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OBAT’s  Preschool project currently listed  on the website of Global Giving,  is supposed to raise at least $4,000 during the month of April. It costs approximately $13,742.50 to run OBAT’s 20 preschools for one year.   Today, the website, www. globalgiving.org will match any donations at 15% to a maximum of $6,000. Please share with your friends and family and encourage them to make an early donation as matching funds run out quickly. Contributions can be made at this link: http://goto.gg/10155 Some details on...

The word, “Roshny “means light.   This little girl lives in the camps in Chittagong and attends the preschool there.   Her mother passed away four years ago; father remarried , moved away and entrusted his old, widowed mother with the care of Roshny and her older sister.   Sony, Roshny’s older sister is a fourth grader at OBAT’s elementary school;  she will not be able to  study beyond grade 5 as her grandmother cannot afford to send her to school.   Roshny’s uncle pays her grandmother for...

Your contribution of $’s $20 will provide notebooks for writing for 14 children $50 will provide text books for 10 children $100 will cover the expenses for chalk, teaching materials etc. for 50 children $150 will provide chairs and mats for 300 kids to sit on. $200 will provide training workshops for ten teachers. They will train them to teach preschool children according to standard methods of teaching. $310 will provide annual salary of one administrative personnel (accountant or program supervisor) $325 will pay for the rent of...

OBAT Helpers is dedicated to ensuring that underprivileged kids living in camps in Bangladesh combat illiteracy and inequality with education. With seven elementary schools already up and running, OBAT is now giving the younger population of the camps a chance to attend school like all other children their age. OBAT Helpers’ preschools prepare 4-6 year old children to pass the 1st grade entrance exam for government schools. These Bihari kids live in extreme poverty in slum like camps where there’s...