Healing Together (2026)

09/04/2026

Gender based violence continues to inflict immense pain and suffering on women in Nepal, especially to those residing in rural areas where societal taboos often keep them from opening up. So this week, Healing Together Nepal collaborated with Women Awareness Center Nepal, a nonprofit, to conduct a two-day "Trauma-Healing Workshop" in Kavrepalanchowk that brought together 34 participants from around the district. This was our team's attempt at creating a safe space for the women to share their experiences, learn from their peers and find strength, courage and resilience within themselves to embark on a journey of healing. Great work team 🙌

[Image 1 of 7: Workshop facilitator—a Nepali woman with black shoulder length hair wearing a beige top and black pants—is speaking to an all-female audience in a mid sized room featuring large windows, circular ceiling lights and an air conditioner at the back. Participants, dressed in 'Kurta Suruwal', are seated behind wooden desks in front of and around the facilitator in a modified U shaped seating arrangement. A large horizontal banner with HT Nepal branding and some text is hung on the curtain rod at the left side of the room.

Image 2 of 7: Participants are standing in front of their seats with arms crossed over their chests and eyes closed as part of a workshop activity.

Image 3 of 7: Participants have formed two lines on a flat wall-bound rooftop. Each person is standing on their toes with arms stretched out in front of them as part of a workshop activity. Other houses and surrounding hills can be seen in the background.

Image 4 of 7: Participants are engaged in a group activity that involves one person writing bulleted points on a long white sheet of paper while other members of contribute their ideas.

Image 5 of 7: Two other participants, both dressed in red Kurta Suruwal, a traditional Nepali attire, are standing in front of the room presenting the bulleted points they previously prepared. One of them is speaking while the other person is holding the white sheet of paper for everyone to see.

Image 6 of 7: Two participants are seated on chairs in front of the room. The woman on the right is dressed casually in jeans and a maroon jacket over a t-shirt. She has her right hand on her chest. The woman on the left is wearing a yellow woolen sweater over pink Kurta Suruwal. They seem to be having a conversation as part of the peer support exercise. Behind them, a smart board displays a slide on various ways of listening so that hurt people feel supported and why it's important.

Image 7 of 7: Training participants and facilitators are sitting/standing in multiple rows in front of the training room and smiling at the camera for a group photograph.]

05/04/2026

This past week, Healing Together Uganda returned to the Karo community to provide healing advocacy and peer support training to the parents and care givers there. Late last year, it had conducted a four-day training to help school-age children in the community process their emotions better, support each other during times of stress, and get excited about their future.

Having seen the impact of our training on their children--three of whom have stopped doing drugs and re-enrolled at school--parents showed up in good numbers eager to learn and grow. Have a look at some of the pictures from the training.

[Image 1 of 3: Training facilitator–a Ugandan woman wearing a knee length dress with colorful geometric patterns and dark blue sleeves–is standing in a church hall speaking to a predominantly female audience seated in blue and white monobloc chairs in a semicircle around her. A large horizontal banner with HT Uganda's branding and text, "Providing trainings in trauma-informed and healing centered care", is hung on the wall behind the participants.

Image 2 of 3: A male training participant is standing in front of his seat and speaking into a wireless microphone he is holding in his hands. Other participants seated at their chairs are listening to him intently.

Image 3 of 3: Training participants seated at their chairs in a semicircle are watching as two of their peers seated in blue monobloc chairs at the center are having a conversation as part of the peer support exercise. They are speaking into wireless microphones they have in their hands so that everybody can hear.]

19/03/2026

We live busy lives amid constant shifting events both societal and personal. When the systems demand that we disconnect from ourselves in order to produce, checking in with our four bodies can be a revolutionary act of self love. Tracking is a simple tool that can help us do this so we can validate how we feel and offer ourselves the care that we may need.

19/03/2026

Many congratulations to the team of community leaders who completed Healing Advocacy Training last week with Healing Together Uganda. 🙌

During the training, the team improved its understanding about the far-reaching impacts of trauma on a person's physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being. As the members engaged in group discussions, they reflected on how their own experiences of trauma might have shaped the way they carried themselves in the world. Aspects of generational trauma came to light. But through realizations both comforting and painful, the team progressed on their journey of healing, which was highly commendable.

The training also comprised of a session on 'Neuroscience of Stress' where our facilitator talked about trauma's impact on human mind and body. The somatic side often gets less attention in conversations about trauma, so we're glad we could bring this awareness to the community leaders.

We are incredibly proud of the participating leaders who have now become healing advocates. We extend our best wishes to them as they go back to their communities and apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills.

