29 Nov
News and Updates

OBAT Scouts Win 2 of the Top 3 Competition Prizes!

Every year, Bangladesh Railway Scout Management Team in Chittagong holds a competition for Scout Families. Though all participants receive certificates, only the top three winners are awarded cash prizes. With nearly 200 students participating in this annual competition, OBAT SBN High School students and scouts, Nur Nahar and Sravanti Akhter, won second and third place! We are so proud of...

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28 Nov
Education

17 Students Start a new course in multimedia training

The computer training centers of OBAT offer the underprivileged camp youth the chance to acquire computer related skills which greatly improve their chances of finding meaningful employment. Recently, the training centers in Bogra and Syedpur introduced a new course in Multimedia, focusing on teaching students videography and photography skills. The curriculum will teach them how to shoot and edit...

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26 Nov
Education

11 Students Graduate from Sewing Center

Eleven ambitious young women completed and graduated from their 4 month long sewing course at the OBAT Sewing Center in New Babupara. The number graduating would have been 28. However, student numbers were reduced due to safety measures taken for COVID-19. This is the 19th graduating batch of the center. Students received gifts and certificates during their graduation ceremony. The...

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24 Nov
Uncategorized

33 Wheelchairs distributed among special needs camp residents in 6 cities

Dire poverty in the camps puts important needs such as wheelchairs on the back seat for many camp residents. There are several elderly residents as well as special needs children for whom mobility is restricted because of lack of access to important facilities such as wheelchairs. During the last week of November, 33 wheelchairs were distributed in the cities of...

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22 Nov
Education

Scholarship Student Thrives in her new Career

Mehrun Nissa started studying in grade 1 at OBAT’s Halishaher School. She continued studying further with the help of a scholarship from OBAT and ultimately got admitted into Chittagong Government Women's Polytechnic Institute where she completed a 4 year diploma in Fashion Design. After completing her diploma, she started working at a Korean company and is currently working at Sonnet...

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22 Nov
News and Updates

3 Live events in November!

November was a busy month at OBAT as its supporters in St. Louis, the DMV area, and Chicago all hosted online fundraising events for OBAT. Prominent speakers such as Congressman Andre Carson, Imam Khalid Latif, and Shaykh Hamzah Imtiaz all spoke about the importance of philanthropy in today’s world of inequity and injustice. Board members as well as visitors and...

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19 Nov
Infrastructure development

39 Tubewells provide clean water to over 9,000 people

Clean water is a luxury in the camps. Access to a water source is not only very limited, it is also usually very far from the homes of camp residents, hence requiring a large investment of time to reach the source. Thanks to the support of OBAT Canada and some other donors of OBAT, 39 wells (ranging from semi deep...

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17 Nov
Health

Diabetes Awareness Event

World Diabetes Day is observed worldwide on November 14th. Every year, OBAT’s Rangpur Clinic also raises awareness about the disease by holding a diabetes camp. This year, it was presided over by Dr. Suraiya Jamal and Dr. Abul Kashem who both spoke about preventative measures that can be taken against the disease. 31 diabetes patients also got their blood sugar...

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15 Nov
News and Updates

Training enhances Teaching Methodology

We are so proud of our team as they are constantly working towards self-improvement. The Chittagong Team recently organized a daylong training for the teachers of Preschool, Schools, and Tutoring Center located in Chittagong. The team also invited the teachers from OBAT’s projects in Dhaka, Rangpur, Khulna, Mymensingh, Bogra, and Syedpur to join them online.

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