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The students at OBAT’s Chittagong Sewing Center stitched 2,000 masks for the patients visiting our Rohingya Medical Clinic. The impressive effort was funded directly by our generous donors and it’s benefits were two-fold. Not only were our clinic patients provided much-needed masks to help curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the Rohingya camps, but by training the students  to sew the masks themselves, we imparted a new skill, which is invaluable in creating future employment opportunities for camp women. Additionally,...

Families devastated by flooding in Susua Chor village in Tangail received generous food packages through the joint efforts of OBAT and the Amal Foundation. The distribution, carried out by volunteers from our OBAT Think Tank, Dhaka Team, Amal Foundation, and the young volunteers of Susua Village, was able to provide much-needed support to 400 affected families across the region. We are so thankful for Amal’s partnership and the incredible work of our local teams in undertaking this important effort to...

Long time supporter of OBAT, Euglena, a Japanese biotech giant, is helping camp children fight malnutrition by providing nutrition-rich biscuits through its GENKI program. Inspired by a visit to Bangladesh camps as a student, Euglena president, Mitsuru Izumo, founded the company and established the GENKI program to help solve the issue of hunger in camp communities. The biscuits were distributed in September, free of charge, among the students of OBAT’s School, Preschool, Tutoring Center, Computer Training Center, Sewing Center, and...

OBAT, in collaboration with Teach the World Foundation, is helping camp preschoolers continue to receive a quality education through smartphone apps and in-home support, in spite of school closures across the country. TTWF provided training to all OBAT preschool staff in Bangladesh to utilize innovative digital programs. After the training, our preschool teachers visited the students and showed the parents how to download and use the educational apps to facilitate better at-home learning during the pandemic. Shirin Husain, Director of...

A new Multipurpose Center has just been inaugurated by the Camp-in-Charge in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazaar! This Multipurpose Center is part of a 5-month long project, funded by ALIGHT that will help build the capacity of the Host community & Rohingya women and children who have been affected by COVID-19. The new Center will host sewing training classes for 40 women, as well staff training, community gatherings, and other beneficial programs. The Camp-in-Charge kicked off the event by planting trees around...

OBAT partnered with the Ayaz Waris Khan Warsi (AWKW) Foundation to offer a 3-hour IT workshop to 60 students, staff and teachers from OBAT Rangpur’s office, computer labs, Think Tank, and educational centers. The workshop covered digital marketing, freelancing, graphics design and web development. This innovative program strives to create skilled manpower in the IT sector, empowering individuals and contributing to the overall growth and development of the country. We are so grateful to Mr. Obaidullah, the Director of the AWKW,...

Bogra Camp is one of the most poverty-stricken camps in Bangladesh. Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Aftab Iqbal, OBAT has been operating a tutoring center and preschool in Bogra, and has also carried out construction projects of sanitation facilities. Recently, Mr. Iqbal initiated a new project to train the youth in Bogra Camp in computer skills. The students are receiving computer training from the staff at OBAT’s Computer Training Center. ...

OBAT started an online web design course in partnership with AWKW Foundation. 28 young men and women are enrolled in this program from the cities of Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Syedpur, Rangpur, Bogra, and Mymensingh. The online web design training course was inaugurated by Mr. Anwar Khan, President of OBAT. ...

Since the shutdown of the educational Institutions in Bangladesh due to the pandemic, OBAT has been working diligently to keep its students engaged in their coursework. Online classes began on June 28th for OBAT’s Tutoring Centers’ students. Almost 200 students participate in online learning every day. These students are candidates for the JSC (Junior School Certificate) and SSC (Secondary School Certificate) exams. All major subjects, such as Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, Science and

A photography competition was recently organized for the students of  OBAT’s projects. The theme of the competition was, “life in the camps.” Many students participated in the competition which was judged by Zachary Rockwood, a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer from Los Angeles whohas visited the camps twice.  Mahfug Alam from Syedpur the first prize. Second place was awarded to Momota from Syedpur and third to Nazim Khan from Chittagong.  Congratulations to all the talented photographers! ...