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Tanga Changa School Water Project This elementary school in Tanga, Tanzania has an acute need for water. Students do not drink potable water and go to the bathroom with no water and pitiful, filthy conditions. CAI donors are able to turn their situation around. Construction of a water well, storage tanks and a place to […]
Read Part 1 Within 24 hours of returning from Daykundi, Yusufali, Sohail, Wasi, Shaida and I fly to Mazar-i-Sharif. It is where CAI has embarked on constructing 100 homes for homeless families, in addition to building a school to serve the underprivileged villages. Upon approaching Kabul airport we hear an all-familiar explosion; most of the […]
Zakaat Fitr CAI will be distributing your Zakaat Fitr obligations to those eligible poor in various countries once more insha’Allah. Recommend amount is US$10 each per individual. Please donate or pledge by June 14 – final. If the donations/pledges are received after this time, it will be distributed after Eid day on kadha basis. A […]
An orphan’s baba – I am done with the fun and adventure in Vietnam and Cambodia, and although my injured leg from the bicycling accident in Vietnam is still giving me throbbing intermittent grief, I find me, accompanied by fellow CAI Trustee Sohail Abdullah on an airplane heading to Kabul. Joining us are well-wishers Shaida […]
2018 Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal – Another Success Alhamd’Allah, generous worldwide donors were able to raise the funds for this project and iftaar food packs have/are being delivered to over 10,000 poor families in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Somaliland, Sierra Leone, […]
When CAI Trustee, Sohail Abdullah, reaches out to me to accompany CAI on their semi-annual trip to Afghanistan, he conveniently does not mention a Blog I’ll have to write. Instead mentions Afghanistan’s stunning landscapes, flavorful cuisines, drop-dead beauties, and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel with CAI CEO, Ali Yusufali; my positive response is instantaneous. I […]
Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal – Almost There With Allah’s blessings and our donor’s generous support, the 2018 Ramadhan fund is within reach of the target, only about US$18,000 balance remains. This will ensure over 10,000 poor families in 14 countries get a shot at a decent iftaar in Ramadhan. Thank you and Allah bless to all […]
I will urge you to read Part 1 of this Blog to really appreciate the following continuation: Day three – A grind, an argument Although my body is still sore silly from the previous two days of hard peddling, I am ready and eager to catch up the deficit miles to be made up today. So, I […]
Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal – Update The holy month of Ramadhan is less than two weeks away and CAI is in the midst of processing the logistics of purchasing food grain supplements for 10,000 poor or destitute families across 14 countries, to be distributed before Ramadhan sets in. Each food basket will cost about US$32, so CAI […]
There is this long-simmering itch in me to bike-ride in Southeast Asia, so when my air miles and budget jive, I convince my friend and fellow Trustee Sohail Abdullah to join me on a 5-day ride from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in Vietnam to Chau Doc, near the border of Cambodia. It is a […]
