Strength TogetHER 6- Session 1


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26th September,2020.

"Coming together is a beginning;working together is progress;strengthening together is success."

Along with the conduction of past 5 cohorts of Strength TogetHER , the opening of the 6th cohort has been a great achievement for the Lokopakar's family. 26th of September brought 17 divine girls together in a common platform and lightened up the whole session.

The introductory session of the 6th cohort started with a bright smile of Barsha didi, who introduced her running project 'LOKOPAKAR' and informed how it has been working for the personal development of young people .


Followed by Prastuti didi, Coordinator's Leader of Strength TogetHER , continued the words of Barsha didi and explained how Strength TogetHER provides the best comfort ,non-judgemental platform,and a safe environment for young girls.


Moving forward,we were to give our short introduction,state our expectations from the upcoming sessions,share our recent picture from the gallery,and talk about it. Some of our new participants' along with the team's stated expectations were:

    1. To boost self-confidence and public speaking.

    2. To learn to love herself even more.

    3. To motivate and inspire more young girls.

    4. To not be judged on this platform and to be appreciated how she is.

    5. To develop a strong bond with new girls.

    6. To work on the running project so hard that all of others expectations could meet.

By the end,the energy level of the session was so high that it made Aastha and the team to decide to spend more time together and came up with a game of fetching the instructed object around us as fast as possible. The game let all of us enjoy in our comfort-zone  and the huge laughter and smiles on each of our faces even added a beautiful charm to the group picture taken at the very end of the session.


Coming to me I'm Binisha Bhattarai, a Cohort coordinator and a participant of Strength TogetHER. With the given opportunity to share my journey from being a participant to being a program coordinator even boosted my confidence and helped sharpen my leadership skills. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude for the entire LOKOPAKAR team's support and contribution.


Written by- Binisha Bhattarai 
Edited by- Aastha Shrestha (LOKOPAKAR)




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