[Image 1 of 6: Training facilitator, a Ugandan woman wearing a denim jacket over a green knee length dress, is speaking to a team of casually dressed community leaders seated on white and blue monobloc chairs in a semicircle around her inside a large hall. A horizontal banner with HT Uganda's branding and text, "Providing trauma informed and healing centered care" is hung on the wall behind the participants.

Image 2 of 6: Training participant, a Ugandan man dressed in a suit, is standing in front of his seat and speaking into a wireless microphone. His peers are listening to him from their seats adjacent to his. The HT Uganda banner is hung on the wall behind them.

Image 3 of 6: Training participants seated on their chairs are listening to one of their female peers who is speaking into a wireless microphone. The speaker is dressed in a red floor length dress with black floral patterns and elbow length sleeves, and seated on a monobloc chair just like everybody else.

Image 4 of 6: Two female participants are seated on chairs in front of everybody and practicing peer support. Other participants seated at their chairs are watching them and taking notes.

Image 5 of 6: Two female participants are holding a large white chart for everybody to see while a third participant is talking about its contents into a wireless microphone. The chart lists out the "mental impacts" of trauma, such as it leading "to anger", "binary thinking", "mental depression", "memory loss", "poor concentration", "severe anxiety", "panic" and "suicidal thoughts".

Image 6 of 6: Training facilitator has both of her hands raised above her head as she demonstrates a physical activity. The participants standing in a semicircle around her are following her lead and have their hands similarly raised.]

14/03/2026

How does trauma impact our communities and why does it matter in the context of movement building? Explore these questions with us in our series on Healing Justice in Movement and Power Building.

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26/02/2026

repost • Healing Together Uganda

We’re thrilled to share that our recent holiday break was filled with meaningful connections with the young people we work with. It’s clear that with the right guidance and support, these incredible young minds have the potential to become exceptional leaders.

Through creative approaches like dance, art, storytelling, and role-playing, we helped the youths tap into their vision for the future. They created visual representations of their goals to get a clearer sense of who they aspired to be. We also explored acts of kindness together, practicing sympathy, empathy, and compassion as they recalled the moments where they supported marginalized groups in their communities, like the sick, elderly, orphans, and people with disabilities. It was powerful to hear them share the emotions that followed these experiences.

Of course, we also addressed the challenges they faced, from violence and lack of school fees to child labor, early marriages, and teenage pregnancies. We’re providing trauma-informed, healing-centered care, peer counselling support, and resilience tools to help them navigate their journeys.

It’s amazing to see these young people envisioning their future and taking steps towards it. We’re honored to walk alongside them!🌟

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22/02/2026

Healing Together Uganda is on a mission to support, celebrate and empower the next generation of leaders who are empathetic and resilient. Here are some pictures from its recent training.

[Image 1 of 4: Training facilitator, a Ugandan woman wearing an orange knee-length dress with her hair tied at the back, is speaking to a cohort of school-age participants seated in a circle around her in blue monobloc chairs. The training is taking place inside a large hall with multiple exits and at least four windows on the left wall alone. A large horizontal banner with HT Uganda's branding and text, "Providing trainings in trauma informed and healing centered care", is hung on the left wall behind the participants.

Image 2 of 4: A female participant is standing in front of her seat and looking at a notebook held in her left hand as she speaks into a black wireless microphone held in her right. Other participants are looking at her from their seats as they listen.

Image 3 of 4: Training facilitator–at the center–and participants standing in front of their seats around her are engaging in a physical activity that involves bending their body to the side.

Image 4 of 4: Training participants and facilitator are sitting/standing in multiple rows in an outdoor setting and waving at the camera for a group photo. The participants standing at the front center are holding the HT Uganda banner.]

05/02/2026

How's your breath right now? With the world moving so fast and capitalism and other systems expecting us to keep showing up and being productive in spite of all the trauma and harm we are witnessing around us, breathing is an invitation to slow down and offer ourselves care.

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01/02/2026

What challenges do young people in your community face in their journey of finding passion and purpose?

Healing Together Uganda has come to realize that in Uganda at least, trauma stands as a major barrier between young people and their pursuit of purpose. So, to address this, our team has woven resilience, boundary setting, and cycle-breaking into its training curriculum. During the trainings, we teach participants emotional regulation techniques to help them cope with triggers of various kinds. We also show them ways they might offer emotional first aid to their peers struggling with trauma. And we create safe spaces for them to talk about their personal struggles, all in order to help them navigate through the emotional hardships caused by growing up amidst poverty, societal pressures, climate change, and abuse.

