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.
OBAT’s Rangpur Clinic organized a blood grouping campaign with the volunteer support of OBAT’s Rangpur Think Tank youth in order to cultivate awareness about the importance of knowing your blood group…
Thanks to the support of our partner, HCI (Human Concern International), 263 students in OBAT’s Learning Centers in the Rohingya camps received backpacks.
Thanks to the generous support of a donor, 7 tube wells were installed over the last couple of months in the cities of Raufabad, Halishaher, Jesssore, Khulna,Rangpur and Bogra. Altogether, the wells will provide clean drinking water to over 2,700 people.
Another scholarship student of OBAT, Sadia, got selected for admission to medical school! 143,915 students participated in the medical school admission test and competed for admissions into government and private medical colleges of the country.
Thank you for spending another beautiful Ramadan with us and for keeping the people we serve together in your prayers and contributions.
During March, a training on Disability and Inclusive Education was organized by Handicap International & Unicef for the organizations working in the education sector of the Rohingya refugee camp.
