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We are awfully glad to have H2O,(” Help to OBAT,” OBAT’s new team of energetic  volunteers) on board! They are already up and ready to go and did a great job of representing OBAT at the recent IU conference on  Social Entrepreneurship on March 3rd.  Tomorrow, March 17th, they are heading to Second Helpings to help combat local hunger by assisting with preparing meals made from rescued food and ingredients. The hours are 9 am-1 pm and will include a tour of the facility...

We are awfully glad to have H2O,(” Help to OBAT,” OBAT’s new team of energetic  volunteers) on board! They are already up and ready to go and did a great job of representing OBAT at the recent IU conference on  Social Entrepreneurship on March 3rd.  This Saturday, March 17th, they are heading to Second Helpings to help combat local hunger by assisting with preparing meals made from rescued food and ingredients. The hours are 9 am-1 pm and will include a tour of the...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 “the foremost public intellectual in Indiana,” by the Indianapolis Star, brought 15 nonprofits together under the roof of the German-American...

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 Athenaeum Fifteen 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 get to know to these exceptional people … you’ll discover that your neighbors who have set up amazing...

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 raised over $700 for OBAT with this creative idea! It would be wonderful if our supporters out there could get similar...

 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 since four decades ago and little has happened to put their lives on an upward trajectory. The 16th of December...

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 by SalaamCorp youth group to benefit Obat Helpers’ Rehma Initiative.   Walk with us to increase opportunities for self-empowerment through education, healthcare...