Mawinnie Kanetsi
Executive Director
t: +266 5885 8849

Palesa Mphohle
Programme Director
t: +266 5885 8847

t: +266 22 311 339
touchrootsafrica@leo.co.ls

Postal Address:
PO Box 4598
Maseru 100
Lesotho

Physical Address:
Mabile Road,
Next to LNFOD, before Red Cross
Maseru

Community-based Organisation

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TRA collaborates with:

• Government departments such as Department of Social Welfare, Gender and Child and Protection Unit, Probation Unit and Master of the High Court.
• NGOs such as Catholic Relief Services (CRS), NGO Coalition on the Rights of a Child (NGOC) and Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of Disabled (LNFOD)
• Parastatals such as the National University of Lesotho and NAC.
• International agencies such as FAO, UNICEF, and WFP

TRA is also a member of different networks such as NGOC and Mafeteng District Child Protection Team

Specific villages/towns are as follows:
Maseru(TRAs project area-- direct implementation here):
Mazend, Tsosane, Seoli, Lithabaneng, Legele, Phopholetsa, Tsenola, Nazareth,
Maseru town, Roma (work done in conjunction with the National University of Lesotho)

Mafeteng (TRAs project area-- direct implementation here):
See separate list of communities and villages

Mohale's Hoek (non-direct TRA sites. Work done in conjunction with CRS):
Nkau and Nohana

Thaba-Tseka (non-direct TRA sites. Work done in conjunction with CRS): Bobete

Leribe: Khanyane, Lisemeng, 'Malesaoana, Mankoaneng, Molibeli, Tlai-Tlai, Tsotelo, Tsifa-la-Mali, Sebili

Pitseng: Senyokotho, Tiping, Motinqoe, Ha Monate, Ha Majara, Ha Khopa, Ponts'eng, Raphoka, Ntsebe, Sekoaing, Mahloana, Ha Mamonka, Masaleng, Ha Mofoka, Ha Jorotane

Butha-Buthe: Belo, Nqabeni, Serutle, Majara, Mopeli, Marallaneng, Lerallaneng

Touch Roots Africa works to capacitate organizations working with children in Lesotho. This is done through direct interventions in Maseru, Leribe, Butha Buthe and Mafeteng and in conjunction with partners in Mohale's Hoek and Thaba-Tseka.

Touch Roots Africa helps to develop skills in others through training and mentoring community service organizations in the following areas:

• Organisational Development
• Psychosocial Support
• Child Protection and Participation
• Advocacy
• Monitoring and Evaluation

They develop childrens skills on psychosocial support and child protection in order to build their resilience and so that they can provide peer support to each other.

Touch Roots Africa also coordinates community based organizations activities and provides technical support to them. They also promote partnerships between community based organizations and stakeholders (such as government, development agencies, and private sector entities) through linking and referrals.

• Continue to strengthen and build the capacity of organisations working with children in the project areas where TRA works.

• Expand TRAs work to one more area in Mafeteng.

• Ensure increased participation of children in issues affecting them, within the project areas where TRA works

• Continue providing mentoring to the trained CBOs.