Strength TogetHER : Cohort 2

22 August, 2020 Being provided with the best comfort by our moderator and participants of Strength TogetHER ; a virtual space for girls facilitated by   'LOKOPAKAR' ,  the fifth session of cohort 2 themed   'I WANTED A CHANGE'  went very smooth under the mentorship of Bhawana ma'am , currently a marketing manager at Fightback Nepal . This time, six of our participants shared their stories of the phase  they realized change was necessary. Our first speaker shared how she always had a fear of being social and how the ascending time made her realize the importance of socialization which brought a beautiful change in her life  Our second speaker shared about the time she doubted her own sanity for being a loner.A phase striked her,when a completely new friend at school comforted her ,mader her feel free and helped improve her social life which made her to drive in the path of change  Our third speaker shared her journey from being an introvert to...

8 August 2020 Strength Together is a virtual session facilitated by the organization "LOKOPAKAR". Lokopakar is a youth organization that has been taking the initiative to provide a wonderful platform for youths( especially young girls and women) to express their stories and views based on their personal experiences After the successful completion of our third session, we conducted the fourth session of Strength Together Cohort 2 on 8th august 2020, Saturday. Along with the active participation of 25 girls, our session on the topic " A Time I supported Someone" was conducted very smoothly. The session was managed through zoom. It started at 4:30 pm and ended at around 6:00 pm. Our respected and cheerful moderator Bhawana Ma'am made our session even more motivating and interesting. She is currently working to reduce the risk and probability of sexual violence all across Nepal and India as a marketing Manager of Fightback. Starting with the session, I, Sabdita Adh...

25th July 2020 By this time, Strength Together, a virtual program facilitated by ' LOKOPAKAR ' youth organization has achieved to provide a space and platform for each individual (especially girls and young women) to share their views, opinions, perspectives, experiences, even their issues and find solutions to them. Continuing with the same energy as of the previous sessions, we’d our third session of Strength TogetHER cohort 2, themed "  LETTING MY SELF RESPECT WIN " on 25th July 2020, Saturday. Our moderator of the session was respected Bhawana ma’am, currently a marketing manager at Fightback Nepal; a social enterprise that works to reduce the risk of sexual violence all across Nepal and India. She is a cheerful person who loves to meet new people, share ideas, perceptions, thoughts, and experiences. This session provided the opportunity for four of the girls to share their stories about the time when they stood up for themselves and let...

11 July 2020. Facilitated by ‘Lokopakar’ youth organization which focuses on the development of youth personally or professionally in Nepal, 'Strength togetHER' virtual program is created especially for girls and young women of different mindsets and backgrounds. During the sessions, they all come together to share various views, ideas, perspectives, experiences, and stories. This space helps them to grow as individuals by creating a platform to be themselves, talk about their issues, and find solutions to their problems.   After our successful maiden session on June 27, we went onto conduct our second session on Saturday, 11th of July 2020. Themed ‘A time that taught me self-love', this session started at 4.30pm to go on until around 6:00 pm via Zoom. There was the active participation of around 20 girls. Everyone was really excited to hear and share the stories. The session started after all the participants had joined. I, along with five other participants shared our...

      27th June 2020. Facilitated by Lokopakar, " Strength togetHER"  is a space created for girls in order to share their stories and opinions on different topics, be it personal or related to the outside world. After the successful completion of three sessions of Strength togetHER, we decided to expand this virtual program further with a new group of girls. So, we decided to take another step and thus formed " Strength togetHER cohort 2 ." The core objective of this virtual session is to make an impact on a greater number of people and hear more ideas and stories. And, it gives us such an immense pleasure to say that we successfully completed the first introductory session of Strength togetHER cohort 2. Starting with the session, I and Barsha Didi was really excited and anxious. Having her dream turn into reality made her as well as everyone realize the power of dreaming and working for it. I attended Strength TogetHER Cohort 1 as a “participant”. N...