotions. The local currency, the Af hit 130 to the US$ as I write this appeal; it was 77 the day the Taliban took over. This means a person who is lucky to be employed earning 10,000 Afs or US$130 three months […]
Aal Is Vel It is in an aircraft 28,000 feet in the air that I find out a COVID-19 test is required to be allowed back to Mumbai from Kolkata tomorrow. The enlightened medical experts in the state of Maharashtra deem it necessary for ‘outsiders’ within India to have a piece of paper stating I […]
School / Safe Home For Syrian Orphans – An Update The CAI sponsored facility to care for 50 deprived Syrians languishing as refugees in Lebanon is taking shape. Sharing a few photos. Food Aid Distribution – Afghanistan This critical lifesaver project has distributed one-month supply of food to the hungry in the following Provinces of […]
