Korvi Rakshand Wins the Arthakantha Best CSR Performance Award

At a time when rising inflation is causing a lot of anxiety to the countrymen, business magazine Arthakantha organized a round table discussion session on the topic ‘Responsibility of the Government and the Businessmen in Curbing Inflation’ at the Westin hotel on February 27. Mr. Lt. Col. (Retd.) Faruque Khan, the Honorable Commerce Minister of the people’s republic of Bangladesh, was the chief guest at the program.

The chief guest handed over the prizes to the ‘Arthakantha Business Award 2010’ award winners of different categories. The chairperson of FBCCI Mr. A. K. Azad was present at the program as the special guest. The chairperson of Dhaka Chamber Mr. Asif Ibrahim, TCB Chairman Brigadier Gen. Sorwar Jahan Talukder, Business Leader Mr. M. A. Rouf Chowdhury, CAB President Mr. Kazi Faruque, Professor of Dhaka University Mr. Selim Rayhan, the chairperson of Bangladesh Wholesale Refined Oil Business Committee Hazi Md. Golam Maola and Chairperson of Bangladesh Sugar Union Committee Mr. Anowar Habib took part in the discussion session which was hosted by Arthakantha Editor Mr. Rofiqul Islam Ratan. The key speech was presented at the program by former first Vice-President of FBCCI and Chairman of the FBCCI Prize Monitoring Cell Mr. Kamaluddin Ahmed.

Mr. Korvi Rakshand Dhrubo, Founder of JAAGO Foundation was awarded with the Best CSR Performance Award. He collected the prize from the chief guest Lt. Col. (Retd.) Faruque Khan, Honorable Commerce Minister of the people’s republic of Bangladesh.

Korvi received this award with this prize because of his incredible sensitivity and unbounded commitment to instigating effective positive social change. Realizing the need to make a positive contribution to the sustainable development of the country, Korvi diverted away from the practice of worthless discussions by establishing a proper youth based organization that strived to unite the youth of the country and the world together. With the help of fellow university students and friends, Korvi launched a youth based movement, which is known as ‘JAAGO Foundation’.

JAAGO Foundation is a civil society organization run by a group of dedicated youth working towards alleviating poverty and illiteracy from the face of Bangladesh. JAAGO introduced the first Free-of-Cost School exclusively for the underprivileged children and operates a number of supporting development projects to ensure their physical and emotional well-being. On November 2007, the Free-Schooling program at JAAGO started with 17 children in a small room with only a whiteboard and a piece of carpet. Now, JAAGO, the savior of 360 children of four grades, is equipped with four fully-fledged classrooms, and a smooth functioning efficient administration. In addition, JAAGO has in its ranks, more than 4000 national and international volunteers who work tirelessly in numerous events throughout the year. For an organization that tries to ensure excellence over magnitude, this phenomenal growth has exceeded many expectations.