Strength TogetHER 13 - Session 1


June 12,2021

Coming togetHER

LOKOPAKAR is an organisation that supports youth development and strengthens one's qualities, skills and flourishes them accordingly. Currently, it has been running the following programmes:

1. Strength togetHER

2. UDAAN

3. Margadarshan

4. Mental health series


Strength togetHER is a safe place that allows young groups of girls to go through the confrontations of their related life experiences and helps them to achieve and sharpen their competencies. 


Cohort-13 had it's first basic introductory session on June 12, 2021 from 4pm to 5pm. The event was conducted on Zoom under the compliance of Sambridi Karki (coordinator of cohort-13).


Our first meeting began with short good tidings of every participant. Also, we discussed several subjects that we'd like to talk through in many other forthcoming sessions. I was quite anxious as I wasn't very sure of my self-esteem but I soon grew in confidence. Samikshya didi formally gave a short grip about the program and shared her experiences as a coordinator in Cohort-10. Aahana of cohort-7 also mentioned about her cohort journey as a coordinator, followed by Sambridi Karki.


To build greater enthusiasm, we played 'Scavenger hunt' individually where we competed to see who can gather all items from a list and the first person to collect the items on list was pronounced the winner. It was the best way to customize our ability and interest.


Meeting new people and interacting with them wasn't precisely my sort of thing but this session overcame my custom and helped me to establish a deeper connection with all the ladies. I found this was a perfect shot to get to know each other in a better way.


So at last, we ended our session by taking a good screenshot of the meet hoping and promising to make further cohort journeys worthwhile.


Written by: Shagun Paudyal


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