Strength TogetHER 16 (MBS)

18th December 2021. "The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand, we listen to replies." Lokopakar is a youth-based organization currently running four projects among which Strength togetHER is one of its projects where a group of girls from different backgrounds meet and share their stories, insecurities, ideas, and perspective and help each other grow. In each session, a moderator is provided who listens, appreciates, and guides the participants. As we have started running our sessions in physical presence, the sessions are being more lively and effective for the participants. On 18th December, we conducted our fifth session on the premises of Mahendra Bhawan School on the topic" Understanding Each Other." Our participants were 6 to 8 graders girls.  We started the session by asking the participants if a misunderstanding has occurred with them, if yes what. First hilarious stories of misunderstanding with strangers came, they shared how the

  December 11, 2021 Coming to the fourth session “Learning To Deal With My Problems” we knew much more about each other.  We were comfortable with each other and we had already started finding comfort among each other. Our physical session in Mahendra Bhawan was moderated virtually by Miss. Rosy Karna. Ms. Rosy Karna is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology at the PGSP Stanford Psy. D. Consortium Program. It was such a delight to have her presence with us.  We started the session with a simple question - How many of us have problems in life? Everyone answered they all have problems in their lives. We started by sharing what were the problems we faced. Some of the problems which we faced were small as well as big. But we all faced problems in life. “Being criticized by others hurts a lot” our participant mentioned with teary eyes and a shaky voice.  Our participant mentioned how her school dress does not dry up and she irons and wears it. But it feels wet and wh