Jaago’s development project was awarded the second most innovative by the Government of Japan at the 16th Global Development Network conference held in Morocco from June 11-13.
This year GDN received 268 project proposals from 57 countries. After four rounds of competition, Jaago Foundation’s project “Solarising Online Schools” was awarded the second position for the Japanese Award for “Most Innovative Development Project.”
On behalf of JAAGO, Founder Korvi Rakshand received the award from Ichiro Tambo, Director, JICA and Pierre Jacquet, President, GDN, in Casablanca, Morocco on June 13.
After receiving the award, Korvi Rakshand said: “This has opened a lot of doors for us with opportunities and we look forward to strengthen the partnership with GDN further for future development.”
The Jaago project proposes the use of solar energy to meet the electricity requirements of rural students who are being reached out to by qualified teachers from urban areas through the use of the internet and technology.
