One Body One Spirit

• Development Cooperation
• Humanitarian Assistance

Our dream of changing begins with one person, one village,
and one community

Supporting the local communities to solve their own problems and make changes based on responsible
partnerships to help the poor and marginalized global neighbors overcome poverty.

• Food & Agriculture towards an Integral Ecology

  Food & Agriculture towards
  an Integral Ecology

  OBOS supports farmers and their families for food security through various ways in a changing environment such as technical training and etc. Basic and Essential Education for Child & Youth.

• Basic and Essential Education for Child & Youth

  Basic and Essential Education
  for Child & Youth

  OBOS provides basic and essential educational opportunities for children and youth in poor countries to help them achieve their development.

• Community Empowerment for Self-Reliant

  Community Empowerment
  for Self-Reliant

  OBOS helps the local communities to solve their own problems with their empowerment for self-reliance.

• Health and Sanitation support for vulnerable

  Health and Sanitation support
  for vulnerable

  OBOS supports essential medicines, drinking water, and sanitation facilities not to be life-threatening by poverty.

• East Timor

  East Timor

  adv

  Sector

  Agriculture Community

  Target Region

  3villages in Baucau District

  Project Title

  Increase agriculture production in vulnerable rural communities to improve nutrition and livelihoods

  Beneficiary

  145 households

  Partner Organization

  Caritas Baucau

  Project summary

  • - Increase the capacity of primarily subsistence farmers to improve their family’s health and well-being through increased food production (quantity and quality).
  • - Where agriculture production exceeds family consumption needs, give farmers training and skills so they can access markets and sell produce effectively.
  • - Strengthen and support savings and loan groups to help subsistence farmers gain experience managing money, budgeting and having access to savings and loans to meet their household needs.

• Myanmar

  

  Myanmar

  Local Community Education

  Sector

  Education Community Development

  Target Region

  Five locations in Myanmar

  Project Title

  Strengthening Child Protection Mechanisms in Hopin, Mohnyin, Tachilek, Mandalay and Magyikwin in Myanmar

  Beneficiary

  Children from vulnerable backgrounds (615 people), Parents and guardians (590 people), 17 Communities of care surrounding the children

  Partner Organization

  Good Shepherd Myanmar Foundation

  Project summary

  • - Children are empowered to know their rights and responsibilities.
  • - Strengthened family systems and circle of care surrounding the children.
  • - Formation of Community Child Protection Committees.

  Sector

  Education

  Target Region

  Myanmar through its various Catholic Dioceses

  Project Title

  Introducing and facilitating Inclusive and Quality Basic Education for the most vulnerable schooling children within the Dioceses in Myanmar

  Beneficiary

  1,200 vulnerable children

  Partner Organization

  ECE(EPISCOPAL COMMISSION FOR EDUCATION)

  Project summary

  • - To upgrade teachers’ knowledge and teaching practices on inclusive quality education through a nine-month intensive continuing education and training on child psychology, formation and protection of vulnerable children, curriculum, instructional plan, syllabus, unit of work, lesson plan, assessment and evaluation.
  • - To present and implement the construction of preschools through doable-practical ways and means of having “new normal” school classrooms and learning spaces in good condition.
  • - To conduct basic health educational sessions with invited health care providers, teachers, representative parents, representative youth volunteers and representative children on preventive measures against common communicable diseases.

  Sector

  Community Development

  Target Region

  15 villages in AnnTownship, Rakhine State

  Project Title

  Sustainable Livelihood and Holistic Development Enhancement of vulnerable households from 15 remote villages in Ann Township, Rakhine State

  Beneficiary

  1,200 people

  Partner Organization

  KMSS_Pyay

  Project summary

  • - To promote the ability of community based organizations at community level for sustainable development in target groups
  • - To provide livelihood promotion and social inclusion services to the poor and low income clients in target villages with innovative solutions
  • - To promote value based education among children, women and youth for holistic development
  • - To provide target areas with the requisite qualified human resources necessary in its socio-economic development with political stability and improving the population’s standard of living

  Sector

  Community Development

  Target Region

  7 villages in Shan State

  Project Title

  Supporting an inclusive economic growth in the Shan State

  Beneficiary

  50.000 persons

  Partner Organization

  New Humanity Myanmar

  Project summary

  • - Increase the employment rate among youth in 7 village tracts
  • - Improve the sustainable agricultural production and income for 1.800 farmers in 7 selected village tracts
  • - Improve the social inclusion of most vulnerable groups, in particular children and adults with disabilities and their families, in 7 village tracts

• Burundi

  

  Burundi

  adv

  Sector

  Agriculture Community

  Target Region

  Makamba

  Project Title

  Empowering rural households’ farming activities with breeding pigs

  Beneficiary

  100 households

  Partner Organization

  Makamba Parish

  Project summary

  • - Introduce pigs breeding
  • - Increase rural farmers’ crop yields.
  • - Boost the farmers to work together and grow up in associations.

