Head of Organisation:
'M'e Angelina Khoro
Chief Commissioner
t: +266 22324987
f: +266 22310550
khoroa@yahoo.com
lgga@ilesotho.com

Key Contact:
'M'e Matebello Molehahlane
Acting Administrator
t: +266-2232-4987
f: +266-2231-0550
lgga@ilesotho.com

Overseas Contact:
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Vanessa Greig and Alice Wawero, Africa Coordinator
London, UK

Postal:
PO Box 1487
Maseru 100

Physical
Site 523, Pope John Paul II adjacent to Moshoeshoe's statue (Near Tennis Courts)

Community-based Organisation

3 paid staff:
administrator
supervisor
instructor

11 permanent volunteers:
3 girl guides
2 cooks
5 supervisors for brick-makers
1 Chief Commissioner

2004/25

Partners are:

• Lesotho Council of NGOs
• Non-Governmental Organizations on the Rights of the Child (NGOC)
• Lesotho Society of Mentally Handicapped People (LSMHP)
• Child Gender Protection Unit (CGPU)
• Lesotho Distant Teaching Center (LDTC)
• Save the Children (referrals, temporary accommodation for girls)
• MOHSW
• Lesotho Durham Link (outdoor activity)
• Crossroad Lesotho (trauma/counseling)
• Libyan Embassy
• Norweigna Scouts and Guides
• World Food Program
• Danish Girl Guides
• WAGGGS

LGGA has representation in all 10 districts.

LGGA projects are located in the following areas:
Literacy: Maseru and Mohale's Hoek
Clothing: Maseru(Central and Semonkong)
Skills training: Maseru
Counseling: Maseru

The Association aims to develop an interest in social services, run by a network of girl guides. Their objectives include assisting women, and especially girls, in growing up to be good citizens of the country, to participate in national issues, and to have the opportunity for self-training. Girl Guides promote acceptable practices of behavior and empower other young women.

LGGA members range in age from 5 years through 35, moving through categories such as:

Brownies: Ages 6-9
Guides: Ages 10-12
Rangers: Ages 13-17
Young Leaders: 18-35

Activities for the guides include street children projects, literacy programs, and training for guides on guidance and counseling, life skills and emerging issues related to HIV/AIDS. LGGA runs three main programs: Girl Guides Program (in-school and community service program), Children in the Streets Program (for boys and girls), and Literacy Program (for herdboys and domestic workers).

Specific program areas and activities in Lesotho include:

Community Outreach:

Girl Guides Community Activities: Girl guides support communities through activities such as teaching handicrafts as a life skill, planting trees, and building donga to combat erosion and trenches.

Children in the Streets Program: LGGA collects children from the street and forms a relationship with them, helps to relocate them with their parents or relatives, and provides those interested with schooling and education. In addition, LGGA provides vocational training on brick-making and leather work as a form of income-generation, which is also used for LGGA to provide food and necessities for the children. LGGA recently added a catering component, through which they host events and groups through their on-site catering hall and accommodation. The program is run by girl guides and mothers of children on the streets.

Education:
Girl Guides In-School Activities: Girl guides undergo intensive training so that they can teach other schoolgirls about issues related to HIV prevention. Girl guides also help with school activities such as cleaning, planting, etc. in addition to supporting school-based income generation projects.

Literacy Activities: Literacy classes are provided for children on the streets 4 days per week at two sites in Maseru and two sites in Mohale's Hoek since 2005. Classes are also offered to illiterate herd-boys and domestic workers. Classes in Maseru are often facilitated by a male correctional officer, a field officer and other volunteers who volunteer to provide mentorship and to serve as a positive male role model for boys.

Other activities:
Clothing Distribution: This is provided to needy families in 6 villages throughout Maseru District.

Temporary Accommodation: This service is provided to boys for rehabilitation. Up to 20 boys can be accommodated at once after which they are returned to their families and integrated into schooling.

Guidance/counseling: Field workers meet with girl guides and schoolgirls to provide career guidance and support.

LGGA plans to expand its services to include the following new programs:

• Health: teaching life skills to people living with HIV/AIDS
• Skills training: use of solar cookers to local communities
• Drop-outs: establish school for girl drop-outs to include sewing activities and skills training. LGGA may consider a mobile training model in which sewing machines are brought to villages for training purposes.