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December 2017

Lots of good is happening at OBAT and it's because of  you ! 
Aspire is now being released monthly to keep you up-to-date with all the news of positive changes  and the impact you are making.
A medical camp that treated about 300 refugees
Updates on Save the Rohingya campaign

With the joining of more partners as well as volunteers, OBAT has been stepping up its efforts to extend aid to the Rohingya. 

We are extremely thankful for all our current volunteers:
Sophie Lee and Hannah Aiyana (film-makers and photo journalists, visiting from the UK and capturing the stories of the refugees to create awareness for their plight).
Dr. Zaid Hamoodi, a medical Doctor also visiting from the UK, has been in the forefront of all the medical relief efforts.
Mr. Zobair Khandaker, a local businessman has been the rock and support behind all relief efforts.
All kinds of help is still needed. Volunteers, especially Doctors are an important need; you can apply to volunteer here.

At present, OBAT has set up one medical center which is providing health relief to the refugees. Another is in the process of being set up.There are thirteen learning centers in operation so far for the children. These schools operate in three shifts and provide informal education. One community center has already been built while another is up and running. Two bridges have been built to facilitate foot travel of the refugees as they have to traverse hilly terrain and bodies of water to reach the refugee camp.

Click here  for photos from the crisis and OBAT's efforts to address it. Follow the progress we are making, with your assistance, here.

Please join us as our Humanitarian Assistance Program team works continuously to extend assi stance to the Rohingya refugees.  If you cannot help in person, consider contributing:   Donate here!
PEC candidates from OBAT's Halishaher School

382 OBAT students take PEC exam

PEC (Primary Education Certificate), the largest public exam for fifth grade students, took place in mid-November.
Nearly four million children from Bangladesh participated in this exam. Three hundred and eighty-two  students participated from OBAT's schools in Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rangpur. We wish the very best to our hard-working students!
Think Tank members receive the award
A think tank member receives the award
Think Tank gets recognized for outstanding community work

An award ceremony was held in November to honor the members of OBAT Think Tank, a group of students from the camps who volunteer their time and efforts to devise creative solutions for addressing the
problems surrounding them and the camp communities.
Among other things, the Think Tank volunteers conducted an Adult Literacy Program where forty-two women received lessons in basic literacy. They also facilitated the operations of an IT Center where more than fifty students got trained in the MS Office suite and received training in Graphics Designing. They also provided support in OBAT's Preschool. The President of OBAT, Mr. Anwar Khan along with his wife and OBAT USA's board member Mrs. Afshan Khan, as well as their daughter, Ms. Arishaa Khan presented the awards.
A student receives a certificate
355 OBAT Schools' students take JSC exam

A total of three hundred and fifty-five students from OBAT's Rangpur, Syedpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Chittagong and Mymensingh Schools, took the JSC (Junior Student Certificate) exam.
To encourage the students, OBAT's Syedpur Tutoring Center also organized a farewell ceremony for the 2017 JSC  candidates. This year, a total of twenty-six students attending this tutoring center, have taken this  public exam which is required of middle school students.  The students prepared to take the test at the tutoring center. 
Dr. Ekramuddin, center, with his daughters to his left
Advisory board member and longtime supporter visits camps

OBAT's longtime supporter and advisor, Dr.  Helal Ekramuddin
 who also leads "OBAT's Ambassadors of St. Louis" group, visited the Rohingya camps and other OBAT projects, recently, with his family. We are extremely grateful to him for his support and his continuous efforts to stand with the communities we serve. An account of his visit can be rea d  here.
The students at the IT Center
New batch of trainees at OBAT's IT Center

Computer training of the JSC (Junior School Certificate) students began on the 22nd of November 2017 at OBAT's IT Center in Rangpur. A total of forty-four students got enrolled  in a two month basic computer concepts training course.

A camp resident gets his blood sugar checked
OBAT's Rangpur Clinic creates awareness  for Diabetes

The World Diabetes Day was observed on the 14th of November, by  OBAT's health clinic in Rangpur. A day long program was held to create awareness for the disease.
Doctors from the health clinic  spoke about preventative measures and also checked the sugar levels of patients.

A child receives an outfit
One thousand outfits distributed among Rohingya children  

The RAOWA (Retired Army Officers Welfare Association) of  Bangladesh distributed one thousand outfits  among the students in OBAT's learning centers in Kutupalong 
refugee camp. The distribution took place in partnership with the OBAT led Humanitarian Assistance  Program which was formed to address the Rohingya crisis.

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