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Zaakat Ul Fitr Zakaat ul Fitr for 2013 will insha’Allah be distributed to eligible poor and destitute on Eid day in rural Afghanistan and India. Those wishing to take advantage of this service must have their funds to CAI by Ramadhan 28 at the latest. Please remember to make the intention of your contribution as […]
Allah (S) is extra benevolent to us folks in Sanford, FL, especially this Ramadhan. Frankly I dread the oncoming month of mercy; long sizzling days of summer, endless lethargic afternoons where the stomach growls and grumbles endlessly, hallucinating thoughts of colluding, conspiring time pieces moving extra slow, being on a short fuse as the sun […]
Day One: Middle East Airlines takes off from chilly London on time, headed for Beirut, where I am headed to render aid to Syrian refugees on behalf of Comfort Aid International donors. Next to me sits a burly Lebanese man with a massive gut who fidgets impatiently for the seat belt sign to come off, […]
CAI 2013 Ramadhan Iftar Appeal Iftaar distribution is well under way in Tanzania, Bangladesh, India and Afghanistan but we are seriously short in collecting funds. Please help us feed a poor family this month of mercy. Thanks. CAI Sponsored Laiberia Schools Get Underway Two CAI donor sponsored schools, one outside Monrovia and the other at […]
CAI 2013 Ramadhan Iftar Appeal Food Aid For Syrian Refugees CAI needs help with food aid to refugees fleeing violence in Syria. Plans are in final stages to distribute ten trucks of food grains to starving families, each truck worth US$10,000; these will be distributed July 4 – 6 insha’Allah. Please realize these fleeing refugees […]
CAI 2013 Ramadhan Iftar Appeal Expands We were forced to expand our humanitarian Ramadhan Iftaar distribution due to urgent appeals from African countries; collections are still short by about US$25,000. Your donations are making possible a decent iftaar to the poor in following countries: Afghanistan – 3,200 families Bangladesh – 300 families Burkina Faso – […]
CategoriesBlogsHere are two stories on orphans that I have been flowing up lately. Both relate to Sakina Girls Home (SGH), an all-girl orphanage in Andheri, Mumbai, India which CAI supports. One is of two new applicants and other is a follow-up on two orphans who grew up, received a quality education and now, as adults, […]
CAI 2013 Ramadhan Iftar Appeal Food Aid For Syrian Refugees CAI needs help with food aid to refugees fleeing violence in Syria. Plans are in final stages to distribute ten trucks of food grains to starving families, each truck worth US$10,000; these will be distributed July 4 – 6 insha’Allah. Eight trucks have already been […]
Monrovia Liberia, on the coast of West Africa is an exceedingly dreary city; dismay sets in at first sight. Murtaza Bhimani, my colleague, friend and CAI representative for Africa is with me; we are here for due diligence on a school project for poor Muslim children. It is a twelve-hour flight from Dar to Nairobi […]
…continued from Afghanistan Once Again – Part One: Back to Nili airport and off to Yakawlang! The unholy hour of 3:30 strikes again! Our alarm clock is none other than Yusufali himself. Somehow he is always first awake and manages to find a place between snoring heads to place a jaanamaaz! We take turns to […]
