Centre for the Poor and Less Privileged

Core Activities:

• To assist Lesotho in communities by safe guarding orphans and poor and vulnerable children.
• To provide these children with a home-like environment in an attempt to alleviate social and psychological losses in their short lives.
• To provide these children with skills training which will assist in their development as contributing citizens of Lesotho.
• Psychosocial support: 12 OVC are provided with counselling on a daily basis.
• 5 OVC who are HIV positive are taken for medical checkups and are enrolled for ARV treatment.

Activities in Lesotho:

• We care for OVC:
• Education: 73 School attendees receive three meals every day. We buy school bags, uniforms and stationery for these children.
• These OVC are taken for medical treatment when they are sick. 4 OVC who are HIV positive go to Baylor Clinic every month for treatment.
• Psychosocial support: a part time professional counselor is available to give children counseling.
• Shelter, clothing and food: all these children get these three basic needs.

Future Plans:

• To extend the orphanage in order to accomodate more OVC who are in need.
• To acquire monthly financial support for better salaries for workers and respond to the daily needs of the children fully.
• To improve quality of educaiton in order to increase the number of graduates from the centre.
• Purchase a vehicle
• Hiring of professional staff

Needs of Organisation:

Financial support

Training Needs: psychosocial support, monitoring and evaluation and on project management

Funding:

Help Lesotho, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, US Embassy, French Embassy, individual donors

This organisation’s info updated on: Wed, Nov 18, 2009. Please disregard the date below.