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Bamiyaan Water Project Concludes The Bamiyaan water distribution project in Afghanistan has concluded, alhamd’Allah. About 2,000 families now get clean potable water right up to their doorstep, instead of walking and toiling with a bucket full of water from 2 kilometers away. Sharing few photos: See complete set of this project photos here. Life Saver […]
As I reflect on the remarkable progress made by CAI thus far, it is important, I think, to look back and reflect on how it all began, the path we have trodden, where we now are and how to chart out the future. So I will share this Blog with you, first written in 1996, […]
CAI Liberia School Opens! Our school in Monrovia, Liberia recently opened with much joy and celebration. Although the construction was completed some time ago, the authorities had it ordered shut due to the scare of Ebola; that ban has now been lifted alhamd’Allah. Sharing some photos of the happy day: Progress Photos Of 2 India […]
The baraaza area outside HIC in Sanford wears a forlorn look, the cold and wind making it uncomfortable to socialize. Usually it is busy with people chatting, smoking or smacking lips (or spitting) with Mehboob’s paans; the rising smoke from beedis, cigarettes (regular and the modern E) reminding me of choma kuku dhabas around the […]
CAI Takes Over Ghazni Orphan Care CAI has stepped in and taken over the care of 50 orphan boys in Ghazni, Afghanistan that were abandoned due the the collapse of a UK based charity that was taking care of them. The cost of running the orphanage, including rent, food, clothing, medical, education and tuition is […]
AI Takes Over Ghazni Orphan Care CAI has stepped in and taken over the care of 50 orphan boys in Ghazni, Afghanistan that were abandoned due the the collapse of a UK based charity that was taking care of them. The cost of running the orphanage, including rent, food, clothing, medical, education and tuition is […]
Made a very quick trip into Kabul to meet with few professionals regarding the implementation of syllabus and administartion of the school once we open doors in March 2010, insha’Allah. Kabul was super cold! I fret about the poor and destitute without much warmth in the remote areas of Afghanistan; may Allah (S) have mercy […]
Mullah Mchungu is preparing to return to Dar es Salaam tomorrow so has dropped by home to say goodbye. He says he’s not sure if I’ll see him again because he feels the angel of death is paying him real close attention. I laugh away, thinking the old man is jesting but the Mullah’s face […]
Bamiyaan Water Project Concludes The Bamiyaan water distribution project in Afghanistan has concluded, alhamd’Allah. About 2,000 families now get clean potable water right up to their doorstep, instead of walking and toiling with a bucket full of water from 2 kilometers away. Sharing few photos: Life Saver Medical Assistance To The Poor CAI helped several […]
Cranky and groggy, I appear before the Etihad check-in counter at Mumbai International Airport at 2AM for my flight to Abu Dhabi, connecting to Dallas, TX. The middle-aged woman in a sari with a bulging midriff sharply draws breath through very white dentures and flashes them at me. ‘Sorry Sir, the flight is cancelled. Heavy […]
