Yearly Archives: 2012

OBAT's three tutoring centers provide students with after school coaching to improve their grades and help them pass their major exams. Most of these students have illiterate parents and hence they cannot help their children with homework or exam preparation.Recently, students studying at OBAT's tutoring centers in Dhaka, Mymensingh and Rangpur took their Secondary School Certificate (equivalent to high school)...

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Rani is a seven year old with an impeccable attendance record and an equally impressive progress report.She studies in OBAT's Rangpur Preschool.Her father, Nasir earns about $1.50 a day as a worker at a railway station.Rani's mother, Shakila is illiterate and stays at home.Out of her two siblings, Lily and Sakib, Lily attends prechool as well.Rani lives with her family...

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 Thanks to all your support, OBAT has won the Global Giving Challenge and was successful in raising $4,230 from 52 donors!It has now earned a permanent spot on Global Giving and will be able to access this website for fundraising anytime in the future.This could not have happened without your help! We are so grateful to all of you for...

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Shuvo is six years old and studies in the Kindergarten class at OBAT's Rangpur Preschool.His father, Mr. Musfikul works as a daily laborer and earns a little over a dollar a day.Mother, Shorifa, a home maker has studied up to grade 5.Shuvo lives with his parents at Muslimpara camp, Alamnagar, Rangpur.Their family's poverty ridden life is a struggle, to say the least.Many...

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We are almost there! But not there, just yet! We had a great fundraising day yesterday and  our wonderful supporters helped us raise $610. Our Preschool  project has to raise $4,000 from 50 donors by April 30 to earn a permanent spot on GlobalGiving. A permanent spot means getting access to donors worldwide through GlobalGiving’s website.  (http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/education-for-425-impoverished-kids-in-bangladesh/)  Thank you to all our supporters who have...

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Your contribution of... $20 will provide notebooks for writing for 14 children$50 will provide text books for 10 children$100 will cover the expenses for chalk, teaching materials etc. for 50 children$150 will provide chairs and mats for 300 kids to sit on.$200 will provide training workshops for ten teachers. They will train them to teach preschool children according tostandard methods of...

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Help us reach our goal of raising $4,000 for our preschools in Bangladesh. So far, we have raised $2,975. We need $1,045 more in just the next 4 days!Please spread the word amongst your friends and families to help us meet the challenge from Global Giving.Once this goal is reached, OBAT can be a part of the Global Giving Community...

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Mohan is six years old.His dad is a day laborer earning a sketchy and meagre income of $2 a mth.Mohan's mother died during his birth so he was raised by his grand mother.His grandmother is in ill health and very worried about Mohan's future.OBAT's Khulna preschool provides a ray of hope for Mohan and his grand mother.Many children like Mohan live in...

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A little over $1,000 remaining to raise. Think you can close the gap? Be a helper, lend a hand. Visit our Global Giving project, "Educate 425 impoverished camp kids in Bangladesh," today and let education empower the forgotten.Donate at:http://goto.gg/10155

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Our Preschool  project has to raise $4,000 from 50 donors by April 30 to earn a permanent spot on GlobalGiving. A permanent spot means getting access to donors worldwide through GlobalGiving's website.  (http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/education-for-425-impoverished-kids-in-bangladesh/)  Thank you to all our supporters who have helped us raise $2,330 so far! We only need to raise $1,670 more from 25 more donors.  Please visit: http://goto.gg/10155 to contribute to the  project.  OR Just text...

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