Strength TogetHER 15- Session1




June 5,2021

Strength TogetHER, facilitated by 'Lokopakar' is a virtual platform for girls created to share and hear personal stories without the fear of being watched and judged. Lokopakar is an organization running its different programs for youth development. 

It gives us enormous pride to say that our virtual family 'Strength TogetHER' has been reached to various new sets of people. From being a participant of cohort 7 to being a proud coordinator of cohort 15, I learned Happiness is all about Self Love.

On 5th of June(5PM), we had our first session i.e. Introductory session. I, Dipa Yadav, the Coordinator of Cohort 15 was really happy but nervous at the same time as it was my new experience with lots of new happy faces. 

Our session started with the short greetings,'Hello, Hey......'. After a short greeting, Binisha didi formally started the session with the introduction of Lokopakar followed by the introduction of its ongoing project 'Strength TogetHER' by Samikshya didi. Prastuti didi, the Cohort Leader of Strength TogetHER, described how Strength TogetHER functions. Then the session continued with the sharing of experiences from Aahana,coordinator of cohort 7 and me as a participant of cohort 7. Then with the help of Manaswi didi, we had a round of introduction of every participants.

After the introduction, Aastha didi suggested us to play 'Guess the Gibberish' where we had to guess the true word existing within the meaningless speech or writing. This game helped us to make our session more fun and exciting. Then our participants shared their expectations from upcoming sessions.

It was a pleasure to see new happy faces with a desire to learn something. With the successful completion of the Introductory Session, I look forward to many more sessions. I am super excited to continue my journey with such a great group of people.

Just an hour but ended with lots of memories with amazing girls!!! Eagerly looking forward to further sessions!!!

Written By- Dipa Yadav (Cohort Coordinator)

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