At Last Afroza Was Saved

With the weather heating up in Bangladesh the spread of disease is becomes extremely hard to control and with lack of hygiene facilities the slum areas are extremely hard hit. The JAAGO foundation children were sadly not lucky enough to escape these infections with many of our children catching mumps and coming down with extreme fevers.

The worst case of this was for six year old Afroza. Afroza was one of our first students diagnosed with mumps. After having a week off school and returning to JAAGO her condition had not improved unknown to us. Not only could Afroza no longer talk from dehydration but she was so weak she was unable to stand alone. Worried volunteers immediately rushed her to the hospital to see our medical support team from the Proyash foundation. The Proyash medical team insisted Afroza to be emitted to the hospital for treatment. However Afroza’s family refused to admit her as they simply could not afford any medical costs. The medical bill would take the Afroza’s mother 7 months of saving her whole salary to cover the costs. JAAGO itself is also is under no financial situation to pay for such treatment as our small monthly sponsorship also does not cover these costs.

The JAAGO teams were all very tense about the situation and told doctors to admit her anyway and decided somehow they would find the money to cover the medical costs. Luckily for Afroza’s Family and JAAGO the money was found. It was personally donated by two dedicated JAAGO Volunteers. The volunteers informed the JAAGO team that paying the money was a small sacrifice they would have to make personally. However the smile on Afrozas face when the volunteers went to pick her up from the hospital was worth so much more than what they had spent.

Sadly this is not an isolated case in Bangladesh or within JAAGO many children get sick everyday and have nowhere to turn. No access to medical facilities and no access to medicines most of us take for granted. The JAAGO Foundation truly relies on the kind hearts of all those people involved. We wish to say a big thank you to the volunteers who names they wish to not disclose. Without you the JAAGO Foundations would not be able to make such a huge difference to our children lives.

Levi's @ JAAGO Foundation

The fans were working hard as the children sat quietly in their classrooms eagerly anticipating their guest’s arrival last Friday. The anticipation was well worth it as the excess perspiration did not slow down the amazing Levi’s team when they came to visit the JAAGO Foundation school.

The day began with the JAAGO students introducing themselves and their dreams.When Selim stood up and shared his dream of becoming a singer the supportive Levi’s team asked for a demonstration. Without hesitation Selim began to sing his sheer enthusiasm soon had the Levis team and the JAAGO children singing to the latest Bangla hit together. Once all the children finished introducing themselves we put the Levi’s team to work. In groups with the creative input of the Levis team the JAAGO Foundation children made inspiring works of art using clay and paints.


After all the hard work the Levi’s team and the JAAGO Foundation children had definitely worked up quiet and appetite so lunch for served and eaten together. Soon after lunch the Levis team took up the hard task of judging the art competition. Whilst these hard decisions were being made the rest of the Levis and JAAGO teams made their way to our field where we had some more special guests waiting.

Laura and Mitul (from bands Bangladesh and Radio Active) were waiting ready to surprise the JAAGO Foundation children and guests with some music. The Levis team joined in with our volunteers in finding the courage to get up and sing some karaoke whilst the JAAGO children danced in delight and enjoyed the simple pleasure of music.

The day was completed with the prize giving ceremony where the students were all spoil by the Levi’s team with lunch boxes and pencil packs. JAAGO’s day with Levis began hot and ended hot but the smiles and memories created on that day will remain in the JAAGO Foundation schools children’s hearts forever.

JAAGO Foundation - Rebuild Our Nation

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JAAGO - Rebuild Our Nation

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Novartis Community Partnership Day 09 @ JAAGO Foundation

Novartis Bangladesh Limited celebrated their ‘Community Partnership Day 2009’ with the children of JAAGO Foundation on the 23rd of April. This day is celebrated worldwide at all the branches of Novartis. Novartis Bangladesh Limited, as a part of this celebration, spent the whole day with the little jewels of JAAGO Foundation. The Managing Director of Novartis Mr. Ashfaqur Rahman along with the entire team was present at the event.

The program started at 9:00 am and the day past with different sorts of activities among which the special attractions were the art competition, handicraft competition, pot-breaking competition etc. At the event Bangladesh Limited donated a color television, a DVD player, DVDs, encyclopedias, books for the library and a lot more to JAAGO Foundation. The day ended with a musical event with performances by Jewel Rana and Tuba of ‘Meridian Channel i Khudey Gaanraaj 2009’, and also Laura of the band Bangladesh.

A Change for Change

Thanks to Bangladesh Youth Ottawa (BYO)

Imagine a performance in the far away land of Canada with 400 plus audience. Now imagine all the proceeds of the event going to a small school in a small corner of Asia. A bit outlandish?

