CARE Lesotho

Core Activities:

Promotes integrated regional programming and lesson learning. Concentrate on rural livelihoods and asset security, HIV/AIDS prevention, care support and mitigation. Household food security interventions.

• Supporting households in developing small scale intensive gardening assets, including keyhole and trench gardens.
• Supporting households in adopting conservation agriculture techniques.
• Supporting nutrition training and referral mechanisms at community level.

Governance

• Building capacity of community based organizations and local non-governmental organizations in organizational and technical development
• Training community based organizations in advocacy skills

HIV support groups

• Building organization and technical skills for HIV support groups
•  to enhanc agricultural production and productivity as well as increasing income and income earning. 

Activities in Lesotho:

1. Integrated Community Home-based Care project – Called Letsema (also covers SA and Swaziland). The project will operate over five years in Districts of Maseru (Villages: Ha Thamae, Ha Hoohlo, Ha Thetsane) and Leribe (Villages: Ha Maputsoe, Ha Maqele, Matsoete ) . This project seeks to provide a more inclusive response to home based care, which incorporates the care of OVC in a mutually supportive manner and attempts to work more holistically within a household rather than following the general medical HBC model.
LETSEMA is providing technical, institutional and financial support, together with introducing economic coping mechanisms through the establishment of voluntary savings and loans schemes amongst the 6 x local implementing partners. 60 caregivers will be trained, mentored and supported to provide integrated Home based Care to reach 1,500 adults and 5,000 children. In addition 1000 community leaders and members will be reached through community awareness activities in the geographic service area within the initial 12 month period of the project.

2. Project: Strengthening Civil Society in Lesotho (SCIL): The SCIL program seeks to strengthen civil society organizations and networks in Lesotho with regard to their technical and managerial capacity; community development strategies; ability to network and collaborate; and skills in effective engagement and advocacy with government. The program will achieve this through an innovative combination of capacity building approaches including training workshops, mentoring, cross-visits, and technical assistance. SCIL aims to support the practical application of these skills with support from a small-grants program coupled with continuing technical assistance from the project throughout the project life. Outcomes anticipated:

-Effectiveness and sustainability of CBO’s at the District level increased.
-Civic participation that influences government processes at District level has increased.
-CBO’s’ Grant-making organisation/mechanisms have been established.
-SCIL Consortium has been strengthened and improved.

Future Plans:

To mitigate the impact of climate change such as drought, floots, defprestation and soil degradation.

Needs of Organisation:

Orgainizational needs:  Financial Support

 Training neds: project -management trainig, financial -management training 

Funding:

USAID
DfID
Irish Aid
CARE Germany
PACT
Japanese Platform Fund
European Commission

This organisation’s info updated on: Mon, Jun 2, 2008. Please disregard the date below.