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Mohammad Salahuddin is one of the most senior people in terms of the length of his service to OBAT. His involvement with OBAT goes back to the very beginning of OBAT’s formation. Mr. Salahuddin works as the Secretary of SPGRC (Stranded Pakistanis General Repatriation Committee), Rangpur branch. He oversees all of OBAT’s projects in Rangpur which include the school and tutoring center. Mr. Salahuddin has a good standing with all the community members and leaders and hence has played an...

Humayun Kabir: Humayun is from the city of Khalispur in Khulna. He is the Head Teacher of OBAT Primary school in Khulna and the project officer for the city of Khulna as well. Humayun also works as the secretary of SPGRC (Stranded Pakistanis General Repatriation Committee), Khalispur branch and as the secretary of Khalispur Non Local Relief committee. We appreciate his enormous contribution toward making OBAT’s projects in Khulna a success. ...

Over 1000 books and some canned food for Sense Charter School! OBAT’s desire to create a difference in the local Indianapolis community led it to partner with Second Helpings and Sense Charter School. For Giving Tuesday, we aspired to collect enough books to help Sense Charter School start a library for the kids studying there. Most of the kids at the school come from impoverished backgrounds and  encouraging reading is not on the families’ priorities list as there are more pressing issues...

Giving Tuesday is finally here! Today, you can still feel the rush that comes from retail therapy and share your good fortune with others at the same time. Shop at http://voucherry.com/ and earn credits for yourself that you can use to shop more! “Shop on Groupon, Walgreens, Disney and thousands of partners to earn rewards for you and your favorite charity or cause. Up to 90% goes back to your favorite cause.” Just remember to choose, OBAT as...

H2O is truly supplying the nourishment that is feeding and strengthening OBAT. Help to OBAT or H2O is a group of young professionals who volunteer their time and talents to ensure that OBAT is successfully meeting its objectives. Their help in pulling off great events, representing OBAT where needed and just being there, keen to offer assistance, has been indispensable. Kudos to the molecules of H2O: Fatima Hussain, Arishaa Khan, Eracleo Vallejo, Mariyam Khan, Valerie Foulk and Shejea Khan for their...

Rahena Begum is the head teacher/principal of OBAT’s Sardar Bahadur Nagar School.The  school has 450 students enrolled in it; this is the highest number of students in all of the seven schools of OBAT. Rahena Begum has worked as a teacher for the NGO, Concern Worldwide for 20 years. Now, some of the students she taught are serving as teachers in her school. Rahena Begum enjoys a great reputation as a friendly and amiable co-worker and an effective manager of...

Twenty one year old Zafar Ali studies at the Victoria University of Bangladesh in the B.B.A department. He is also a volunteer for OBAT Helpers and teaches the destitute students who live in different slums or camps.  Zafar’s parents were able to get him through high school where his diligence got him stellar grades. Zafar feels that without his parents’ moral and financial support, he could not have gotten that far. After high school, he tried to get admission into...

Humayun is from the city of Khalispur in Khulna. He is the Head Teacher of OBAT Primary school as well as the project officer for Khulna. Humayun also works as the secretary of SPGRC (Stranded Pakistanis General Repatriation Committee), Khalispur branch and the secretary of Khalispur Non Local Relief committee. We are very thankful to him for his support and for his all hard work behind making OBAT’s projects in Khulna a success. ...

Sohail Akhter Khan lives in Chittagong, Bangladesh and is the Program Manager for OBAT. Prior to working with OBAT, Sohail had worked with Concern Worldwide, an international charity for 22 years. His core area of focus was always, Education though he is also experienced in Disaster Management. He has also worked with UNICEF and various other Government programs and received training from these organizations during the course of this period. Due to his involvement with many nonprofits, Sohail has written articles...

The Spirit and Place festival was accepting blog entries centered around the theme “play.” Here’s the link to our entry : http://spiritandplace.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/just-play-with-or-without/   ...