• Bangladash

  

  Bangladash

  Medical

  Sector

  Health & Medical Care

  Target Region

  Hobigonj District,Sylhet Division

  Project Title

  Improving Mother and Child Health and Nutrition Project (IMCHNP)

  Beneficiary

  5,200 mother and children

  Partner Organization

  Caritas Bangladesh

  Project summary

  • - Increase access to nutritional information and nutritious food for children under five to reduce malnutrition of 0-5 year’s children.
  • - To create enabling environment to improve health and nutrition status of adolescents.
  • - Pregnant women received the necessary care and supports in consequence suffer fewer complications before, during and after birth.

• Cambodia

  

  Cambodia

  local Education Medical

  Sector

  Health & Medical Care

  Target Region

  9 villages in Mondolkiri Province

  Project Title

  Improving Quality of Maternal and Child Health Care

  Beneficiary

  1,166 households

  Partner Organization

  Caritas Cambodia

  Project summary

  • - Health conditions of Women and Children improved through enhancement of health services delivery, nutrition education with better access to food and WASH integration at two health centre.

  Sector

  Community Development

  Target Region

  8 Provinces in Cambodia

  Project Title

  Sustainable Community Development in the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang

  Beneficiary

  359 small land-holder farmers

  Partner Organization

  Karuna Battambang Organization (KBO)

  Project summary

  • - Organize groups of farmers to work together and help each other.
  • - Support farmers to learn how to improve their crops in a sustainable way.
  • - Support farmers to improve and diversity their crops.
  • - Raise the awareness of families to care more for the environment.

  Sector

  Education

  Target Region

  Pursat Province

  Project Title

  School Education of Poor Children and teenagers

  Beneficiary

  800 Students

  Partner Organization

  Sisters of the Christian Doctrine

  Project summary

  • - Through the educational activities of Anne School and Seven Village Study Room in Pursat region, children and teenagers will be given opportunities to learn and help them grow throughout the country.
  • - To improve the educational environment and teaching conditions of the village of Kampong Luong and to increase students' academic participation rate.
  • - Provide opportunities for children in water villages to be educated at Anna School on land.

• Kenya

  

  Kenya

  medicines

  Sector

  Water Supply & Sanitation

  Target Region

  Isiolo County

  Project Title

  Secure and Reliable Water Systems in Schools in Isiolo County.

  Beneficiary

  2,400 students in 12 schools

  Partner Organization

  Caritas Kenya

  Project summary

  • - To deliver secure water for wealth and health for 2,400 students in 12 learning institutions (11 schools and 1 teachers training college) through increased access to potable water.
  • - To promote good hygiene and water management practices at the school level.

• The Philippines

  

  The Philippines

  adv

  Sector

  Livelihood

  Target Region

  Benguet Province.

  Project Title

  Enhancing and Strengthening Support Mechanism to Organic Farming Practitioners of the Diocese of Baguio.

  Beneficiary

  800 Organic Farmers

  Partner Organization

  OFH(Our Farmers' Haven)

  Project summary

  • - organize a network of Organic Agriculture Practitioners within the Diocese of Baguio-Benguet and neighboring Municipalities.
  • - To develop the knowledge of farmers on Organic farming by providing continuing opportunities for the promotion of environmental protection and healthy food production.
  • - To establish demo farms in strategic locations as learning centers and developing infrastructure of individual farms with greenhouses to secure their livelihood.
  • - To produce quality organic products.
  • - To develop market for organic agricultural products.

• Ghana

  

  Ghana

  Education

  Sector

  Education

  Target Region

  Kanasua, Sunyani

  Project Title

  Building Classroom and Nutrition Program for Children in Holy Trinity School

  Beneficiary

  340 Students

  Partner Organization

  Holy Trinity School

  Project summary

  • - To raise the standard of learning capabilities of school children.
  • - To sustain children’s interest to study until they finish their education.
  • - To reduce hunger by providing nutritious food.
  • - To sustain the interest of children to remain healthy and focused in learning their lessons.

• Angola

  

  Angola

  Education

  Sector

  Education

  Target Region

  Benguela

  Project Title

  Building a voational class room in Benguela Laura Vicuna School

  Beneficiary

  480 Students

  Partner Organization

  Salesian Sisters

  Project summary

  • - Construction of a new building and preparation of equipment for the practice room.