The JAAGO Foundation ( বাংলা: জাগো ফাউন্ডেশন) is a civil society organization established in April 2007, in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. The Foundation work towards the betterment of people living below the poverty line. The JAAGO Foundation currently has schools spread all over Bangladesh catering free of cost schools for 4,500 underprivileged children. One of JAAGO major annual events is the 'Universal Children's Day'. The foundation has more than 50,000 volunteers via its volunteer platform 'Volunteer for Bangladesh' who celebrate this day by raising awareness for children's rights.

History

In April 2007, Korvi Rakshand, a law school student, started a movement with some friends to distribute relief to the flood victims at the slums of

Rayer Bazaar Rayer Bazaar is a well-known thoroughfare in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is generally regarded as one of the historical areas of the city. Rayer Bazaar was founded during the colonial period most probably in the 19th century. It ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

city. Later he expanded this program to establish the JAAGO Foundation with the hope of 'breaking the cycle of poverty through education'. Although JAAGO originally started out by providing free of cost primary school education to the children of Rayer Bazaar, Dhaka it slowly started to expand its activities all over Bangladesh.

Activities

JAAGO Foundation School

In 2007, the JAAGO Foundation started its school with 17 children on a piece of carpet and a whiteboard. It has now expanded to 11 fully functional branches and over 4,000 students. The JAAGO School is the first of its kind to provide free of cost education of international standards to the destitute children of Bangladesh. The primary course of instruction is English although students are also taught Bangla to have a very strong background in Bengali. In September 2011, JAAGO Foundation began its first digital school as a pilot program.

Other activities

Volunteer For Bangladesh

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Volunteer for Bangladesh
JAAGO Foundation, for the first time in Bangladesh, provided the youth with a voice and a platform. This concern of JAAGO Foundation is a nationwide association of Volunteer Action Groups that work for the betterment of their individual communities and the nation as a whole. Volunteer for Bangladesh plans to establish Volunteer Action Groups around 64 districts of Bangladesh.

International operations

JAAGO has now opened supporting branches in U.S., UK, Canada and Australia. Most of these branches are operated by native nationals who once worked as volunteers for JAAGO.

Awards

– Best CSR Performance Award
Mosaic Talent Award 2010
– Mosaic International Award

http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/korvi-rakshand-selected-as-a-commonwealth-youth-awards-2013-finalist/]- Commonwealth Youth Awards 2013

References

External links

* {{Official website, jaago.com.bd Youth empowerment organizations Educational organisations based in Bangladesh Organizations established in 2007