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There are moments that stay with you-not because they were grand, but because they were real. Our recent Dost retreat was full of such moments. And as I sit back at my desk, far from the warmth of shared meals and late-night conversations, I find myself holding on to a single feeling: dost ho to aisa.

Our CEO Sneha came to the rescue and planned a new retreat, taking advantage of her planned trip to Bangkok!

Are you wondering what’s the story behind creating the Baatein, Sneh, Khel website? Then you are in the right place!

This report takes a look at some of the impact our program has had on 119.2K users in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh between June ‘21 and September ‘22.

As the organizer of the Dost Education branding workshop held in Delhi on 16th Feb and 17th Feb, 2023, I was thrilled to be a part of this exciting event.

This last year, as we have continued to build with this in mind, we are happy to share that we are already making a good impact on both fathers and mothers in several program outcome areas.

A Monitoring and Assessment Perspective

Being a person who used to think of value in keeping work and personal life separate, goa retreat was a new experience to explore. In this retreat, I explored different forms of communication that I did not know existed.

My first week at Dost a.ka. the summer retreat!

Imagine waking up, stepping out of your room, and getting greeted by the ocean. Sounds like a dream, doesn't it? That's how I felt waking up in Goa.

Goa has always been a vacation favorite. It's fun right from the start and has something for everyone.

2021 was a challenging year for India. Far too many of us experienced enormous loss and pain, and sometimes, a speck of joy. And for Dost, the story was no different.

Our dream is to grow further

All of us at Dost had been working hard to bring the responsive caregiving programme to more than 40,000 low-income parents in India. While we had been working closely with each other, most of us had never met each other in person! But come 22nd November, we changed that.

It sounds obvious, but really listening to caregivers is the key, not-so-secret ingredient to our product design process.

On March 19, 2020, as the world was crashing down into a state of emergency, I became a mom.

We are thrilled to announce that the LEGO Group is collaborating with Dost to take our early learning program across the country to impact the lives of 50,000+ children and families!

Covid and quarantine has been difficult for all of us. The uncertainty is mentally, physically and emotionally taxing. Especially for someone like me, who is practically a single working mother of 2 young kids.

After working closely with founders in my earlier jobs, I was nervous to work with my Manager who was remote. To top it off, we had the first 3 Covid cases in Delhi on my first day at the office.

Everywhere I look - print, TV, websites - I only see one word. The word is so omnipresent that I don’t even need to mention it, and yet you know what I am trying to say.

From the moment we wake up to the time we go to bed, there is one word which is omnipresent in our life currently - COVID 19.

Our monitoring goal was to understand if our users like the school readiness practices we recommend, if they adopt them at home and if they see an impact on their child.

It is always inspiring to meet one’s peers and learn from them, and this opportunity was recently presented to 12 nonprofits at the Chat For Impact accelerator

I recently got a chance to attend the 3-day workshop on behalf of Dost Education organized by Tech4Dev and Turn.io.