The holy month of Ramadhan, where we try and share our bounties with those who don’t have enough to eat, is about 2 months away, but CAI must start preparing the logistics of purchase and distribution of foodgrains now. Alhamd’Allah, this will be CAI’s 23rd year of Iftaar distribution to people in the most remote […]

Basra Water Well 2/3 Mobilizing Alhamd’Allah, CAI is mobilizing the drilling of deep water wells 2 and 3 in water-starved areas of Basra, Iraq. These wells will greatly alleviate the sufferings of about 30,000 hapless people who have to do with contaminated water now. Sharing a few photos of the mobilization. Rohingya Orphans And Water […]

Vaccinating 7,000 Additional Children – Yemen With additional funding by NASIMCO, USA, CAI has embarked on vaccinating 4,000 additional children against cholera in war-torn Yemen. Each vaccine costs US$10 per child and will continue as long as there is funding available insha’Allah. This project will bring the total number of vulnerable children vaccinated against cholera […]

Vaccinating 5,000 Additional Children – Yemen CAI has embarked on vaccinating 5,000 additional children against cholera in war-torn Yemen. This project is undertaken using a mobile clinic in order to minimize risks associated with a centralized location. Each vaccine costs US$10 per child. This project will bring the total number of vulnerable children vaccinated so […]

The Value Of An Education – CAI’s CPES School, Kabul These photos paint a pretty, promising picture for the next generation of Afghans, insha’Allah. The Rebuilding Of Yemen – Focus On Education We pray that the initial tentative signs of peace become permanent soon insha’Allah, so that CAI can focus on more sustainable projects that […]

Tears Of Blood Here is a narrative of a Rohingya massacre survivor who made it alive to Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, after seeing her husband shot dead in cold blood, raped by several Myanmar army personnel and seeing her 18-month infant murdered in front of her eyes. Read the in-person interview by Ali Yusufali here. Cycling […]

CAI Aid – Focus On East African Education CAI donors will be focusing on the rehabilitation of 3 badly dilapidated schools so children can sit on a desk instead of floors, have safe water to drink, water in decent toilets and privacy while using it. A school each in Tanga, Pemba and Zanzibar will benefit […]

Abul Fazl Abbas School – Tanga Happy to report CAI sponsored school, The Abul Fazl Abbas Elementary School was officially opened by Trustee Yusufali on November 21, 2018. Alhamd’Allah 140 children from very challenging financial backgrounds now study in a modern structure, complete with desks and toilets with running water. A computer lab and library […]

CAI’s 43rd Sponsored School Opens: This school, in Al Kifl, about 40 kilometers from Najaf, Iraq officially opened with Trustee Yusufali present. A wonderful day for the 400 odd poor children who will not have to trek 7 kilometers to and from school every day, for the wonderful donors making such projects possible and for […]

Yemen – An Epic Catastrophe On a macro level, the disaster in Yemen is devastating, paralyzing and overwhelming, totally illogical and dehumanizing. We see the statistics and they become incomprehensible facts and numbers after a while – millions on the verge of starvation, disease and the constant barrage of senseless destruction. On a micro level, […]