Anwar's Diaries- Day 12 and 13

December 24th, 2016 Early morning, we traveled with the OBAT English School staff, teachers and students to Mirpur. There we began by visiting the OBAT water point and a preschool, while meeting with the camp residents along the way. In Mirpur, along with our water point and preschool that serves more than fifty students, we also have thirty students participating in...

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Anwar's Diaries- Day 9

20th December, 2016 We began our day with our OBAT team including Dr. Rezwan, Dr. Kaiser, Arishaa, Immad Ahmed, Sohail Akhter Khan, Guddu, Sunny, Fakhruddin and local leaders of OBAT Saidpur, Halim Khan and Mahfuz.  We visited the Arabic education center, in Bansbari, Saidpur where twelve wonderful kids had completed reading the Holy Quran. Along with excelling in school, these children...

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Anwar's Diaries- Day 6

Bogra, Bangaldesh 17th December, 2016 On Saturday morning, we had a successful yearly meeting with our on-ground  implementing partner, ISDCM. Afterwards, we made the long journey to Rangpur. On the go, we were able to visit different camps in Bogra, Bangladesh. The camps we saw were in need of infrastructure development after significant damage from a recent cyclone. We had an...

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Anwar's Diaries- Day 4

December 15th, 2016 We started our day by visiting OBAT Primary School, Khalishpur, Khulna where we began by attending a guardian/parents meeting and had an interactive session where parents could ask us any questions. Parents consequently requested to increase capacity up to Secondary School Certificate (SSC) grades. Afterwards, during discussion with parents, they expressed some health concerns regarding their kids such...

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Anwar's Diaries- Day 2

December 13th, 2016 After an eight hour journey, we arrived in Khulna and were greeted by the members of SPGRC (Stranded Pakistanis General Repatriation Committee) and the local camp leaders.   There was a small community meeting held at the OBAT Khulna Primary School.  The community leaders welcomed me with open arms and discussed the various issues each camp was facing, while...

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