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Hidden Gems

Hidden Gems I’ve written previously how and why it took 13 years to accomplish my dream of setting up an orphan sponsorship program. We started with 50...

Away from the limelight, a genocide is ongoing

Away from the limelight, a genocide is ongoing. Just this week, the Myanmar junta bombarded Thar Dar Rohingya village in Minbya Township, with reports of...

An Orphan From the Camps Finds His Way to Montreal, Canada

An Orphan From the Camps Finds His Way to Montreal, Canada I received a gift on Friday night, one unlike any gift I’d ever received...

Snowball in the Camps

Snowball in the Camps There’s just something very Canadian about snow. When I think back to the start of this journey, a very small initiative...

RIP Fahmida

RIP Fahmida I met Fahmida back in 2009. She was visually-impaired and lived alone in a small hut. Her husband and children did not survive...

An Unexpected Journey

An Unexpected Journey There I was, being hugged by a young boy not more than 8, his cheek on my cheek. He was a Rohingya...

First Dignity, Then Charity

First Dignity, Then Charity Ramadan is upon us once again, and during this month Muslims are encouraged to give generously to those with less. We...

How our eyesight restoration program opened my eyes

How our eyesight restoration program opened my eyes OBAT Canada posted this short video interview put together by students at one of the OBAT vocational centers- they...

Hope Lives in the Rohingya Refugee Camps

Hope Lives in the Rohingya Refugee Camps The Hope of the Human Spirit Before the Covid-19 Pandemic, I had the opportunity to do volunteer work...

Saving the Lives of Mothers and their Babies

Saving the Lives of Mothers and their Babies Six years ago, Mehwish and I decided to volunteer in the displaced population camps in Bangladesh. Going...

My Dream Come True…13 Years in the Making!

My Dream Come True…13 Years in the Making! Thirteen years ago, I was in Bangladesh for the very first time and ended up visiting some...

Dealing with COVID’s Education Challenge

The man punched the child in the eye, right in front of us, as another man was holding the child from behind. Remarkably no one...

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From the alley to the classroom

From the alley to the classroom The man punched the child in the eye, right in front of us, as another man was holding the...

Keeping the charitable in charity

Keeping the ‘charitable’ in charity Volunteer work isn’t easy. You spend countless hours – hours that you don’t really have, after a demanding full-time job...

Helping Rohingya Refugees Overcome their Tsunami of Misery

Warning: The following article contains content that may be disturbing for some readers. By Dr. Shujaat Wasty What do I say to someone who was...