THE HARVEST
Pranita, our Chief Everything Officer, shares her perspective on our monthly KYS retreat. Continuing the tradition of taking a day every month so that the team can get together to rejuvenate and reconnect at the KYS retreat, we were thrilled with what unfolded at our […]
After Jaideep, Pranita and Nandini experienced the magic and have been MovedByLove, it was Anjali’s turn to be Sughad-ified as we affectionately call it! Here’s Anjali’s first entry about her Journey at KYS. Though my journey seemingly began when I boarded my unreasonably early flight […]
Last Saturday was one of the best blooms of Volunesia – we even ran out of our designer name tags for our lovely volunteers! What a turnout and what incredible energy! The ambience of the little community we co-created on this beautiful Saturday morning was […]
Nandini, our Chief Doing Officer, shares her perspective on our monthly KYS retreat. After last month’s retreat, I was looking forward to this month’s (March) adventure. When else will all four of us explore our city together? The day was planned for us (courtesy of […]
After our first successful Volunesia circle last week, Team KYS found ourselves back under our favorite tree in Cubbon Park yesterday with renewed energy and more raw materials from Goonj. We are so glad to announce that the number of volunteers who attended have almost […]
This week we had our first ever Volunesia event. What does the term mean? Volunesia is that moment when you forget you’re volunteering to help change lives, because it is changing yours! We, at KnowYourStar, are pretty familiar with Volunesia. As a part of our […]
NOTICE We have evolved into a new Volunesia format after 6 successful circles at Cubbon Park. Please refer here for our new and improved format. You can still enjoy the article below to understand the origin of Volunesia. 🙂 Also, if you want to read […]
It’s been an interesting few months for us at KYS. We’ve made some big internal changes – not only in the articles that we are publishing, but the direction we are headed in. It’s been challenging, interesting, and a lot of hard work – but […]
A few months ago, we published a great first-hand account of the Mentor India programme at Paranga Vidya Kendra written by Jaishree Garg, a first-time mentor. After her experience teaching these wonderful kids, Jaishree decided that she wanted to go the extra mile and make a tangible […]
Year 2016 has flown by, and we at KnowYourStar had a beautiful journey, covering some beautiful planned and unplanned milestones. We thought we’ll take you through it, before the year ends, so you know how your collective support has impacted the life of hundreds of […]
Last month, we had the opportunity to take Mentor India to Mumbai! Jaideep had the pleasure of teaching two batches of students – 55 from Holy Cross School and 19 from Ankur Orphanage for girls. This program was supported by Reach Social and Welfare Association, […]
This month, SAP SE and Team KnowYourStar joined forces to conduct the Mentor India programme for underprivileged students in Bangalore. Today, Pranita and our SAP volunteers have shared their Mentor India experiences with us. Mentor India is a success today because of the tremendous support we have received and […]
