Organisation Type:
Community-based Organisation, Local NGO
Target Group:
Care-givers, Elderly, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, People living with HIV, Women
Domain:
Training and Skills
Sector:
Agriculture, Education, Environment, Food, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Home-based Care, Livelihoods, Power Supplies, Training
District:
Leribe
Core Activities:
Family Scholarship Program: comprehensive scholarship program for OVC focusing on academic tutorials, life skills, career guidance, and post secondary support.
Grandmothers Support Group: OVC community care through Grannies poultry project initiative and home-based care program.
G.R.O. Artisans Collective: Fashion jewelry collective for HIV positive mothers with an emphasis on health care, busines training, and skills development.
Future Plans:
- To establish an eco-sustainable demonstrational poultry housing model for Lesotho.
- To expand G.R.O. Artisans and develop similar collectives in Lesotho.
- To establish a career cdenter, career curiculum, and a post secondary education resource booklet.
- To support community care facilities for OVCs.
Funding:
The G.R.O. Foundation Canada/USA
This organisation’s info updated on: Thu, Jun 18, 2009. Please disregard the date below.
Contact Details:
James White, Chairperson
t: +266 5914 7445
e: director@grofoundation.org
The GRO Foundation Canada
Jean Margaritis, Co-director/program manager
t: +266 5943 3797
e: jmargaritis@grofoundation.org
Postal Address:
Postal Address:
Private Bag C0020
Leribe 300
Lesotho
Physical Address:
Physical Address:
Motebang, Leribe