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Lesotho Work Camps Association
Contact Details:
Kory Masitha, Executive Director
t: +266 2231 6509
f: +266 2231 6509
m: +266 5871 9760
e: masitha@yahoo.co.uk
Mthi Khohlokoane, President
m: +266 5885 9333
Postal Address:
PO Box 12783
Maseru 100
Lesotho
Physical Address:
#22 Cathedral Area
Main North 1 (past traffic circle), turn right at first traffic light
Overseas Contact:
Francesco Volphini, Director
CCIVS, Coordinating Committee for International Volunteer Service
Paris, France
Type:
Local NGO
Target Groups:
Orphans and Vulnerable Children,Youth,
Staff:
director, administrator/accounts clerk, warden/volunteer trainer, office assistant
Paid Staff:
4
Volunteer Staff:
108 active volunteers
8,000 registered volunteers
8,000 registered volunteers
Reg. Number:
77/15
Relationships in Lesotho:
Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Ministry of Local Government,
Rural Water Supply, Lesotho Volunteer Forum-UNV, Lesotho Save the Children, ECCD in Morija
Rural Water Supply, Lesotho Volunteer Forum-UNV, Lesotho Save the Children, ECCD in Morija
Main Domain:
Training and Skills
Sectors:
Agriculture,Economic Development,Education,Environment,Food,Healthcare,HIV/AIDS,Livelihoods,Sanitation,Training,Water Supplies,Youth Activity
Village Location:
Main office is in Maseru, but work in all districts
District Location:
Core Activities:
Reach to mobilize youth
Types of Projects: construction, tree planting, soil conservation, water supply, home based and school gardens, build access roads into villages
- To keep youth busy and away from the streets
- To provide skills for future livelihoods
Types of Projects: construction, tree planting, soil conservation, water supply, home based and school gardens, build access roads into villages
Activities in Lesotho :
Send volunteers to work with development projects around Lesotho in Work Camps:
Other Activites:
- 15 to 20 young people live and work with the community
- Each camp lasts 3 weeks
- Camps are in June, July, December and January
- 15 camps are held per year
- Transportation is provided by the Lesotho Work Camps Association
- A professional supervisor from either the community or work camps
- Community provides building materials, accomodation, security, and entertainment
Other Activites:
- Sponsor 3 Volunteers who are OVC with school fees, lodging, work clothes at Liphiring Skills Training Centre in Mohale's Hoek
- Help International Groups with projects in Lesotho
- Youth are sent for International Exchange 1 to 2 times a year.
- HIV and AIDS Awareness, gender, and food security
- Work in Lesotho Forum
Future Plans:
Changing focus to integrated projects working to address many issues, for example: addressing HIV, OVC, food production, and access to education
Follow-up with students to ensure livelihoods instead of just working on only one project
Follow-up with students to ensure livelihoods instead of just working on only one project
Needs of Organisation:
- Expand program by enhancing quantity and quality of workcamps by increasing capacity of campers
- Admin evaluation with campers evaluation and follow up with organisation to check up on work
- More staff to increase capacity of staff and volunteers
Funding:
German Embassy, DED, Kellogg Foundation
This organisation's info updated on: Tue, Feb 16, 2010
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