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Travel to Bangladesh with OBAT Helpers Trip Report – March 3-10, 2020 CEO of OBAT Helpers, Anwar Khan invited me to visit Bangladesh to see firsthand work being done by his organization in ‘Forgotten Community’ (Urdu-Speakers) camps across the country. These are people who requested to be evacuated to Pakistan in 1971 when Bangladesh achieved independence and separation from West Pakistan but were not accepted by Pakistan. Independence of Bangladesh came at the end of a painful and bloody civil war in which...

Finding Pure Joy in the Most Unexpected of Places Spreading Smiles, 1 Swing at a Time… Wind blows gently through his dark,wavy hair, sunlight dances across his face – replenishing his skin with fresh sources of Vitamin D and forming beads of perspiration at the roots of his hairline, and laughter ripples from his lips into the air as he feels his feet lift off the ground and into the sky. A little boy of about age 7...

Hi, my name is Sunny. I am currently working as the Executive Intern for OBAT’s Executive Director, Immad Ahmed. It has been a great learning experience for me thus far and I am loving the new knowledge I am gaining about running a nonprofit. Since we are visiting several cities in Bangladesh, these days, I thought I would pen down my thoughts so I could share them with you. The purpose of this trip was to train all our Project Officers,...