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Thanks Hiba Alalami, for all the wonderful work you have done during your internship with us.http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe5c167870610c797517&m=fef41175726307&ls=fdc015727766047e7d1c77736c&l=fe5b1577726d077c7413&s=fe6311737265047e7111&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe2017727c600c7e711c76

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Check out our op-ed on microfinance: http://www.indystar.com/article/20111103/OPINION01/111030314/Our-View-Small-steps-end-poverty-here-there?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|O

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"OBAT Helpers is the reason I am proud to be a Hoosier," these were the words Professor John Clark, a visiting professor at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs used to introduce OBAT at the Humanitarian Speed Dating event held by the SPEA program of Indiana University on Jan 25th, at the Athenaeum. Professor Clark, who has been hailed as...

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OBAT will be at the Athenaeum this Wednesday, join the fun event with your friends!http://spea.provocate.org/January 25: Humanitarian speed dating at the AthenaeumFifteen of Indy’s most creative social entrepreneurs will tell you what they are doing, why it’s important, and how you can be part of their efforts to change the world … in four minutes each. Then take time to...

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Recently, ProTrans International, a Supply Chain Management company based in Indianapolis, allowed its employees to wear denim to work for one week in exchange for a small donation benefitting OBAT Helpers. This organization's act of giving was carried out with a twist, allowing its employees to have some relaxed, worry and iron free days of wearing denim to work. Protrans...

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 Forty years pass in a blink of an eye, in retrospect. In reality, a lot can transpire in this time frame: wars are lost and won; countries form or perish; revolutions ferment and inventions are actualized. In a parallel universe though, life can take a different course. For the Bihairs stranded in the camps of Bangladesh, time has stood still...

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OBAT Helpers & SalaamCorp invite you to Race4Rehma  November 13th, 2011 Downtown at the North end of the Indianapolis Canal (Close to the intersection of 11th St. and Martin Luther King Jr. St. and by Creations Café) 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Register now to walk as an individual OR a team member through our EventBrite page! http://race4rehma.eventbrite.com   This year’s Race4Rehma will be the first annual walk-a-thon hosted...

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OBAT Helpers & SalaamCorp invite you to Race4Rehma  November 13th, 2011 Downtown at the North end of the Indianapolis Canal (Close to the intersection of 11th St. and Martin Luther King Jr. St. and by Creations Café) 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.   This year’s Race4Rehma will be the first annual walk-a-thon hosted by SalaamCorp youth group to benefit Obat Helpers’ Rehma Initiative.   Walk with us to increase...

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On September, 17th, OBAT spent an elegant evening with the rest of its Center for Interfaith Cooperation partners, III, MAI and BRIDGE, hosting a fundraiser at the Indiana Interchurch Center. The objective was to raise funds which the partnering organizations could use for their collective administrative expenses. OBAT’s secretary and the Director of the International Interfaith Initiative, Charlie Wiles was...

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