Head of Organisation:
Mr. John Motoko, Executive Director
t: +266 2232 0345
m: +266 5899 3373
ljmotoko@yahoo.com

Mokome Monaheng
Finance & Administration Officer
t: +266 2232-0345
f: +266 2232-6196
m: +266 6313 3677
mokomemonaheng@yahoo.com

Postal:
PO Box 9988
Maseru 100

Physical:
22 Mabile Road
Old Europa
Maseru

Local NGO

Director
Programmes Officer
Finance and Admin Officer
Advocacy Specialist
Driver/Officer Assistant

5 plus support staff

10

91/72

LNFOD's four members are:
Lesotho Society of Mentally Handicapped Persons (LSMHP)
Lesotho National Association of Physically Disabled (LNAPD)
LesothoNational League of Visually Impaired Persons (LNLVIP)
National Association of the Deaf Lesotho(NADL)

LNFODs partners are:
Norwegian Association of the Disabled
Disabled People's International
South African Federation of Organizations of the Disabled
Skillshare International
Rehabilitation Unit, MOHSW
NGOC
Campaign for Education Forum
LCN
NAC
American Embassy
Red Cross Lesotho
Sentebale
SINTEF

Specific villages/towns are as follows:
Maseru: center, Tanka, Mofoka
Quthing: center, Tosing
Mokhotlong: center, Mapholaneng, Thabeng, Molumong
Qachas Nek: center, Sehlabathebe, Matebang
Berea: center, Mapoteng, Sefikeng, Lekokaneng
Thaba-Tseka: Bokong, Kholo-Ntso, Bobete, Mantsonyane

LNFODs goal is to unify disability groups fighting for social change. Its mission is to support siabled peoples organizations and empower their members with life-skills, financial and material resources and to represent their needs to the government, development partners and wider society.

Specific activities includes:
1.Advocacy: LNFOD advocates for the basic human rights of people with disabilities within communities. This is done in all 10 districts of Lesotho.
2. Community Based Rehabilitation: This program includes leadership training with persons living with disabilities. LNFOD organizes workshops to help people living with disabilities in self - representation, advocacy, and to learn life skills. Income generation programs include skills-building projects as well as referrals for services such as social welfare, medical equipment, etc. In Mafeteng, this program works in two wards: Tebang and Matelile. In Leribe, LNFOD supports the St. Pauls School for the Deaf which caters to more than 400 deaf students.
3. Centres: LNFOD supports several centers for the disabled which serve as boarding schools for children with disabilities. The centres teach life skills. The two current centres, run by LNFOD member, LNAPD, include the Itjareng and MBTC centres in Maseru district.

HIV and AIDS Activities

• To produce HIV and AIDS IEC material into accessible formats for disabled persons.
• To train visually impaired people the touch to touch use of condoms.
• To provide knowledge on PMTCT to visually impaired parents.

HIV and Disability Program- slated to begin August 2008. Through its members, LNFOD will coordinate and mange the program which includes experience sharing and networking with relevant groups. Components will include:

• Information-gathering on needs of the deaf community regarding HIV/AIDS, including access to information.
• Translation of HIV informational materials into Braille and providing trainings on condom-use to visually impaired.
• Trainings on life skills and coping strategies for physically disabled children living with HIV/AIDS as well as their families.
• To research living conditions of Disabled people in Lesotho