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katha.akar

shaping stories

Woman draws storyboard sketches for comics or film.

An initiative to equip young girls with

digital storytelling skills to bring out unheard stories of different cultures across Nepal.

About Project

Katha.akar

In September of 2020, Team Katha.akar was announced as one of the recipients of the Sujata Baskota Changemaker Award in the Women in Media category, awarded by Women LEAD Nepal. With the vision of training young girls in digital storytelling and making their voices heard, Katha.akar carried out its pilot project in Dang, Nepal. After the massive success of the pilot and immense support from our well-wishers, team Katha.akar continues to impart practical storytelling skills to the young girls who need them.

Our Supporters

With and For Girls Fund

We are Purposeful

Women LEAD Nepal

FREE STEM Fund

Women Leaders in Technology, Nepal

Our Provincial Outreach

Province 4

Dordi, Lamjung | Myagde, Tanahun

Province 3

Province 5

Ambapur, Dang

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Province 2

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Newroad | Dillibazar | Teku (Kathmandu)

Province 1

Suryodaya, Ilam

Basbitti, Janakpur

Our family of katha.akars

Province 5

Ambapur, Dang

Province 4

Dordi, Lamjung

Province 3

New Road, Kathmandu

Province 3

Dillibazar, Kathmandu

Province 2

Basbitti, Janakpur

Story basics
Story writing
Storyboarding
Photography basics
Photo editing
scene capturing
Video editing
some of our precious stories

What our collaborators have to say

Dipasa Bista

Senior Officer, Development and Fundraising Women LEAD Nepal

From one of the winners of Women LEAD's Sujata Baskota changemaker's Award to an independent org/program/entity, it has been amazing to witness the growth of Katha.Akar from day one. I love how passionate the team of Katha.akar are. They have taken plenty of time , efforts and piloted the program to develop the best version of the program. I am very excited and looking forward to their future endeavours.

Jyotsana Prajapati - Teach for Nepal Alumna

Katha.akar gave my students a platform to express a part of their lives, the untold stories of the rural community that needs to be seen and heard by everyone. So grateful to the team and their initiation.

book donation campaign at janakpur

in January of 2023, Katha.akar conducted a ​book donation campaign under the Women ​Tech It Up partnership with Women ​Leaders in Technology Nepal, Swastha ​Naari and Whatthebook Club. We were able ​to donate 140+ books to the students of ​Shree Madhyamik Bidhyalaya at Basbitti, ​Janakpur.

book donation campaign at Tanahun

Katha.akar conducted another book ​donation campaign under the Women ​Tech It Up partnership with Women ​Leaders in Technology Nepal in ​February, 2024. Books were donated to ​a library in Ratna Secondary School, ​Manapang, Tanahun

At Katha akar we believe that we are all storytellers and there is not a stronger connection between people than storytelling

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