Strength TogetHER: Cohort 7

18th July 2021. "Leaders bleed, Period". -Silvia Young   Lokopakar is a youth-based organization that is currently running four programs among which  "Strength TogetHER" is one of its projects where a group of girls from diverse backgrounds meet virtually and share their stories, insecurities, ideas, and perspectives and help each other grow. In each session, a moderator is invited who listens, appreciates, and guides the participants.    On 18th July we conducted the 7th session on the topic '' Left Out Due To Periods" as suggested by our participants. Around 15 girls joined the session and shared their stories and our moderator gave us amazing feedback.   Our moderator for the session was Ms. Simran Khatri who has currently finished her Bachelors in Development Studies. As a student of Development Studies, she has been working in the field of development as she aspires to spread awareness among women and children in different issues such as menstrual ...

June 17 , 2021 "WHY FIT IN WHEN YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT." -Dr Seuss Lokopakar is a youth based organization which is currently running four programs  among which  "Strength TogetHER" is one of its projects  where a group of girls from diverse backgrounds meet virtually and share their stories, insecurities, ideas and perspectives and help each other grow. In each session a moderator is invited who listens, appreciates and guides the participants. On 17th June we conducted the 6th session on the topic ''Understanding LGBTQIA++" as suggested by the participants. Around 23 girls joined the session and spoke their hearts out. Our moderator educated us about LGBTQ by answering our queries.  Our moderator for this session was Nirvana Bhandary. Nirvana Bhandary is a writer, artist and activist. She is the founder of the "F Project Nepal, a writers collective and digital platform for feminist storytelling. She is passionate about encouraging young wome...

8th June, 2021 "Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted in its own terms".  -Gloria Steimen Lokopakar is a youth based organization which is currently running four programs among which  "Strength TogetHER" is one of its projects where a group of girls from diverse backgrounds meet virtually and share their stories, insecurities, ideas and perspectives and help each other grow. In each session a moderator is invited who listens, appreciates and guides the participants.    On 8th June,2021, we conducted the 5th session on the topic ''Body Positivity" as suggested by the participants. Around 19 girls joined the session and spoke their hearts out and our moderator gave heart soothing feedback. Our moderator for the session was Ms. Deepshikha Ghimire. She is a founding president of Aayam and has been running a brain parlor for the upliftment of teenagers' mental health for four years. She is also a former anchor in a YOUTH TV show in NTV ...

8th May 2021. "  Education is the most powerful weapon which  we can use it to change the world"                       - Nelson Mandela  LOKOPAKAR is a youth based organization which is currently running its project called "Strength TogetHER" where a group of girls from diverse backgrounds meet virtually and share their stories, insecurities,ideas and perspectives and help each other grow. This platform has been providing amazing moderators who listen, appreciate and guide the participants. On 8th May, 2021 we conducted the fourth session of cohort 7 on the topic of "Power of Education''. Around 12 participants showed up and interacted with the moderators.  The moderator of the session was Ms Rosy Karna who is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology at The PHSP  Stanford Psy.D Consortium Program and doing her practicum at the Community based mental health clinic, Community Health Aware...

7 January 2021 Overthinking, also, best known as creating  problems that are never there." - David Sikhosana Lokopakar  is a youth based organization which is currently running 4 programs among which "Strength TogetHER" is also one. This is a program where a group of girls from diverse backgrounds meet virtually to share their experiences, stories, insecurities, ideas in order to come to a common conclusion. Through this homely platform, girls have been helping and inspiring each other to grow. On 7th Jan,2021, we conducted the  third  session of cohort  seven  on the topic  ''Overthinking".  The session was one hour and twenty mins long.  10 amazing girls showed up, shared their stories and extracted a lot of knowledge from our amazing moderator. Our moderator for the session was  Ms. Rosy Karna  who is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology at The PGSP Stanford Psy.D. Consortiu...

  19th December 2020 “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.”-Peter T Mcintyre Lokopakar is a youth development organization which is currently running a project called “Strength TogetHER”, where young girls from different background come and share insecurities, ideas, perspectives, stories which inspire each other and help them grow.This friendly platform has been empowering girls through their amazing moderators. On 19th december, 2020, we conducted a second session of cohort 7 on the topic “ Self Confidence ” which was an hour long. 12  amazing participants showed up actively, shared  their stories and got amazing feedback from the moderator. The moderator of the session was Ms.  Nishma Gautam  who is a proud feminist co-hosting “Pothi Baseko”,a podcast dedicated to stimulate dialogues on socio cultural issues from a feminist perspective. She is also a prominent debater of Nepal who has won several national tournaments ...

  Strength togetHER is a virtual session facilitated by a youth development organisation called Lokopakar . It is a virtual space where girls having different stories and ideas come together and collaborate to yield in each other's growth. Within a short span of time, this platform has been expanded to various dots of Nepal. We have successfully opened 11 different cohorts and I am the proud coordinator of cohort 7. Starting with the session, I was really excited as well as nervous. I also had a sense of accomplishment as I had made this platform feasible to more number of people. After a short greeting, Barsha didi , the co-founder of Lokopakar, formally started the session with the introduction of Lokopakar and its ongoing project “Strength TogetHER”. She explained how it has been a platform for teenage girls to share their stories without any fear of judgement. She also explained how the moderators have been awaring and empowering the participants. Then Prastuti didi , ...