Bangladesh Youth Ottawa has made it possible. With their untiring effort and unfaltering dedication they have managed to pull off an event of mammoth proportions! All the proceeds of the 400 plus tickets sold were donated to JAAGO. The program not only helped financially but also was a big promotion of JAAGO Foundation in front of the Bangladeshi and International community in Canada. Special thank to Mr. Tarun Rahman, the President of BYO who made it possible.

Asfin Haider spoke at the event on behalf of the team back at home. She is the Head of Operation of the Liaison Office of JAAGO Foundation at Canada and she related to the audience the appreciation that we have for the organizers of such events.

In future we hope to see more and more people stepping forward to support our cause and help us to Rebuild Our Nation.

Sybil Get Well Soon

Hello Sybil, the children from our Foundation have prepared this for you. We and all the children from JAAGO wish will you get well soon.

Soap Distribution @ JAAGO

A big loud shout and a group hug to the newly weds, Murad and Lazina . Hope their big hearts combined can contribute even more to the society in need.

We, at JAAGO, time and again emphasize on the importance of self hygiene in kids. We are planning of a hygiene program that includes distribution of tooth paste soaps to the kids every month. But due to shortage of fund we have been unsuccessful in this endeavor so far. This is were Murad and Lazina came in with their brilliant donation of soaps for all the kids of the school. Thanks to the newly weds for understanding what is needed and stepping up to provide it!

Call 4 Rain Coat - Send a Child to School

Dear Supporters,

I am sure you all have noticed that the Rainy Season has arrived. Rain is exciting to some but to others like the JAAGO Foundation children life will become harder. As you all know, these children don't want to sacrifice their classes at any cost but maybe they will be forced to by nature. This is why the JAAGO Foundation would like to provide our kids with rain coats which will help them to come to school during this tough time. To make this possible we need your HELP!

Each Rain Coat will approximately cost:

BDT 200
AUD 4.5
CAD 4
USD 3.5
GBP 2.2

I am sure this amount is less then the amount you spend in one day when you go out with your friends to hang out or have some food. If you sacrifice the amount of one day, you can send a children to school and help them to have a better future. Will you help these underprivileged children to rebuild this nation?

We need 85 rain coats to support all the children. Please even ask your friends, family and relatives to donate BDT 200 to support one child with a rain coat and help them to come to school.

If anyone wishes to donate please give the money to

Iffat Zerin, Sponsorship Manager.
zerin@jaago.com.bdThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
+88 019 1217 3083

or you can also deposit the money in our bank account:

Bank Details:

Account Name: JAAGO Foundation
Account: 110.101.130072
Swift Code: DBBL BD DH
Bank Name: Dutch Bangla Bank Limited
Country: Bangladesh

In total we need

BDT 17,000
AUD 382.5
CAD 340
USD 297.5
GBP 187

Thank you for your support of these amazing children.

JAAGO Foundation Team

Happy Birthday Rashed

HaPpY BiRtHdAy RaShEd

Celebrating Independence with Colours of Dreams

“Mora ekta ful ke bachabo bole juddho korechi.” – 26th March. The independence day of our country. The date the calling for the birth of a land was made, the land under our feet that we take for granted. The entire country wakes up in red and green on this day to celebrate the birth of our nation and pay homage to the brave souls that made it possible.


The atmosphere wasn’t any different at JAAGO this 26th. To mark this day the walls of JAAGO have been painted with vibrant colours with figures and images of little children that are only bigger versions of what the kids at JAAGO had drawn beforehand. The pictures depict what the children think of their schools. There are pictures of children coming to school in parachutes and everything else a child’s mind can imagine. Special thanks to Screaming Girls and Friends for this amazing gift to the school. People like Piplu Bhai, Himel Bhai , Mithun Apu and Bipul Bhai made this possible. Without them this amazing facelift of JAAGO playground would have been impossible.










The day on the 26th started with a painting spree for the children where they painted canvases and clay pots. The playground was filled with excited children as they pranced around with colours to put their thought on paper. It was amazing how the little children brought out their hope and aspirations so effortlessly on paper.

The children were then visited by Aku Chowdhury who distributed flags to the children to celebrate 26th march. He also donated books for the JAAGO library. Lunch was served among all the children of the foundation including the volunteers and visitors.

Another person who paid a personal visit was Farhan Chowdhury of Adcom Advertising Agency. and his wife. His personal visit was an inspiration to the volunteers. It acted as an encouragement to the people at JAAGO who toil day in and day out to keep the place running.

The day ended on a much different note. There was a blood test and a general health check up arranged for the children. Each and every child’s blood was tested for blood group and serious diseases. Each child was given a health form with their health details recorded on it for future references. Details like weight, height and bmi were among many other things that were checked and recorded. Thanks to the Arrangers for supporting the whole medical event.








This 26th was perfect in too many ways. Everything went smoothly, well as much as can be expected with screaming excited children running around, but what will be remembered is how the day helped the children and volunteers come closer together and unite to celebrate the birth of the nation they call home.