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December, 2004
Megan KellLesotho Save the Children
Megan Kell is a student from Halesworth. Before pursuing a career as a doctor she decided to take a year out and work in Lesotho in Africa as a volunteer for the Project Trust charity.
Meg is back in the UK: But Lesotho is still in her thoughts...
Meg and Josefa
Meg and Josefa
Lesotho Save the Children (LSC) would appreciate any help possible, writes Meg...
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Lesotho Save the Children (LSC) is a non-profit organisation, founded in 1951. It works to uphold the rights of children in Lesotho.

Currently it is running 2 main projects as well as reviving one other.

One of the main projects, the Bursaries Program, provides bursaries for about 300 children in rural areas, to attend secondary school each year. It also helps with funding for building classrooms etc., for these schools. As well as financial support it sets up workshops for communities to learn how to take care of other villagers who are dying from HIV/AIDS and helps to coordinate support for child-headed households.

The other primary project is Maseru Children’s Village (MCV). MCV was set up in 1994 and is a home that takes care of children from throughout Lesotho who have been abandoned, abused, orphaned or neglected. It strives to ensure each child receives nutritious meals, medical care, an education, clothing and a safe home. It is a temporary home and, by working with the police and the department of social welfare, attempts to reunite all children with parents or members of their extended family. When this is not possible, fostering or adoption is considered. Each year, MCV takes care of approximately 70-80 children, with about 25-35 at any given time.

The project currently being revived is Tholoana Lerato; an agricultural and vocational training centre. Currently it is only functioning as a small farm, but the goal is for older children, in need of a safe home and care, to be welcomed into a structured programme at the farm, teaching them useful farming skills. This, like MCV, would also be on a temporary basis, and the hope is that these children will also be reunited with extended family. The farm will also serve as a community resource centre.

Most of the funding for LSC comes from grants as well as small donations. However, the projects are always in need of more money. Sadly, the number of orphaned and abandoned children is increasing. This is principally as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Therefore, there is an increasing need for projects like those run by LSC.

LSC would appreciate any help possible, financial or in kind, that you who has taken some time to read this, could provide.

For more information about Lesotho Save the Children and its projects, the following contact details can be used:

LSC email: lscbursaries@leo.co.ls

MCV email: lsc@leo.co.ls

Or you can view the website at
www.children.org.ls

Alternatively, you are welcome to contact me at meginlesotho@yahoo.co.uk.

Thank you in advance for any support you can offer, and thank you for taking the time to read this.

Best wishes,

Megan Kell

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Mathesele.Lesotho
i would like to know how i can get voluteers to help my center of disabled chidren

Nonkie from Cape town
i also grew up en born in Lesotho en im proud to be a mosotho but now i live in cape town but i alway visit my family every December even now im gonna on the 22 of Dec.have a good day.

mampitla from england
i grew up in ty, though now lives in uk, still proud of been a sotho .unfortunately people here do not know lesotho at all, so am trying to tell and advertise my beloved lesotho hopefully with time they will visit and see you guys one day. god bless lesotho and basotho

B.I. Sefako Mapoteng
Hi Meg,i am doing national diploma in V.U.T. and i am happy to see that lesotho is still visible to many people. keep it up guys, that country needs you.Help Basotho children to see their future.

Meg, Leeds
Hi, I'm very happy to se all of the comments left here. I will be returning to Lesotho for 2 months from May to July this year. Kate - I will definitely try to look out for Bill Herbert if I go to Mohale's Hoek. Hannah - if you want to email me on my email address above, I will very happily answer any questions. Meg

Verney Halse
Hi, Jonathan and Armelle are still at the Semonkong Lodge, the Longest abeil in the World is now going done the face of the falls.

hannah
hiya im doing a piece of coursework on life in lesotho for children and i was just wondering if anyone could give me a few facts?

Sal, Devon
I was born and grew up in Lesotho, but now live in UK. Great to see people care about Lesotho as many people don't even seem to know such a place exists. Thank for all the help and support you provide over there, they can raelly do with some. Clad that you find the experience enjoyable too - it's a great country don't you think?

Ron Dalgliesh
I lived in Mohale's Hoek for a few years in the late 1970s and have been trying to reconnect with Bill Herbert whom I believe still lives in the area. If you know him, I would appreciate if you could pass on my email address and ask him to contact me. Thanks a lot.Ron Dalgliesh

Lynda Ireland
I am a past volunteer of Lesotho, Save the Children & o my goodness Josefa has gotten so big since that pic was taken!!

avril pascoe co.durham
my grandaughter is going to lesotho on sunday to work with the children in the orphanage she is with Durham high school for girls there will be 23of them can you give me any advice to pass on please .any thanks

David, Albany NY USA
Physician, I spent 2 months in Mokhotlong this spring getting the HIV clinic up and running at the district hospital. They face a huge uphill struggle, but the nurses are very dedicated.

Kate - Miami
Hello Meg. So glad you are enjoying Lesotho despite the cold winter. I went there for three months in 1969 and stayed for thirty years so beware - it has a way of creeping up on you! I hope you get to visit Mohales Hoek sometime. Find Bill Herbert and tell him I sent you. Khotso, Pula, Nala - Kate Fagalde

Nic, Newcastle
Hi guys, there is a website actually about the Link which we're trying to get out there. The address is http://www.durham-lesotholink.org.uk/ if you want to check it out for yourselves!

T.Mak,Mokhotlong
Thank u for going to tat mountain kingdom of Lesotho. I am doing my FormE at seeiso high school.Help me to further up my studies.

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