With current situation, children are finding it increasingly hard to cope with loneliness, fears about the coronavirus or a loss of the routines and support that come with school. Poetry writing workshops were conducted with both boys and girls. Expression through poetry helped boys and girls to face their fears, apprehensions, pain and vulnerabilities. The girls expressed their vulnerabilities in their homes during lockdown, violence, restrictions on freedom, patriarchy, gender roles and dreams of better futures. Participants have written many poems on gender discrimination, violence against women and girls; drew paintings and created creatives with the help of canva app. All the poems were presented in an anthology of poems called Rooftop Poetry series.
Apart from poetry workshop, participants were also introduced with the session on social media campaigning. It was conducted in order to build capacity of girls and boys on using social media platforms for advocacy. They were made familiar with social media tools which they can use for advocacy and campaigning. Participants learnt how to run a campaign on social media and make effective use of available tools like Photoshop, Canva, Blogspot and social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Many participants are now using these platforms to raise awareness on different issues. One of the participants, Jatin, has started his own blogspot called ‘talk and explore’ to inform people about different social issues and try to influence their behavior.