Team KnowYourStar.com – Blogs from KnowYourStar http://blog.knowyourstar.com THE HARVEST Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:58:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-KYS-logo-32x32.png Team KnowYourStar.com – Blogs from KnowYourStar http://blog.knowyourstar.com 32 32 Day Of Possibilities With Ullas Trust At Intellect Office, Gurgaon http://blog.knowyourstar.com/day-of-possibilities-ullas-trust/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/day-of-possibilities-ullas-trust/#respond Wed, 09 Jan 2019 05:30:40 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4946 We held “Day Of Possibilities” workshop with Ullas Trust at the Intellect Office in Gurgaon in mid-December 2018. This was done as part of their Summit workshops and was such a great fit! Around 100 students gathered from neighboring schools and had an engaging 2-hour […]

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KnowYourStar Books In Khadi Bags Stitched By Female Wastepickers At Saksham http://blog.knowyourstar.com/wastepickers-saksham/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/wastepickers-saksham/#respond Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:14:45 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4913 If you ordered a set of Know Your Star Book of Possibilities, you would know that it comes with a cool hand-stitched khadi bag. But did you know the story behind these bags? And how and why we decided to use these beautiful bags for […]

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“A Day Of Possibilities” – Program For Young Children Curious About How To Dream Big! http://blog.knowyourstar.com/a-day-of-possibilities/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/a-day-of-possibilities/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:57:36 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4906 “What do you want to become when you grow up?” This is a question all of us have been asked when we were children, and is a question we continue asking the children of today! The younger the kids, the more variety of answers you […]

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Increasing Student Suicide Rates – It Takes A Village To SAVE A Child! http://blog.knowyourstar.com/student-suicide/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/student-suicide/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:47:28 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4860 Our country is seeing the rise of so many educational institutes, private coaching centres, competitive exams, and curriculum changes, all for the betterment of our students. You see schools and colleges with the campus and classrooms looking swankier by the day. One would think with […]

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Why We Need Role Models Like Sangeeta In The Khekra Community! http://blog.knowyourstar.com/sangeeta-khekra/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/sangeeta-khekra/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:20:27 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4848 How easy it is to close eyes on matters which need urgent attention in our country? When given a choice do you feel helpless or roll up your sleeves? As easy and entitled as it is to do nothing, some heroic ones choose to rather […]

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CROWDFUNDING ALERT – Gift “Know Your Star” Role Model Story Workbook Series – 5 Volumes To Rural And Underprivileged Students http://blog.knowyourstar.com/know-your-star-book-crowdfunding/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/know-your-star-book-crowdfunding/#respond Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:59:13 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4806 Most of us have grown up with a narrow scope of careers to pursue; not for lack of skills or capability, but for lack of awareness and information about the diverse opportunities waiting for us out in the world. So we asked ourselves, what can […]

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Volunesia Diaries – Diving Into The Forgotten Joy Of Handwritten Letters With The Goodwill Tribe http://blog.knowyourstar.com/volunesia-diaries-letters/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/volunesia-diaries-letters/#respond Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:15:06 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4668 Harshita, one of our beloved volunteers, shares her Volunesia experience! Bangalore was in a good mood that day. The weather was at its best; gloomy but blissful. I was on my way to meet the little wonders at Brindavan Tent School after quite a long […]

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Thursday Email – Can You Envision A World Where Children Are Functioning At Their Best Abilities? http://blog.knowyourstar.com/thursday-email-children-future/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/thursday-email-children-future/#respond Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:30:26 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4632 Namaste! You’ve been a part of our story at KnowYourStar for a long time now. You’ve heard many snippets of how KnowYourStar came to be! But we wanted to give you a whole picture that can help you see the bigger picture of our vision. […]

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All Fun & Play – An Excursion For The Brindavan Tent School Students! http://blog.knowyourstar.com/brindavan-tent-school-excursion/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/brindavan-tent-school-excursion/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2017 07:23:42 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4441 A few weeks ago, the Grand Mercure Hotel was kind enough to recognize the efforts of our co-founder, Jaideep Rao. Not only was it an amazing and affirming experience, but we also realised that the people behind the award were wonderful people – making the […]

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KYS Retreat – Appreciation Of Work Well Done (With More To Come)! http://blog.knowyourstar.com/kys-retreat-nov/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/kys-retreat-nov/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:50:53 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4437 This month, we experienced something quite unique at our monthly retreat – there were no ‘problems’ to solve! I don’t want you to think that we are in constant crisis mode or anything – but usually, we take some time over the course of our […]

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Mentor India – Paranga Vidya Kendra In Top 100 Of DFC ‘I CAN’ School Challenge 2017 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/paranga-top-100-dfc/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/paranga-top-100-dfc/#respond Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:09:27 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4430 Implementing the Design For Change curriculum as part of Mentor India has been so fruitful for us and our kids at Paranga Vidya Kendra, which we always refer to as our Pyramid School! We did know that a curriculum designed from the heart has the […]

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Celebrating Our Little Accomplishments On Children’s Day! http://blog.knowyourstar.com/childrens-day-accomplishments/ http://blog.knowyourstar.com/childrens-day-accomplishments/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2017 08:44:44 +0000 http://blog.knowyourstar.com/?p=4410 As a part of Mentor India, we have been collaborating with Tarkeybein to use their English curriculum to teach letter recognition along with phonetics and reading to our children. Apart from delivering the content, we also trained the teacher to be able to keep the […]

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