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Zakat ul Fitr Update: About 700 plus eligible recipients in Afghanistan, India, Tanzania, and Yemen received US$20,000 in Zakat ul Fitr between June 6 and June 9. Sharing a few photos: SOS Food Aid To S. Sudan: CAI will shortly be sending urgently needed food aid to the serious famine situation in war-torn South Sudan…

CAI To Operate A Day Orphanage In Sana’a, Yemen: CAI has, over the past 4 years, provided donor aid to the victims of war-ravaged Yemen. This aid has been in the form of food, high protein, high calories powder milk for the malnutrition infants, vaccines against cholera for over 24,000 children (thus far) and medicines…

Ramadhan Iftaar Feeding Program – Goal Achieved: The US$320,000 goal for 2019 Iftaar feeding program for the poor in 19 countries was met – alhamd’Allah. Approximately 10,000 plus poor families in some of the most remote and violence-stricken countries in the world got relief food packages, enabling them a decent iftaar every day. A huge…

2019 Ramadhan Iftaar Aid Update: 1,000 Cholera Infected Get CAI Donor Treatment In Yemen: About 700 children and 300 adults who are infected with cholera in Yemen receive CAI donor treatment. These victims were not vaccinated earlier by CAI program due to the remoteness of their residence. CAI Donor Aid To Mozambique Typhoon Victims Distributed:…

2019 Ramadhan Iftaar Update: Updates On Halwana Sadat And Kodinar Schools – India: Trustees Abbas Jaffer and Ali Yusufali were on the ground at the CAI donor-funded work in progress schools at Kodinar, Gujarat and Halwana Sadat, UP India. These 2 impoverished areas, whose children lack education facilities, especially for girls, will soon insha’Allah have…

Ramadhan 2019 – Appeal For Iftaar Feeding 2 Deep Water-wells In Basra, Iraq Commissioned CAI Trustees Sohail Abdullah and Ali Yusufali were in Basra, Iraq for the commissioning of the remaining 2 deep water-wells that CAI donors sponsored for the struggling community there. These water-wells now provide enough potable water for the needs of about…

Ramadhan 2019 – Appeal For Iftaar Feeding The holy month of Ramadhan, when 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 food grains now.  Alhamd’Allah, this will be CAI’s 23rd year of…

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,…

Tsunami In Indonesia – CAI’s Humanitarian Efforts US$14,000 worth of relief supplies have been sent to the tsunami affected areas of Sulawesi Island of Indonesia. Tents and drinking water has been distributed to those who are most affected. Sharing photos of the distribution: 1st Water Well In Basra, Iraq Strike Water: The first water well…

Tsunami In Indonesia – A Cry For Help CAI is getting ready to send assistance to the surviving victims of the devastating tsunami that destroyed the island of Sulawesi in general and the towns of Palu and Dongala in particular, killing over a 1,300 people. Tents and  potable drinking water is what is urgently needed.…

This Village In Basra Need Clean Water Urgently: The 3 deep water wells that CAI donors facilitated between Najaf and Kerbala 3 years ago is working wonders, supplying clean, potable water to thousands. Another village, in Basra, Iraq with 25,000 plus people drink contaminated water. CAI wants to help them get clean water. The cost…

2nd Phase of CEPS School Begins: The CAI English Private School (CEPS) in Kabul has proved so successful in 2 years that it is expanding! The new facility, which will include new, modern digs for the 50 orphans at Zahra Boys Home who are currently housed in a rental facility. Sharing a few photos: This…

Eid al Adhaa Qurbaani Update A total of 104 animals were sacrificed and their meat and skin distributed to the poor and destitute in Afghanistan, Africa, India, and Yemen on Tuesday and Wednesday. CAI Orphan Girls Shine Big In Robotics Competition CAI SGH orphans Fatema Niyazi and Zulaikha Moosavi did so well in Afghanistan Robotics…