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Draught In Northern Kenya – An Appeal For Food: CAI has received troubling reports of deaths from starvation of poor farmers in Northern Kenya. We will partner with Bilal Muslim Mission Kenya (BMMK) to distribute food grains to these hapless people and US$10,000 has been allocated to this noble cause. I will be in Kenya […]
Except for fatter mosquitoes with meaner stings, Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh is almost the same as I left it some ten years ago. Immigration, customs and baggage clearance is pretty efficient however and I am out of airport into milling crowds outside in less than 30 minutes. The traffic, usually choked, chaotic […]
New Computer Lab At Sirsi School: Happy to share photos of CAI sponsored new computer lab at our Sirsi UP, India school. This modern facility with 25 latest computers provide our children with opportunities never before offered and a competitive edge for a brighter, profitable and productive educational future, insha”Allah. New Clinic – Sarepole, Afghanistan: […]
Emirates Airline 202 bound from New York JFK is bang on time today, a few minutes early even; no routine, vague excuse of a tardy inbound flight to contend with. These airlines must think we travelers are pretty dumb and gullible; as if we care ant’s ass if their inbound flight was late. Anyway, we […]
010 US Tax Receipts Mailed: All receipts of donations to CAI for year 2010 from USA based residents have now been mailed; these should already be in your possession. If not, please contact our Austin address either by email to or by calling Hasnain Yusufali on 512-775-2629. Sarsi School Extension Project Update: I am happy […]
I am in a foul mood, perhaps because I am headed to the US tomorrow and will have to spend about 20 plus hours in the air to get from Mumbai to London to New York to Orlando, not counting stopover time. There is another, shorter route through Dubai but incredibly, all cattle class seats […]
Pakistan Blanket Distribution Update: I am happy to share photos of blanket distribution to victims of Pakistani floods. CAI was able to source 3,200 thick blankets (razaaees) suitable for village use. Jazaak’Allah – all of you that participated in this very critical project. Pakistan Disaster – 1,000 Home Building Project Update: Sarepole Elementary School Update: […]
Maaha Zainab, Alihussein, Tasneem and I are blessed with a visit to Iraq immediately after this past Aashoora in Dubai. Tasneem and I have been to Iraq earlier, under Goddamn, sorry Saddam Hussein in 1998, sailing from Dubai to Basra and overland to Najaf, Karbala, Bagdad, Samara and Kadhemain. It was a memorial trip, leisure […]
How did CAI start? What inspired you? I get asked this question very often. The answer is quite lengthy which I had documented way back in 1996. I share and blog this experience now; hope you will find it interesting, informative. It is a hot and humid monsoon July Saturday some 16 years ago; dark, […]
New Elementary School – Bihar, India: Happy to report construction of new elementary school for Kishanjang, Bihar was initiated with foundation stone laid on December 01. Kishanjang is a poor, backward community in Bihar where education opportunities are a challenge for the poor and destitute. Here are few photos from the event. New Elementary School […]
