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[2 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Kicks for Kids, JAAGO, Bangladesh

“Kicks for Kids” is a new Big Bangs program currently completing trials in Bangladesh.  This much-lauded and so far very successful program involves providing shoes for our partner schools and teams.
In September the Big Bangs distributed 120 new pairs of shoes to the kids at the JAAGO foundation; nice work guys!
In a place where shoes are a luxury, providing adequate footwear immediately overcomes many health issues faced by the kids; walking barefoot, or close to it, through slums, excrement and refuse, all a kid needs is a small cut on …

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[15 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
JAAGO Fundraiser, Kiama

On August 15th, the Big Bangs headed to Kiama, on the eastern coast of Australia, to support Amanda and the JAAGO girls in raising funds for the Foundation back in Bangladesh.
Taking with them boxes of toys, books and balls, Pierre, Rieuk, Brian and Damien spent the day sunbaking, watching the surf, kicking a football around and enjoying a BBQ.  Tough life, but someone has to do it.
Amanda is the director of JAAGO, http://www.jaago.com.bd/, an organisation which “’looks to create a society for children, which is free of exploitation, discrimination and …