Strength TogetHER 25 - Session 1

11th April, 2022

Strength TogetHER provided a safe space for girls to share personal stories and experience which brings change in attitudes and lives. They get to explore and express themselves which helps to unburden themselves and create meaning. 

Girls discuss their issues and come up with solutions that group members can support each other with. They learn to speak up and share their stories to the group which is relatable to almost all girls. They are empowered by the story they share and learn new lessons after every session they attend. 

With the support of the WOW team, British council we expanded our Strength TogetHER sessions in Karmahawa School, Lumbini with a group of 35 girls which was divided into groups of 13 and 22 girls from grade 11 and 12 respectively. 

On 11th April, 2022 we started our 1st virtual session at 8 in the morning with enthusiastic girls from grade 11. They are from Awadhi Community, and speak Awadhi language along with Nepali and English as their secondary language. We commenced our session with an introduction round, each of us sharing our name, age, study, one thing that makes me happy and our aim in life. 

All our participants introduced themselves, they were from the age group of 17 to 19 years, studying subjects like management, english and education. Studying and talking with friends made them happy, and most of them wanted to be teachers in the future as they were studying Education as their major subject which has Nepali, Social Studies and Nepali as sub subjects. While some were studying to be accountants in a bank.  

With the end of the 1st session, we were able to make light conversation with the girls and introduced them with the concept of Strength TogetHER while familiarizing them with the next session’s topic which is, “It doesn’t feel safe being a girl”.