Afghans Are Hungry The hunger situation in Afghanistan is a disaster of epic promotions. The local currency, the Af hit 130 to the US$ as I write this appeal; it was 77 the day the Taliban took over. This means a person who is lucky to be employed earning 10,000 Afs or US$130 three months […]

School / Safe Home For Syrian Orphans – An Update The CAI sponsored facility to care for 50 deprived Syrians languishing as refugees in Lebanon is taking shape. Sharing a few photos. Food Aid Distribution – Afghanistan This critical lifesaver project has distributed one-month supply of food to the hungry in the following Provinces of […]

Donate A Blanket – Save A Life Winters in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kargil (India), and Yemen are usually brutal and can kill the most vulnerable, the young and old. CAI is mobilizing to distribute a total of 14,000 blankets in these four countries. Let us help ward off the bitter cold by sponsoring a warm blanket […]

1st CAI Sponsored Hydrophiles & Spina Bifida Camp It was a painful day for 25 infants from poor families who received live-saving surgery to treat hydrophiles & spina bifida, sponsored by CAI donors. This easily preventable ailment affects deprived families with poor nutrition and is devastating for newborn babies. This life-saving procedure costs only US$200 […]

CAI Donor Schools Update CAI has constructed and renovated 65 schools in deprived communities worldwide, providing poor children an opportunity at quality education – and the process continues. The latest is a massive school/orphanage project in Zanzibar for 500 children, including a home for 50 orphaned girls. Imagine, 65 schools educating an average of 500 […]

Encouraging News From Afghanistan The US Treasury Department has issued a general license for US based NGOs to continue operation in Afghanistan, offering humanitarian assistance to the poor and marginalized. Alhamd’Allah. CAI has resumed complete operations as of October 2. This includes the CPES school, the SGH and ZBH safehouses for 150 orphans, the 6 […]

Housing Kabul The housing for homeless widows in Kabul was abruptly stopped when the legal administration of Afghanistan changed. Out of the current batch of 55 homes, 40 have been completed and handed over, the balance homes are in various stages of construction. Sharing a few photos. Yemen Vaccines Update The vaccination of 14,000 vulnerable […]

These Poor Children Need Help To Eat Madagascar is a poor island now suffering even more due to COVID-19 effects and a serious drought. We need help to feed 1,000 dirt-poor children in 18 centers that cater for their education. A meal costs US$0.25. Imagine! Let’s please help feed them for a year, 5 times […]

Daily Life At CAI Sakina Home – Sa’naa, Yemen A glance at the daily lives of 150 orphans whom CAI donors support. They come to the specially made school for them, have breakfast, attend classes, perform extracurricular activities, play, drink milk, do their assignment, eat a late healthy lunch and return home to their guardians, […]

Salaam The speed at which the security situation in Afghanistan has/is deteriorating is both breathtaking and heartbreaking. Fourteen years of very hard work in painstakingly building a cohesive infrastructure of humanitarian projects now suddenly seem to unhinge. Never in my wildest imagination did I for a second envisage the country falling to the Taliban, certainly […]