Development through Astronomy in Pakistan Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/development-through-astronomy-in-pakistan/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 09 May 2022 10:47:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Development through Astronomy in Pakistan Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/development-through-astronomy-in-pakistan/ 32 32 ‘Cosmic Perspective’ Builds First Portable Planetarium in Pakistan https://astro4dev.org/cosmic-perspective-builds-first-portable-planetarium-in-pakistan/ Mon, 09 May 2022 10:41:38 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24840 The goals of Development Through Astronomy in Pakistan (DAP) were to provide quality STEM education, reduce gender inequality, raise awareness about environmental crises, and promote peace and equality in Pakistan. The team founded Pakistan’s first astronomy education and entertainment social enterprise called Cosmic Perspective. Cosmic Perspective was incubated in the National Incubation Center Lahore’s 3rd [...]

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]]> DAP Website https://astro4dev.org/dap-website/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:02:57 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18795 DAP Website Project Development through Astronomy in Pakistan (DAP) uses astronomy to create awareness about the environmental crises, reduce gender inequality, promote peace, equality and education in the country. DAP is being run by Cosmic Perspective, an astronomy education and entertainment social enterprise.  

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]]> DAP project wins Techstars Global Startup Weekend in Pakistan https://astro4dev.org/dap-project-techstars-global-startup-weekend-in-pakistan/ Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:54:27 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18254 Team members of the DAP project founded a social enterprise called Cosmic Perspective, a sustainable and consistent platform to conduct Astronomy education and outreach in Pakistan in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The idea was pitched at the Techstars Global Startup Weekend (TGSW) event in Lahore hosted by the National Incubation Center (NIC) in [...]

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-16/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:31:20 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18037 The goals of DAP are to provide quality STEM education, reduce gender inequality, raise awareness about environmental crises, and promote peace and equality in Pakistan. This will be achieved by developing and delivering a curriculum for intensive Astronomy-based workshops in 20 madrassas, private and public schools and by conducting outreach at schools and in public [...]

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