Thursday Email – January Has Been A Wonderful Start For Us. Thanks To You!

We hope the first month of the year has treated you well so far! We, at KnowYourStar, have been involved in a bunch of interesting activities. The year began with a lot of you investing in 12 underprivileged kids for this year. Thank you so much for the gift. We were touched by the response!

Here’s what we’ve been up to this month –

A few months ago, Jaishree Garg wrote a wonderful post for us detailing her experiences as a first-time mentor at Paranga Vidya Kendra, Magadi. Afterwards, she dedicated her efforts to raising funds for sports equipment, which the school couldn’t afford at the time. Jaishree’s dedication paid off – here’s our account of Paranga Vidya Kendra’s first ever Annual Sports Day! From skipping ropes, hula hoops and board games to football, badminton and trampoline, the school now has it all.

Moving on to our next big update, some of us had the chance to be a part of an Educator’s Retreat held at the Environmental Sanitation Institute at Sughad, a beautiful place in Ahmedabad. It was a 3-day retreat that aimed at cultivating a deep dialogue around reinventing schools, revolutionising education and rediscovering our values. We will be blogging about the event on our website this week if you’re interested to know the outcome of this!