Community Capacity Enhancement

Organisation Type:

Community-based Organisation

Target Group:

Orphans and Vulnerable Children, People living with HIV, Youth

Relevant Relationships in Lesotho Text:

World Vision, Red Cross Society, NAC, Department of Social Welfare, UNDP

Domain:

Education

Sector:

Campaign, Training, Youth Activity

District:

Quthing

Core Activities:

To support communitites in unravelling the socio-cultural dimensions of HIV and AIDS.
To create a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the epidemic.
To explore and address community perspectives and attitudes towards people living with HIV and AIDS.

Activities in Lesotho:

Host forums with different communities to discuss their capacity on how to cope with HIV and AIDS issues.

Generate ideas on how to care for the sick people and vulnerable children.

Future Plans:

Increase Human Resource

Having Communities working together in projects to support people living with HIV and core support for the OVC in villages.

Needs of Organisation:

Do not have funds, therefore, they have not yet started, but the minute they get funding, they are planning to embark on their main projects which include care and psycho-social support for the OVC and capacity enhancement of the community in issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.

Funding:

UNDP

This organisation’s info updated on: Sat, Nov 21, 2009. Please disregard the date below.

Contact Details:

Karabo Ramphalile, Data Collector
t: +266 2275 0274
m: +266 5875 4037

Postal Address:

Postal Address:
PO Box 154
Quthing 700
Lesotho

Physical Address:

Physical Address:
Upper Monyeni near Lesotho Flour Mills