Charlie Wiles serves as the Secretary on OBAT’s board and we are truly fortunate to have him as a board member. He has been our rock and support at every turn and is always ready and willing to extend help wherever OBAT needs it. It is also really great to have a board member situated right across the room from us. Charlie is also the Executive Director at Center for Interfaith Cooperation. There is not much you can find wrong with a...
To say that we owe John Clark a lot is an understatement of gigantic proportions. John is a visiting assistant professor at SPEA but that’s not it. He is the founder of Indy Talks, Provocate and Alliance to name a few, author of several studies and books and much more. John plays a crucial role in bringing organizations, particularly non profits together and facilitates the accomplishment of their missions in every way he can. OBAT has benefited tremendously from his...
November 13th, the National Philanthropy day, is only 12 days away. But we are thinking, why not celebrate the entire month of November instead of just one day to pay tribute to the spirit of charity all around us. Hence, we are kicking off this month by celebrating it in two ways. Throughout the month of November, we will be intermittently honoring people/entities who provide us with the fuel to surge forward. These are people who give us their time, talent...
OBAT has won a $5,000 grant from Power of One Inc. to build a new tube well in Geneva Camp Dhaka. There are about thirty thousand people or 5,500 families living in Geneva Camp. The camp is faced with a serious scarcity of clean drinking water. The Water Supply Authority supplies water during late night when everyone is asleep, making collection of water impossible. Adding to the problem is a dearth of electricity and the ensuing load shedding...
Today is international day of the girl child. Girls at OBAT’s seven schools constitute 52% of the total population of students. Thank you dear supporters, for helping these girls reach for their dreams. ...
Race for Compassion, Race4Rehma! You’re invited to the 2nd Annual Race4Rehma! The 5K walk will be held at the Indianapolis Canal on September 29, 2012 from 3-6 PM. Walk or run along the scenic canal and enjoy live music, games and raffle drawings before and after the race. In 2011, the first ever Race4Rehma was attended by an enthusiastic crowd who was eager to make a difference.This year, we plan to reach even higher goals! Your efforts in joining the Race4Rehma will help...
The 2nd Annual Race4Rehma will be held at the Indianapolis Canal on September 29, 2012 from 3-6 pm. Thank you to those who came out to our first ever Race4Rehma last year to make a difference. Not only did the local Indianapolis community benefit from the walk, the forgotten people of Bangladesh camps did as well. A great, energetic team gathered last year to aid educational and hunger projects in Indianapolis as well as the camps in Bangladesh, served by OBAT...
Up until last year, OBAT’s mission was centered mainly on helping the stranded Bihari’s eking out a miserable living in camps in Bangladesh since the last 40 years. Since 2005, OBAT has been trying to reconstruct and reform their lives by empowering them with education, income earning opportunities and offering them basic amenities of life. Being based in Indianapolis however, it was hard to overlook the poverty and the issues stemming from it, around us. We knew that while the...
