Strength TogetHER 16 (MBS)

January 22, 2022 "You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn't worked. Try approving yourself and see what happens." -- Louise L. Hay For the last few weeks, we(Team Lokopakar) have been learning and growing togetHER with the students of Mahendra Bhawan School through our program Strength TogetHER.  Lokopakar is an youth-led and youth-based organization which has been running numerous projects all over Nepal. One of our programs, Strength TogetHER was specifically initiated to bring forward girls and young women of various mindsets and backgrounds to come togetHER and share their personal stories, views, insights and experience. This platform allows them to develop as individuals by providing a safe platform where they can just express themselves without the fear of judgment. On January 22, 2022 we conducted our 7th session with all the enthusiasm and excitement on the topic “Love Your Body” via Zoom with the sole purpose of making the participants explore

January 8, 2022 Unless and until our society recognizes cyberbullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue. - Anna Maria Chavez With the increase in the use of the internet and social media platforms, there has always been a fear of online abuse. With this in mind, we conducted a session at Mahendra Bhawan School on the topic of, “Online Abuse” moderated by Rusha Adhikari.  Our moderator Rusha Adhikari started the session with her introduction. She is a development professional who has experience working with different national and international organizations in the areas of child rights, child protection, quality education, and access to justice.  All the participants introduced themselves mentioning their favorite social media platforms. Youtube, Snapchat, Instagram, and messenger were the most mentioned ones. They also listed and discussed all the social media platforms they were aware of, and what they use the specific ones for. The main purpos