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Helmand, Afghanistan Water Well Project After agonizing delays stemming from the upheaval of the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, the ensuing violence, and general mayhem, this water project benefiting about 8,000 internally displaced refugees in the Helmand District is finally commissioned and operational. A fantastic gift of life from CAI donors. Sharing a few photos.  …

Ramadhan / Fitra Update Close to 20,000 families in 30 varied countries received supplemental nutritious iftaar food aid this year. 700 individual in 4 countries received Zakat el Fitr. All made possible by generous CAI donors. Eid Gifts For Worldwide Orphans Eid is a happy day, especially for children. About 820 CAI orphans in Afghanistan,…

Zakat el Fitr CAI will be distributing your Zakat el Fitr to the destitute in Afghanistan, India, Tanzania, and Yemen this year. The recommended amount per person is US$12. We urge you to please pledge or donate no later than April 28 as all payments/pledges after this date may not be distributed on Eid day…

Ramadhan Food Aid – Objective Met Alhamd’Allah, CAI, for the 24th consecutive year, was able to secure the total funds from generous donors for the Ramadhan food aid to about 20,000 poor families in 30 countries. All these families are now with food baskets worth US$40 each to supplement their iftaar meals.   The countries…

Mobilizing For Ramadhan The holy month of Ramadhan is about one week away and CAI has begun iftaar distribution to feed the hungry all over the world once more. We are targeting the most vulnerable areas that are often in remote and violence-prone areas of the world. For this exercise to be successful and cost-effective,…

Mobilizing For Ramadhan The holy month of Ramadhan is about 5 weeks away and CAI has begun mobilizing to feed the hungry all over the world once more. We are targeting the most vulnerable areas that are often in remote and violence-prone areas of the world. For this exercise to be successful and cost-effective, CAI…

Mobilizing For Ramadhan The holy month of Ramadhan is about 5 weeks away and CAI has begun mobilizing to feed the hungry all over the world once more. We are targeting the most vulnerable areas that are often in remote and violence-prone areas of the world. For this exercise to be successful and cost-effective, CAI…

Mobilizing For Ramadhan The holy month of Ramadhan is less than 2 months away and CAI must mobilize to feed the hungry all over the world once more. We are targeting the most vulnerable areas that are often in remote and violence-prone areas of the world. For this exercise to be successful and cost-effective, CAI…

Mobilizing For Ramadhan The holy month of Ramadhan is about 2 months away and CAI must mobilize to feed the hungry all over the world once more. We are targeting the most vulnerable areas that are often in remote and violence-prone areas of the world. For this exercise to be successful and cost-effective, CAI is…

2021 Yemen Cholera Vaccination Concludes Cholera vaccination to 14,000 poor children affected by the violence in Yemen, co-sponsored by Beta Charitable Trust (UK) and CAI has concluded. Sharing a few photos of the program in rural Yemen: Helmand Water Project Update This project, bringing fresh potable water to over 8,600 people in poor, rural Afghanistan…

A Day In The Life Of... CAI’s worldwide donor sponsored orphans enjoy a lifestyle that is both practical and educational. They receive all the necessities, comforts, and opportunities in life any kid from a normal family would, including a chance to excel in quality education.   Here are some recent photos of our children at…

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…

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…

CAI Sponsored School In Freetown, SL – An Update The school for over 500 displaced children who lost their parents in the devastating mudslides in Sierra Leone will soon go to this wonderful modern school at Six Mile outside Freetown. A photo update. CAI Sponsored School In Saleh Pat Sukkur, Pakistan – An Update About…