JAAGO Foundation

JAAGO Foundation started in April 2007 with 17 students when Korvi Rakshand, along with some of his friends, decided to teach children from underprivileged communities. Together, they rented a room in the slums of Rayer Bazaar and began their journey.

Seeing the students' enthusiasm and interest in formal learning, they decided to turn JAAGO into an actual school and hence, JAAGO Foundation School was established. Apart from free-of-cost English primary education, the students were also provided with nutritious meals, healthcare, classroom materials and boundless opportunities.

In 2009, the JAAGO Foundation Gazipur School was established to provide quality education to marginalised children residing outside of Dhaka. However, after a few months, due to a lack of experienced teachers, the results of the students were not up to the mark. This problem was persistent in every part of the country, and to combat this, JAAGO came up with a unique solution.

In 2011, JAAGO Foundation took a project to provide quality of education to people of Rajshahi and start working on it in September 2012 finally a school was established first they do online classes by computer and teacher from Dhaka take classes however after COVID-19 JAAGO acquire good teachers and start offline classes.

JAAGO launched its Digital School pilot project in 2011. Teachers from Dhaka would take classes of students across the country using video conferencing tools. A local teacher would be present at the class to monitor and assist the students. Started as a pilot project, this soon became a successful model that allowed JAAGO to take quality education to the remotest parts of Bangladesh.

In 2011, the JAAGO Foundation formed 'Volunteer for Bangladesh', a youth-led organisation committed to bringing about sustainable development in society by contributing to fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals of the government. They worked in various areas, such as climate action, civic education, and youth training. To date, the organisation has served in 64 districts of Bangladesh in times of need and has over 50,000 active volunteers.

During COVID-19, when children from underprivileged communities were at risk of dropping out, the JAAGO Foundation introduced mobile learning, which enabled children to attend classes with a regular cell phone.

JAAGO has been working with UNICEF, United States Department of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Malala Fund, Plan International, Care International and UN Women for multiple development projects for the purpose of poverty alleviation, women empowerment, providing healthcare benefits to marginalised communities and engaging them in skill development initiatives.

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.