JAAGO celebrates International Youth Day (IYD) 2020

On the occasion of International Youth Day (IYD), JAAGO Foundation hosted a day-long series of webinars on August 22, 2020 on Youth in Leadership, in Innovation, in Policy Engagement, in Crisis Management, in Entrepreneurship and in Art & Culture. 

Korvi Rakshand, Founder & Executive Director, JAAGO Foundation said, "The youth have always played a vital role and are always the first responders in times of need. They are the changemakers and nation builders. Currently, 50 percent of our population is under the age of 25 and this will reach 70 percent by 2030. It's high time we equip these young minds, or else we won't have a better Bangladesh tomorrow. We at JAAGO Foundation, celebrate the International Youth Day every year. This time around, due to the risk of health issues in social gatherings and in field activation, we have planned to celebrate this by hosting a series of webinars covering different aspects of social development and these will be enlightened with the participation of enthusiastic youths and renowned personalities from all over the country."

Summit, Bangladesh's largest infrastructure conglomerate, was the key supporter of the event, whereas IPDC, Annisul Huq Foundation, SBK Foundation, Kludio and Bongo were the webinar partners.

The webinars were participated by Nahim Razzaq, Member of Parliament (MP), Sudipto Mukherjee, Resident Representative-UNDP, Ambareen Reza, Co-Founder & MD, Foodpanda, Ejaj Ahmed, Founder & President of BYLC, Sonia Bashir Kabir, Founder, SBK Foundation, Mominul Islam, Managing Director & CEO IPDC Finance, Ayman Sadiq, Founder & CEO, Robi 10 Minute School, Tajdin Hassain, Head of Marketing, The Daily Star, Shah Ali Farhad, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Nobonita Chowdhury, Director of Preventing Violence against Women, BRAC, Sayeed Ahmed, CEO, IID, Shaheb Enam Khan, Professor, International Relations, Jahangirnagar University, Shaheen Anam, Executive Director, Manusher Jonno Foundation, Dr. Abdun Noor Tushar, Physician & Media Activist, Farah Kabir, Country Director, Actionaid Bangladesh, Jakir Hossain, Finance Secretary, Bidyanondo Foundation, Siffat Sarwar, Cofounder & COO of ShopUp, Rubaba Dawla, Founder & MD, Pulse Healthcare Services, Hussain Elius, Cofounder of Pathao, Kishwar Hashemee, Co-founder & CEO, Kludio, Rajib Samdani and Nadia Samdani of Samdani Art Foundation, Jon Kabir, Musician, Elita Karim, Singer & Journalist, and Ashfaque Nipun, Writer & Director.

JAAGO Foundation and VBD celebrate the International Youth Day every year to connect, unite and empower the youth. This year the theme of International Youth Day 2020, "Youth Engagement for Global Action" seeks to highlight the ways in which the engagement of young people at the local, national and global levels is enriching national and multilateral institutions and processes, as well as draw lessons on how their representation and engagement in formal institutional politics can be significantly enhanced.