Free-of-cost School for Underprivileged Children

Healthy Food and Clean Hands

Thrive, an organization which delivers healthy and hygienic food to underprivileged children in different schools in Bangladesh. Recently they have organized an awareness event jointly with United Hospital, Dhaka and ICDDRB at the JAAGO Banani Branch. A group Nutritionist from the United Hospital made a presentation on nutritious food where they showed our students how they can have more healthy food for better health in cheaper way and eating hygiene. Diana Diaz Granados, Head of Training Support Group from ICDDRB demonstrated the cost effective and hygienic way of making soapy water. This give our students living in the slum area on how easily they can have safe water for their daily use. JAAGO Foundation thoroughly appreciates the effort put in by Thrive, United Hospital, Dhaka and ICDDR,B to generate hygiene awareness among our students.

JAAGO Foundation Annual Sports Day 2015

600 students participated in this year’s annual sports day to put together a fantastic display. The core objective of this event was to develop a sense of teamwork, positive competition and leadership among the students. The series of sports activities included running, high jumps, long jumps and so on. The winners were awarded with medals, crests and appreciation from the cheering audience and judges. For this year, Honorable Minister Advocate Mostafizur Rahman, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Anisul Haque, Chairman Mohammadi Group, Ex. President FBCCI, BGMEA, SAARC Chamber of Commerce was the Honorable Guest. Wasfia Nazreen, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and Youth Ambassador of the JAAGO Foundation too was present to keep the spirits of the students high.

Launching of JAAGO Online School Teacher’s Center

On 12^th May the Honorable Information Minister of Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Hasanul Haque Inu Officially inaugurated the Online School Teachers Center at Rayerbazar which was an initiative and run by JAAGO Foundation to reach the distant areas of our country with quality education. The honorable Minister welcomed this initiative and said “there should not be any differentiation between education and internet. Students now can have better education in distant areas of the country through this system. He also hopes that JAAGO Foundation will scatter the light throughout the country.  During this occasion the minister has visited the online school teacher’s center and had conversation with the students in different schools at different location through online teaching system. He also showed his interest to adopt this system for the government/public schools in the country. He said “this is a unique and inspirational way of providing quality education to the improvised people of Bangladesh” 

JAAGO Online Schools: 5 New Schools Launched in December 2014

 The JAAGO Foundation has successfully inaugurated 5 new online schools in the month of December 2014. After the remarkable success of our online schooling program which was initiated in 2011 with our Gazipur branch; the JAAGO foundation now has 10 existing online schools nationwide. The online schooling program was introduced as a solution to the lack of educators outside the major cities to provide students with the JAAGO standard of education. These five new schools have been established in Rangpur, Dinajpur, Teknaf, Habiganj and Laxsmipur. The school in Teknaf is located towards the end of Bangladesh, along the borders where there are no options for schooling. In Habiganj the school is situated in a tea estate to cater to the education needs of the children of the workers who are mostly of tribal ethnicity. Like the motive behind every JAAGO online school these too where established in order to facilitate the locals in remote areas of the country with quality education. 40 children were taken in as the first batch for each of these schools.

New bags New Hope

There is something about a new school bag at the start of the academic year. It is an instant boost of enthusiasm to give one’s best and ace those courses! For a JAAGO student who lives a life that seldom can offer such simple luxury; a brand new school bag is a bundle of hopes and dreams. Courtesy of KrisEnergyall JAAGO students now own school bags that they bring to school.

Treehouse for JAAGO

 Dhaka Tribune, apopular local English daily has taken the initiative to provide students of the JAAGO Foundation with their weekly supplement. “Treehouse” is a fun way to introduce young minds to a diverse range of topics. The weekly contains a commendable range of pictures, rhymes, puzzles, comics, drawing and articles that could capture a child’s attention. The habit of newspaper reading also is an effective way to enhance the students’ command over English. We appreciate Dhaka Tribune’s partnership with JAAGO in ensuring the development of reading habits outside school material.

21^ST February: International Mother’s Language Day observed

 The JAAGO Foundation has always firmly believed in inculcating a deep sense of nationalism amongst its students. A thorough knowledge of Bangladesh’s history is an essential part of JAAGO’s schooling program. That kept in mind, like every year International Mother’s Language Day was observed nationwide in all the 13 JAAGO schools. The students paid their respects to the national flag. A session of paying their tributes to the language martyrs with flowers at the “ShaheedMinar” was conducted within the school premises. The traditional “Ekushey” book fair was organized and every student went back home with a handful of good reads! An art competition was also organized to stir the students’ imaginations in depicting the series of events that took place in 1952.

Thank you

Last but not least we want to thank you, our sponsors and supporters, affectionate for walking the long way of building an illiteracy free Bangladesh with ‘Access to Quality Education for ALL’ with us.Under our ‘Sponsor a Child’ program you can make a monthly contribution of only a minimum amount of USD $20 and so will be the educational expenses of your sponsored child and be part of the JAAGO family. Thank you once again for being there!