Letters to Strangers Nepal

22/05/2026

Are you a high school teacher, counselor, or administrator looking for actionable ways to support your students' mental health? Applications are now open for the Letters to Strangers Youth Mental Health Education Fellowship! This fully funded program equips you with the tools to recognize and reduce mental health stigma in your classrooms at absolutely no cost to your school.
- Prizes 💸: $1,000 stipend, free curriculum, and 15 PD hours
- Winners #️⃣: 10 Fellows selected nationally
- Deadline ⏰: June 30, 2026

Don't miss out on this opportunity to make a lasting impact! Apply at letterstostrangers.org/education-fellowship (link in our bio 🔝)!

15/05/2026

𝚆𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚌𝚢; 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢.

𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝟸𝟶𝟾𝟹, 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛.

𝙸𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑-𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚖𝚊, 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍.
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢.

𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚛, Sambhavya Foundation, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑-𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚌𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢-𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐.
𝚃𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎.
𝙻𝚎𝚝’𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙽𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢. 💚

#𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑𝙻𝚎𝚍𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 #𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚃𝚘𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜𝙽𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚕 #𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 #𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 #𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑𝙵𝚘𝚛𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝙸𝚗𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜

05/05/2026

23/04/2026

When Words Find Their Way📃

Distance fades and hearts come closer.
Through simple letters, we shared thoughts, stories, and emotions that turned Strangers into connections.

is happy to share that the Letter Exchange Program was successfully conducted at Saraswoti Multiple Campus 💌 with the support of .

The session created a safe and open space for students to express their thoughts and emotions through anonymous letter writing. It was encouraging to see students actively engaging, sharing, and connecting with one another so freely.

Thank you to everyone who made this session impactful. Together, we continue to create spaces where young people feel heard, valued, and connected. ❤️✨

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21/04/2026

Sleep and mental health share a powerful connection. Disruptions to the quality, timing, or amount of sleep can contribute to or worsen the symptoms of various mental health conditions. At the same time, living with a mental health condition can make it harder to get restful sleep, creating a cycle that can be challenging to break.

The link between sleep and mental health is rooted in biology. Every person has an internal 24-hour clock, known as a circadian rhythm, that helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle. When this rhythm is disrupted (for instance, by inconsistent schedules or unnatural light exposure at night), it can negatively affect mood and cognitive function. Furthermore, certain sleep stages, like REM sleep, are vital for processing emotions. Instability in REM sleep can interfere with this process and increase a person's risk for internalizing disorders.

Because this connection is so strong, improving sleep can be a powerful tool for supporting mental health. Therapies and strategies that target sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances can help alleviate psychiatric symptoms. Resetting the body's clock through consistent sleep schedules and morning light exposure can be beneficial. If you are struggling with sleep or mental health, professional help can be extremely beneficial.

17/04/2026

How do we widen the reach of mental health support? Sujan Chaulagain steps up.

Sambhavya x Letters to Strangers Scholarship 2025-2026 Awardee Sujan reflects on his journey and his resolve to build a care ecosystem that leaves no one behind.

14/04/2026

✨ नयाँ वर्ष २०८३ को हार्दिक मंगलमय शुभकामना!
May this year bring happiness, success & good vibes 💛

13/04/2026

What does it take to build research pathways where few exist? Renuka is eager to explore.

Sambhavya x Letters to Strangers Scholarship 2025-2026 Awardee Renuka speaks on the scarcity of scholarship and research opportunities in Nepal, especially in psychology, and her passion in evidence-led mental health work.

11/04/2026

From classroom learning to community impact – Lejain Darlami shares what drives her as a mental health advocate.

Lejain, one of our Sambhavya x Letters to Strangers Awardees 2025-2026 shares her thoughts on why this work matters, the gaps in the community, and the road ahead.