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As part of her charitable activities, CAI donors help very poor girls beat India’s dowry scrooge by paying up to US$500 in marriage assistance. When I lived in India, Mir Mohammed Mirza, a father of two girls seeking such help approached me. His application was rejected, as he did not meet CAI threshold of ‘poverty’. […]
CAI Third Medical Clinic Commences Operations In Afghanistan Following loss of lives due to lack of medical facility to 35,000 strong poor community at De Aroos Village, Khoshak, Ashterley District, Dykundi Province, Afghanistan, CAI donors funds enabled opening of third medical clinic in Afghanistan. We have a doctor, midwife, nurse and vaccinator already in place […]
Saifi Hospital located at Maharshi Karve Marg in Mumbai is a grand, regal and handsome building, outstanding amidst her neighbors that show age, torment and scars from Mumbai’s infamous monsoons. Built by the Bohri community of India, the hospital, unlike Leelavati in Bandra or Kokilaben in Andheri where the stiff upper lips of Mumbai’s recouparate, […]
2011 Tax Receipts For US Based Donors Your official 2011 tax deductible receipts (USA addresses and residents only) are in the mail and you should receive them by January 31, insha’Allah. If not, please contact Hasnain Yusufali at yusufali@email.com immediately. Shoes For Shoeless Children – Africa Urgent Medical Assistance Appeal Alhamd’Allah, CAI received very good response […]
I am near to finishing a nine-mile run about a month ago when, with about one mile to go, when I slow down considerably for the mandatory cooling off stretch, I realize something is amiss. At about this time in the run, the good feeling hormones in my system get released and I cherish the […]
Mosque Bombing Disaster, Afghanistan – An Update We share few photos of basic food aid distribution (to continue for 3 months) to poor families that lost (or are severely injured) earning members due to the suicide bombing on Aashoora day. Please click here to view these and other related pictures in larger format Shoes For […]
‘Hair,’ my marhoom friend Shafiq Allaina, who was blessed with thick, almost unmanageable mane of wiry hair once disclosed at a Banyani saloon in Tanga, Tanzania, ‘is everything. Without hair, a person is inadequate, almost like a man without manhood.’ The Hindu barber, with a pate as shiny as a simmering desert wasteland, nodded his […]
I seem to have kicked up a Minnesota style blizzard regarding my latest Blog – Baby Sultana’s Eyes. Some people, mostly ‘family members’ imply, no, accuse me of fabricating a fairy tale, ha! Some say I used ‘unpalatable’ words like prostitute and brothel while others opine my description of (possible) Sultana’s beauty excessively vivid. A […]
Mosque Bombing Disaster, Afghanistan – An Update: Latest reports put the death toll from Aashoora bomb blast at Abul Fazl Mosque in Kabul at 84 with over 117 critical still in local hospitals. CAI has already begun distributing food aid to those families with earning members who were martyred or are injured in hospitals; this […]
In Dubai recently, at Emirates Mall, browsing for nothing in particular, I notice an Arab family of five, with a nervous maid (Indian, Sri Lankan?) in tow at a department store. Why? The scent. And racket. The whiff of exotic oud coming from this group is overwhelming, but peculiarly, alluring as well, so I linger […]
