Meet Our Storytellers
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Faiyaz Alam
After 52 years, Dr. Faiyaz Alam returned to his birthplace in Bangladesh and visited OBAT Helpers projects in Saidpur, Rangpur, Chittagong, and Dhaka, meeting communities and witnessing humanitarian and development work in Bihari camps.
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Shabbir Soomro
Journalist Shabbir Soomro visits Bihari communities in Bangladesh, witnessing their resilience, progress, and the transformative impact of education and opportunity.
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Nadeem Haque
Nadeem Haque reflects on his 2026 visit to Bangladesh, meeting OBAT scholarship students and witnessing firsthand the transformative impact of education.
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Fiaz Fareed
Fiaz Fareed‘s passion to provide relief to the distress and the oppressed landed him in the Rohingya camp in Bangladesh. He works closely with OBAT Helpers to bring sustainability to the Rohingya Refugees in terms of education, water and medical needs.
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Did You Pass a Good Life? By Aftab Iqbal
I have been supporting OBAT Helpers since I visited the camps in 2016. The progress OBAT is making to empower the people to get out of the camps sets them apart from others...
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My discovery changed my life. by Zachary Rockwood
It’d been seven years since I’d first set foot in the camps of Bangladesh, but the memories were still fresh in my mind... I am inspired as an OBAT Helper!
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My Obat Story. by Qaisar Shareef
I visited the Stranded Pakistani camps of Bangladesh in March 2020, to learn about their deep history and witnessed the ongoing plight of these forgotten people.