Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has donated 25 laptops to Jaago Bangladesh to ensure education of the underprivileged children.
Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer; Bitopi Das Chowdhury, Country Head of Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing from Standard Chartered Bangladesh andKorviRakshand, Executive Director of Jaago Bangladesh were among others present at the programmeheld at the Bank’s head office premises recently.
JAAGO Foundation promotes students using computers for their education and co-curriculum activities. All their disadvantaged students do not have the ability to have access to educational equipment (laptops, smartphones). Standard Chartered donated the 25 laptops which will help students of Jaago Foundation schools to attain their full potential.
Speaking on the occasion, Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank(SCB) said, “Our battle against Covid-19 has unfortunately led us lagging behind in many fields, where despite sustained efforts we were at times compelled to accept slow pace of recovery. Particularly, education for underprivileged childrenhas beenimpacted, who failed to participate in distant learning owing to lack of affordability of smart devices or computers at home. To help bridge this gap, we have started donating laptops to disadvantaged children.”
He added, “Jaago Foundation has been a long-time partner, whose efforts have inspired many others to move forward to support our communities, particularly in the education sector. I am thankful to have Jaago as a partner in this endeavour and look forward to strengthen this further so that it can ensure a sustained, long-term impact.”
KorviRakshand, Executive Director from Jaggo Foundation, said, “Pandemic taught us as to how important technology is. It is high time for us to get ourselves acquaintedwith this new normal and start-using technology in every field of our lives particularly education. We would like to thank Standard Chartered Bank for coming forward to support this cause by helping JAAGO to ensure quality education”
JAAGO Foundation is a civil society organization based in Bangladesh, which runs 11 schools. The foundation vision is aimed at eliminating poverty and illiteracy through education. It’s objective is also to ensure sustainable development of the financially insolvent communities of the country.
Standard Chartered had announced a broad range of support measures for its retail customers and businesses, including loan repayment holidays, fee waivers or cancellations and loan extension facilities, in addition to the government-led support measures last year.
On top of being the foreign bank it had spent the most on CSR in 2020. Standard Chartered Bank had also announced BDT 135 million strategic action plan for Covid-19 response and recovery measures in 2021.
