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”