Creating Opportunities | Making the Impossible, Possible!
The area around Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai is not very pedestrian friendly; certainly not a place to unnecessarily walk about. With snarled traffic most times, drivers intent on out-hooting each other, metro and overpass construction, decibel levels that render blood pressure medication useless and a stink that can curl up toenails, it is […]
I got an avalanche of protests from several about the link to photographs on this writeup not working. It’s now fixed; click here. Pole saana. Ali Yusufali Sanford, FL
Sirsi is in Uttar Pradesh, India, some six hours drive east of New Delhi. It is a poor mid-size village, mostly Shia Muslim, mostly farmers. When I was first driven there in the company of Aliakberbhai Ratansi of NF some five years ago, I complained nonstop. It was a hard drive, very bad roads; the […]
Girls Orphanage In Afghanistan – An Appeal After much delay and logistical challenges, CAI is initiating a home to care for our young girl orphans in Afghanistan. The need is pressing; thousands of orphaned girls languish in hopeless conditions unbecoming of Allah (S) commands on how to treat and care for orphans. We will start […]
I meet Habeeb at Dubai Airport Terminal One Lufthansa lounge; we begin chatting, killing time before flight call. The conversation develops to be extremely intense and dramatic over the course of about seven hours it takes us to get to Frankfurt, Germany. Habeeb (can’t remember his last name, something ending ‘pour’?) was born in Isfahan […]
Girls Orphanage In Afghanistan – An Appeal After much delay and logistical challenges, CAI is initiating a home to care for our young girl orphans in Afghanistan. The need is pressing; thousands of orphaned girls languish in hopeless conditions unbecoming of Allah (S) commands on how to treat and care for orphans. We will start […]
This saga is of nineteen-year-old Saira Ashrafi who CAI donors sponsored towards software programming courses sometime in 2010. Daughter of a clerk earning less than US$200 per month, Saira contacted CAI for help continuing her education. When she did not submit 2nd year progress and exam reports, I wanted to know why. She remained elusive […]
With 2 weeks to kill before a (very uncomfortable) foot long stent can be removed below my kidneys in Mumbai India, I decide to visit CAI projects in Tanzania, specifically construction of a completed modern physics / chemistry laboratory at Jeffery School in Bukooba. You may find the following narrative (and accompanying photos) informative. Dar […]
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 […]
