Strength TogetHER 5- Session 9

December 29, 2020

Give time to yourself to think about the things you are achieving in your day to day busy life.

With the same motive, on December 29 we had a session to discuss about the development and changes we noticed in us during the phase of lockdown. At around 5:15 pm we gathered via zoom.We all were really excited to go to the past and talk about our wonderful experience during that time.

It was exciting as well as something to be remembered as it was the first session of Strength TogetHER where we had a session without any moderator. As the sessions were drawing to end, we decided to make it a learning session with each other.

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.

Our companions went through a lot of stuffs and experienced much more things during the phase which helped them to grow even better.

Some of the things that we learnt are:

1) Waking up early and practicing meditation and yoga

2) knitting, cooking and mandala arts

3) learnt about feminism, LGBTQ

4) Ride a bike, ride bicycle, play a guitar

5) Became a part of strength together family

5) Learnt a lot about technology(making posters, using zoom, photoshop, editing)

6) Continued writing and did any other subject of interest

7) Learnt a lot from series and movies

8) Learnt to stay in home and rediscover themselves 

Overall our speakers got time to think and rediscover the part of them that was lost in their busy schedules of normal life.The time was really amazing for all of them to have a gap from their busy lifestyle.

After that we played some games.In one of the game we shared the recent photo from our gallery and narrated the story behind it. It was a good opportunity for us to know each other in a more better way.

Next game we played was story making game where participants were supposed to add random lines to form a story.All the participants shared their ideas and lines. One of the participant started the sentence and other continued it to form a story.It was exciting and hilarious. The hilarious story formed was:

एक दिन घाम लागिरहे थियो।एउटा सिंह त्यहाँ आयो।त्यो सिंहलाई एउटा केटीले ल्याकिथी। त्यहाँ एउटा कुकुर आयो। कुकुर र सिंह क्लासमा गयो। कुकुर र सिंह मिल्ने साथी भयो। तिनीहरु मिल्ने साथी भएकोले केटीले अर्को सिंह बोलाइ। सिंह (जङ्गलको राजा भएकालेे ) अरु दुई जाना भागेर के. येफ. सि. गए। त्यो केटीलाई शिक्षकले कुट्नुभयो।यो सबै चै अर्कै केटीको सपना रहेछ।

We made this story with the collaboration of everyone.This game helped us realize the importance of enjoying a moment of life and unity.

After the completion of this 50 minutes, session we took a picture to cherish the moment that we had spent together.These time brought back the memories of our past and gave us happiness. At around 6:10 we ended the session with positivity in our eyes.

Written by: Sakshi Wagle

Edited by: Aastha Shrestha (LOKOPAKAR)