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Namaste! In the midst of celebrating successes, we sometimes fail to measure the immensity of an impact. The immense power of a year of hard work in a school hit us when we as a team were discussing how the lives of the kids we […]
Transforming a school is an ambitious project, and as you know, we began working with one last year, and have been sharing the happy story through our blog posts. The Brindavan Tent School offered us the freedom and opportunity to get our creative juices flowing. […]
Namaste! Yesterday, the morning newspaper brought a big smile on our faces! The Bangalore Mirror featured the transformation of Brindavan Tent School. In her article, Deepthi Sanjiv beautifully speaks about the spirit of volunteerism that was at display in this school and the vision that prodded […]
Namaste! Best Women’s Day wishes to you (if you’re a woman!) and all the beautiful and powerful women in your life. We, at KnowYourStar, feel so blessed to have interacted with some amazing women throughout our journey, who have nurtured, inspired and guided our paths. Today […]
Namaste! Last Saturday, we hosted the first annual day function for the kids of Brindavan Tent School. The idea of organising an annual day stemmed from the thought that we should find a way to celebrate the progress these kids have shown in the past […]
Last Saturday, our biggest achievement was making Masti Ki Paathshaala a reality in a tent school! As you all know, our student intervention program – Mentor India, is all about making classrooms a fun place to be. Every workshop is filled with engaging, interactive and […]
Namaste! We love celebrating success stories of our students and teachers, but today we celebrate with you a success story that reminded us the power of the collective! Paranga Vidya Kendra, the school where we implemented Mentor India, is located in the outskirts of Magadi. […]
Paranga Vidya Kendra, which we always refer to as the Magadi Pyramid School, is one of the places where we implemented our school intervention curriculum, Mentor India. Since we first got introduced to the director of the school, Mr. Ramamurthy, and he showed us around […]
Namaste! This week, we have a very happy news to share with you. We, at KnowYourStar, have been featured many times in the media. In newspapers, personal recognition, online articles and so on. But this time, we were in for a surprise, when we found Jaideep Rao, […]
Namaste! In the last email, we told you that the endline assessment of the Brindavan Tent School is being analysed. Well, the wait is done, and we have the result data in hands! Words are less to express the joy we feel after seeing the […]
Last week, we wrote about what Sarala Ma’am, the teacher at Brindavan Tent School, had to say about the changes she’s seen in the kids and the entire school ecosystem after our student intervention program – Mentor India – during this academic year. (You can […]
The team met for a KYS retreat after what felt like ages! December and January have been months filled with a lot of activities and travels for all of us, and we finally managed to meet earlier last week. For the first time we started […]
