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Water Wells In Sri Lanka: A very poor village in Aampaara, Sri Lanka urgently require 2 water wells of about 50 feet depth, both serving about 500 individuals each. Villagers have to walk about 2 miles to get a bucket of water currently. One will cost US$950 and the other US$1,000. Please help if you […]
On the road again, travelling directly from Orlando to Mumbai via Dubai, saving me eight hours if going through New York; thank you Emirates. Now if you will occasionally fumigate your seats so bugs will not eat your customers alive like they did me on this flight? I land in Mumbai severely jetlagged but a […]
2015 Eid Hajj Qurbaani Project CAI will, as usual, offer Qurbaani services for 2015 in Afghanistan, India and Africa. All meat and skin will be distributed to the poor and indigent in remote areas. Payments / pledges must be received by CAI no later than September 20th for the following prices to hold; all requests […]
I am at the tail end of my current long trip through Afghanistan, India and Tanzania; can’t wait to see and hug Maaha Zainab once more. It has been a tough physical trip, yes, as usual, but more emotional. Afghanistan is always emotive, for me. The poverty and helplessness of the people we serve grates […]
2015 Eid Hajj Qurbaani Project CAI will, as usual, offer Qurbaani services for 2015 in Afghanistan, India and Africa. All meat and skin will be distributed to the poor and indigent in remote areas. Payments / pledges must be received by CAI no later than September 20th for the following prices to hold; all requests […]
Here is a perspective of CAI activities in Afghanistan from a newcomer to the country who accompanied my 28th trip there. Interesting insight into the challenges all of us face in the humanitarian work undertaken by CAI. You can view some wonderful photos of the trip here. Ali Yusufali My Afghan Trip Report – Riyaz Having […]
Mehmoodpur Housing Project – Update Here are a few photos of progress on construction of 70 homes for the poor in Mehmoodpur, UP – India. Completion December 2016 insha’Allah. Sakina Girls Home / School Project – Update Here are a few photos of progress on construction of Sakina Girls home orphanage and school at Kabul, […]
The Emirates A380 long haul flights can be comfortable, but rather lonely. Gone are the flights where I could chat with a fellow traveler and while away some of the long hours. I can eat a bunch, watch a couple of movies, nap a bit or read some, but the conversation certainly helps, especially to […]
Zakaat Fitr US$7,000 in Zakaat Fitra was distributed to some 410 poor and deserving individuals across Afghanistan, India and Tanzania during the first 3 days of Eid. This gave some Eid cheer to these people, especially struggling women with small children and poor elderlies. CAI’s 20th Afghanistan School The school in Oozmuk in Dykoondy is […]
I think I am going to go ahead and sue Mullah Mchungu’s son-in-law, Hyder. He is some big shot businessman in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and makes all sorts of worldwide long distance calls. For this, he gets free talk time from his phone carrier, gifts he innocently bestows on Sakina, his beloved wife. This […]
