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Matelile-Tajane Community Development Trust (MTCDT)

Established:
1995
Contact Details:

Mr. Mojalefa Lephole, Chairperson
m: +266 5814 2180

Key Contact:
Mrs. Matebello Motsamai, Manager
m: +266 5851 5113

Postal Address:
PO Box 150
Makhakhu 920, Mafeteng
Lesotho

Physical Address:
Sekiring Ha-Qaba, Matelile

Type:
Local NGO
Target Groups:
Care-givers,Child Heads of Household,Elderly,Orphans and Vulnerable Children,People living with HIV,Street Children,Students,Women,Youth,
Staff:
Manager, bookkeeper, driver, telephone teller, store keeper, 2 night watchmen, day watch man, 2 cooks
Paid Staff:
11
Volunteer Staff:
6
Reg. Number:
25477
Relationships in Lesotho:
LCN, Touch Roots Africa, GEF, Firelight Foundation,
Matelile Support Group, NGOC, Techologies for Economic Development, Tsosane Support Group
Main Domain:
Education
Sectors:
Accommodation,Agriculture,Environment,HIV/AIDS,Training,Youth Activity
Village Location:
Specific villages that fall within the jurisdiction of the organization but mostly in Matelile and Tajane.

Ha Lesoma, Ha Makhakhe, Ha Mohale (Mohales Hoek - Thabane-Mokhele), Ha Qaba, Ha Ramahotetsa, Ha Sechaba (Mafeteng - Koti-se-phola), Ha Sekhaupane, KHOLOANYANE (Primary School), Malealea,Masemouse (Clinic), Metlaeeng, Mpharane (Mohale's Hoek - Khoelenya),
NOKA-NTS'O (Primary School), Tajane

District Location:
Core Activities:
  • Poverty reduction in Lesotho, especially at lower levels
  • Help OVC to sustain better living standards
  • Develop agricultural products for animals so that farmers can get them nearer while increasing income for the members
  • Develop income generating mechanism, e.g. offering training facilities and accommodation
  • To empower local communities to fight hunger and poverty.

  • Provide trainings per group, e.g. Dairy Association, Piggery Association, Poultry Association and Burial Societies.
  • Support OVC with school uniforms

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  • Sell agricultural products to fight hunger & poverty.


Activities in Lesotho :
  • Education: we pay school fees for orphans and vulnerable children. We buy school uniforms for 5 school children, 3 in high school, 2 in tertiary school
  • Renting tents and chairs for income generation. People hire tents and chairs and profits are used to benefit OVC.
  • Offer training for the organizations that fall within our spectrum
  • Fight hunger and poverty by capacitating members with training on projects we have.

  • Provide training for the members of trust and allow everybody to hold a workshop at our OVC center.
  • We trained 50 people 25 associations

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  • We supplied 159 OVC with school uniforms

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Future Plans:
  • We want to have a technical school for OVC that failed to make it through high school or at school in general.
  • To have a gas filling station that can generate income for our organization and for OVC.
  • To have a tractor and other ploughing materials for our farmers
  • To supply 200 OVC with school uniforms

.
  • To train youth & adults on voluntary testing, food nutrition.

  • To train more members on poultry & piggery projects.


Needs of Organisation:
Financial assistance to further the organizational goals

Training Needed:
Training of members to make Vaseline and cough medicine.
  • We need to enlarge solar electricity for the trainings on HIV/AIDS.
  • We want to train youth & adults on voluntary test and food & nutrition but we are now running short of funds

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  • We also want to supply students with school uniforms.

Training Needs: Voluntarily test
Funding:
Firelight Foundation

This organisation's info updated on: Tue, Jul 6, 2010

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