Bana Trust

Core Activities:

To support the setting up and running of care units for street children in Lesotho.

To assist and provide benefits for orphans and abandoned children in Lesotho.

Purposes:

• Prevention or relief of poverty
• Advancement of education
• Advancement of religion
• Advancement of health
• Saving of lives
• Relief of those in need by reason of ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Activities in Lesotho:

Feeding: provision of fruit, bread, cheese and meat to 15-20 street boys.

Education: providing uniforms for 5 OVC.

Economic Strengthening: visiting homes where poverty is indicated as a reason for a boy living on the street and supporting families through accessing health care, starting micro-enterprise, enabling self-sufficiency through food growing, etc.

Residential Provision: for boys under 15 who cannot go home for circumstances such as abuse or having no family.

Vocational Training: for boys in residential provision and education.

Future Plans:

All of the current activities for boys over 15.

This organisation’s info updated on: Wed, Oct 7, 2009. Please disregard the date below.