Just as young people in Uganda are finding strength within themselves and their communities, we'd love to hear how young people in your community are .

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29/01/2026

Have you been caught in the doom scroll loop? As we navigate the challenges of staying informed while taking care of ourselves, it's important to pause and check in with our bodies as often as we can.

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Slide 1: Green background, picture of a tortoise
Text: Slow down, Trapped in the Doom Scroll Loop? Social Media algorithms are designed to weaponize your dysregulation to keep you engaged.

Slide 2: Green background, picture of a tortoise
Text: You may find yourself cycling through many conflicting images in a short time: a sweet puppy rescue, images of state-sanctioned violence, a child taking their first steps, the passing of oppressive laws - one thirty-second clip after another.
Your nervous system was not designed to experience all of these emotions in such a short span. This overload has real consequences on
our bodies.

Slide 3: Green background, picture of a tortoise
Text: Some of the negative emotional impacts of doom scrolling can be feelings of hopelessness, anger,anxiety, feeling disheartened, or even numb. These are all natural responses to the unnatural circumstances we are collectively living in. All of these natural feelings are accompanied by nervous system responses that can impact our health and wellbeing.

Slide 4: Green background, picture of a tortoise
Text: An activated nervous system can cause rapid heartbeat, tense muscles, feeling restless, and slowing down or speeding up of digestion, etc. On the other end,
you can get caught in a cycle of deactivation, leading to tiredness, lack of motivation, feeling paralyzed, etc. Staying in these states or cycling in and out of them too abruptly can have long-term consequences on our mental and
physical health, leading to anxiety disorders, heart disease, digestive issues, inflammation, and more.

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26/01/2026

Our team in Uganda has been helping young people envision a future they can be proud of. By incorporating "power with" approach in its trainings, it has been empowering participants–in this case school-age children–to lead responsibly and collaboratively, as opposed to leading through domination. Similarly, its peer support counselling sessions equip participants with the necessary skills to offer trauma-informed and healing centered care to each other as they navigate through difficulties in life.

Please visit Healing Together Uganda to learn more about our work in the East African nation.

[Image 1 of 4: A group of school-age Ugandan children are standing in a circle in front of their chairs in a large hall. Behind the children, an HT Uganda banner featuring a large multicolored infinity logo and text, "Providing trainings in trauma informed and healing centered care", is put up on the wall.

Image 2 of 4: A training participant, dressed casually in a gray beanie and a mostly white sports jersey, is standing in front of his seat and speaking as his peers listen.

Image 3 of 4: A training participant wearing a pink top with white dots on them is similarly standing in front of her chair and speaking as her peers seated beside her listen.

Image 4 of 4: Training participants are engaged in an activity that involves walking around in a circle with their arms held at the sides with elbows bent and hands raised.]

23/01/2026

Healing Together Nepal just wrapped up a two-day community empowerment workshop in Kavrepalanchowk, Nepal, which saw participation from about forty women from the District Cooperative Union.

Here's what our team found the most remarkable about the workshop. By its end, the participants collectively arrived at a realization that self-care isn't indulgent, but essential. To care for oneself isn't selfish, it's the foundation for healing, strength and hope. A very powerful takeaway indeed.

We wish participants the very best as they go back to their normal lives and take steps towards awareness, healing and choosing themselves–again and again.

[Image 1 of 6: Workshop facilitator, a Nepali woman with black shoulder length hair dressed in a beige coat, is speaking to an audience of all-female participants seated around her in a large hall. A horizontal banner is hung on the curtain rod at the left corner of the room. It features a large multi-colored infinity logo and text that reads, "A two-day community empowerment workshop organized by Healing Together Nepal" among other things.

Image 2 of 6: A woman seated at a desk is writing down bullets in a large sheet of white paper as a group standing around her suggests ideas. The title on the paper reads, "How to help people who have survived from trauma?"

Image 3 of 6: Two women dressed in red (left) and purple (right) clothing are holding up a large sheet of white paper for everyone to see. The paper has handwritten bullets suggesting ways to stop harm and violence, such as "creating a safe space, avoiding gender and caste-based discrimination, listening to and respecting everybody's thoughts" etc.

Image 4 of 6: Participants are standing in front of their seats and performing a choreographed dance move—with left hand stretched to the side and right hand bent at the elbow with fingers pointing left—as part of a workshop activity. Everybody is smiling and appears to be having fun.

Image 5 of 6: Participants are walking around in a large circle in an outdoor setting as part of a workshop activity.

Image 6 of 6: Workshop facilitators and participants are smiling at the camera for a group photograph. The participants at the front row are seated whereas those behind them are standing in multiple rows.]

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