Nahid has been a scholarship student of OBAT since grade 11. Her mother struggled to raise and educate her 3 daughters by selling clothes door to door.
Bangladesh Shishu Academy is the national academy for children in Bangladesh. It was established in 1976 for promoting cultural development of children, and nurturing their skills and talents.
OBAT’s Health Care Center in Rangpur treats over 6,000 patients every year and also has a maternity and a physical therapy section.
We’re excited for the latest news from OBAT’s Chittagong Women Empowerment Center which has gone a step further to make empowerment a reality for its students.
OBAT will be distributing meat to the camp residents at the festival of Eid-ul-Adha in July this year.
Eid celebrations in the camps were made a little sweeter, thanks to our staff in Dhaka who took children out for Eid clothes shopping! 550 kids including special needs and orphan children, were able to choose new clothes for themselves.
Extreme poverty in the camps means that there are thousands of people who go hungry.
The Directorate of Sports ( functioning under the Bangladesh Ministry of Youth and Sports), trained 40 football players for two months through BKSP, the national sports institute in Bangladesh.
We are blessed to have passionate and energetic supporters in every city and St. Louis is one of them. The yearly events hosted by the St.Louis Friends of OBAT Chapter came to a halt due to the pandemic.
