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Qurbaani – Eid al Adha CAI will insha’Allah facilitate the sacrifice and distribution of meat and skin to the poor and destitute in Afghanistan, Bangladesh (Rohingya refugees), India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Yemen. Payments and or pledges must be completed by August 5 for the following rates to apply. Unfortunately, we cannot entertain any requests after […]
Jiyo Pakistan, Zindabaad! You’d think Fatima and Nazir Merali’s home in Northwood, London is Janna, what with the variety of fruits on the table. We have Kesar mangoes from India, papaya from Brazil, plump cherries, apricots, plums, watermelon, oranges, and bananas! All exceedingly delicious. The one thing I have an issue with the UK is […]
50 HIV Families To Continue Getting Food Aid: The 50 HIV families who have benefited from CAI food aid will continue receiving this benefit for the next year insha’Allah. The drugs that keep them alive need good food nutrition for it to be effective. Please help CAI sustain these hapless Allah’s creations. Allah bless. CAI […]
You may want to read part one here first? When I see these three girls, my heart does a somersault; Zainab, the middle one, has no shoes! She dons a pair of chaffed and dirty plastic chappals with thin socks hiding her feet. At my urging, Nabavi stops to chat with them, but Fatema, the […]
Zakat ul Fitr Update: About 700 plus eligible recipients in Afghanistan, India, Tanzania, and Yemen received US$20,000 in Zakat ul Fitr between June 6 and June 9. Sharing a few photos: SOS Food Aid To S. Sudan: CAI will shortly be sending urgently needed food aid to the serious famine situation in war-torn South Sudan […]
I have never penned the story of how I landed up in and got involved with Afghanistan. The closest I can get to describing the feeling I have for this battered country is of a mother to her child. She bears incredible pain at childbirth, yet the love after the birth, even if the child […]
CAI To Operate A Day Orphanage In Sana’a, Yemen: CAI has, over the past 4 years, provided donor aid to the victims of war-ravaged Yemen. This aid has been in the form of food, high protein, high calories powder milk for the malnutrition infants, vaccines against cholera for over 24,000 children (thus far) and medicines […]
Masjid el Hayy in Sanford is crowded and abuzz with eager Khojas waiting to know if we’ll be fasting from tomorrow, Monday, May 6. There would not ordinarily be such a large crowd, on a religious event-free day. A niyaaz dinner in honor of a just laid to rest prominent member of HIC does the […]
Ramadhan Iftaar Feeding Program – Goal Achieved: The US$320,000 goal for 2019 Iftaar feeding program for the poor in 19 countries was met – alhamd’Allah. Approximately 10,000 plus poor families in some of the most remote and violence-stricken countries in the world got relief food packages, enabling them a decent iftaar every day. A huge […]
Abdul Kareem Lalji is a big, towering personality; you can spot him from quite a distance. This largeness to his body size extends to his demeanor; cordial and likable, ready to listen to everybody with a ready, albeit wry smile. The man has been through a lot of trials and tribulations for a 43-year-old, 5 […]
