We look forward to cultivating our relationship with Seattle and are more than happy that our OBAT family is growing to such great heights. If you would like to be a part of the OBAT family, we would love to hear from you and take a trip to your city to establish new ties and welcome you to our fold.

 

To enable the camp dwellers to enjoy Ramadan and Eid, several hundred families received assistance from OBAT in the camps during the month of Ramadan. The items distributed to them included staples such as oil, sugar, flour, rice and vermicelli etcetera. Approximately 2,500 families received the food gifts in 

Chittagong, Dhaka, Rangpur, Syedpur and Khulna.

 A photo submission by OBAT was selected as the winner in a contest held by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The photograph, as a result, was published in the Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2012 and it appears on page 170 of the report. The photograph was taken by talented photographer, Katie Basbagill (www.bohemianredimages.com) during her visit to the camps in December   2012.

The report is written and researched by Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University.

You can view the report here:http://www.givingusareports.org.

 

 

OBAT Think Tank is an organized group led by the youth of the camps. It works hand in hand with OBAT Helpers. The main goal of the Think Tank is to organize and involve the youth with positive community building activities. The group aims to keep its members focused on the betterment of youth, while simultaneously improving their leadership and communication skills. It also works on spreading awareness regarding health, safety and a clean environment. Read more.

 

 

July 3^rd-7^th: OBAT Helpers participated in the 2013 annual Association of Physicians of Pakistani Decent of North America (APPNA) in Orlando, Florida from July 4^th through the 7^th. In addition to serving as an exhibitor, the APPNA invited OBAT to conduct two presentations to conference attendees.  Attending from OBAT were Mr. Anwar Khan, Founder and President, and Mr. Carey W. Craig, Director of Operations. Read more.

 

 

 

On the sacred occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, share your blessings with the forgotten people living in Bangladesh's camps. For the past six years, we have been arranging qurbani on your behalf and distributing meat to more than ten thousand families.

In order to help develop their evolving youth population, OBAT Think Tank organized their first ever youth seminar. The objective of the seminar was to promote development  among the youth; determine their role in the betterment of camp life; protect youth from drug addiction; establish equal rights for education for women; and also to ban the system of dowry.

Youth from different camps of Bangladesh took part in this seminar to discuss the aforementioned topics. Barrister Sadia Arman was the chief guest in this seminar. Also present as special guest was, Mr. Abdul Jabbar, the president of SPGRC. Murtaza Ahmed Khan, OBAT's project officer was the convener of this event. The slogan of the seminar was, " Develop camp life through its youth."

 

Recently, we received the High School Certificate (HSC) results of the students who prepared for the exam at the Dhaka tutoring center of OBAT. Out of the fifteen students taking the exam, fourteen received an A +, A or an 

A-; only one student received a B. We are so proud of these hard working students!

 

The government of Bangladesh recently changed the textbooks for all elementary schools.A three day training session was organized for all of the  Khulna School teachers to accommodate this change in their teaching methodology.The focus was on teaching from the new editions of the Math and English text books. On one of the three days, the training focused on teaching methods for preschools.

 

On September 15th, OBAT had the honor of hosting four bright young men who were visiting the United States from Bangladesh on invitation from the State department as a part of the International Visitor Leadership Program. The group all work for community organizations in Bangladesh and were interested in learning about the operations of OBAT. The delegation expressed deep interest in forming affiliations with OBAT in Bangladesh. We look forward to working with them and initiating partnerships that will serve to enhance and grow our programs there.